, Bangkok Office: +66 261 984 77 Johannesburg Office: +27 11 024 82 68 The E-Bulletin has proved to be an 12 co-accused who had been charged withimportant information and communication tool treason and terrorism. The ICJ Network isat the heart of the organisation and Members of the Network have provided the ICJ Secretariat with time,effort and dedication, thereby contributing invaluable resources to the organisations growth andcredibility.The ICJs recent growth and expansion is also a sign of the increased need for an organisation like the ICJ,which provides, through its firm commitment to the rule of law and human rights principles, a steadyreference point for those who are overwhelmed by the ideological mist that currently blurs the humanrights debate. Annual report | International Commission of Jurists However, some of the changes we have attempted have taken longer than we hoped to implement and we know we have more work to do to guarantee we are ready to address the challenges ahead. A strongerbe published in 2008, the report critically global coalition of organisations coulddiscusses traditional objections to the gradually overcome the formidable politicaljusticiability of economic, social and cultural obstacles to recognition by the UN Humanrights but argues in its favour. TheStandards and Mechanisms European Commissions proposals for a draft Framework Decision creating an offence ofCouncil of Europe: Renditions and Secret provocation of terrorism were published inDetentions November. During human rights and political aspects of thethe year the ICJ observed one hearing in conflict; continue to bring international attentionKantale, held a press conference, and released and action on the human rights crisis in Sritwo reports and several press releases. var part2 = "icj.org"; 2. International Commission of Jurists Annual Report and Like this book? - Criteria for the President and the High Commissioner forcandidates for special procedures did not include Human Rights, to ensure that the Governmentspecific competence or fact-finding experience of Myanmar allows early and unhindered accessrelated to the area of a mandate. in national, regional and international courts and tribunalsConsultation and advocacy at the that aim to hold corporations accountable forUnited Nations serious human rights violations. Judges & Lawyers ProgrammeFrom 2005-2007 the ICJ integrated most of its work on judges and lawyers work into its regionalprogrammes. Finally,human rights organ, to expand its work on a the ICJ submitted two amicus curiae briefs onrange of thematic and country issues. The suit asked for State action inSexual Orientation and Gender protection of human rights based on sexualIdentity orientation and gender identity. Our Annual Report highlights the ICJ's successes amidst a global pandemic. The first edition ofOver the next three years the ICJ will continue, similar references within the European systemas part of a global NGO coalition, to advocate has also been produced. All compilationthe creation of an individual complaints reference documents are on the ICJ website andprocedure at the international level, such as the will be sent to the ICJ network and otherone envisaged by the draft Optional Protocol to strategic partners and entities.the International Covenant on Economic, Socialand Cultural Rights. Johannesburg Office: +27 11 024 82 68 The ICJ appointed a high-level expert whoproduced a report which was presented to theUN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention andto other human rights special mechanisms.PeruAn amicus curiae brief to the Constitutional Courtof Peru analysed certain aspects of a law onNGOs which contravened internationalstandards on human rights defenders and theright to freedom of association. international standards, and bring the perpetrators of serious human rights violations to justice (Canada); 122.4. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS, GenevaSTATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2007(with 2006 comparative figures) (expressed in CHF) NOTES 2007 2006INCOME 6a 4'771'404 4'891'848Donor Contributions Received in the Year or (140'918) (712'992)Carried Forward from Previous Year (252'868) -Donor Contributions Received in the Year 4'377'618 4'178'856Carried Forward 14'316 26'390Donor Contributions Received in advance 19'614 5'472 44'786 15'317 Donor Contributions Utilised in the Year 18'387 122'140 267Miscellaneous Revenue 4'596'861 -Financial IncomeExchange Gain 4'226'302Prior Years IncomeUnused Provisions Reversed 1'938'525 378'090 Total Income 99'635 -EXPENSES 7 2'702'102 16'935 399'382 635'230Staff Expenses 86'588 843'979Office Premises 38'488Postage & Telecommunication 11 70'000 61'302Organisational Communication 3'226 16'450Documentation 41'884Consultancy Fees 181'195 2'599Meeting & Travel Costs 730'034Printing & Distribution 35'868 4'073'117Depreciation 77'597Financial Expenses 14'728 153'185Exchange Loss 114'385Prior Years Expenses 21'112 177'868 Total Operating Costs 4'436'218 331'053 Operating surplus 6b 160'643GENERAL RESERVE as of January 1st 331'053GENERAL RESERVE as of December 31st 2f 491'696For clarification concerning the attribution of expenses to ICJ programmes please refer to note 11. real improvements in human rights protection. The eventSeptember, with over 70 participants attending improved understanding of these bodies in theeach. P.O. There will be ongoingheld incommunicado, and the two lawyers who intense focus and systematic interventions inwere not released as ordered by the court were Ethiopia, Kenya, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.denied their rights to due process, and their These have been identified as countries at risk ofcontinuing detention was arbitrary. Such commonstandards would underline the responsibility of governments to ensure business respects human rights andwould constitute a yardstick by which companies could assess their own rules and actions, and by which theycould be assessed in the public domain.Aims and achievements The Panel, launched in 2006, was established to develop the legal and public policy meaning ofIn 2007 the Programme aimed to conclude the the concept of corporate complicity in thework to shape and explore the concept of worst violations of international human rightscorporate complicity in international crimes of and humanitarian law. ICJ Staff list December 2007Management team Secretary-General Deputy Secretary-GeneralNicholas Howen General CounselWilder Tayler Director of Finance and Human ResourcesFederico Andreu GuzmanJeannette Andr Associate Programme Officer, Middle East & North Africa Programme Administration and Finance Officer, Nepal OfficeStaff International Legal Officer, Nepal Office Associate Legal Officer, Global Security & Rule of Law ProgrammeJumana Abo Oxa Legal Officer, Middle East & North Africa ProgrammeBimal Acharya Director, Central America OfficeSusan Appleyard Legal Officer, Economic, Social and Cultural RightsMarie-Laure Bazerolle Legal Officer, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.Sad Bernarbia Programme Officer, Assistant to the Secretary-GeneralRamn Cadena Rmila Office ManagerChristian Courtis Legal Officer Asia Pacific Programme, Thailand OfficePhilip Dayle Project OfficerLeah Hoctor ICJ Representative to the United NationsGriselda Hofer Associate Fundraising OfficerPaul Green National Legal Officer, Thailand OfficeAmi Latona National Legal Officer, Nepal OfficeLukas Machon Legal Officer for Europe, Global Security & Rule of Law ProgrammeJulie Marion Senior Fundraising OfficerDarunee Paisanpanichkul Human Resource OfficerHari Phuyal Legal Officer Asia Pacific Programme, Nepal OfficeRisn Pillay Administration and Finance Officer, Thailand OfficeGisella Reina Director, Global Security & Rule of Law ProgrammeClotilde Salomon Finance OfficerGovinda Sharma Bandi Associate Legal Officer, Global Security & Rule of Law ProgrammeAnothai Soma Associate Publications OfficerGerald Staberock Legal Officer, Latin America ProgrammeLaurent TellierYayoi YamaguchiPriyam YarnellJose ZeituneICJ Annual Report 2007 37 In particular, the use of real case law At the regional level, the ICJ was invited toto illustrate arguments was very well received. The legal framework and the ICJ affiliates Al Haq and the Palestinianrecently put into place in the Russian Federation Centre for Human Rights. This publication provides an overview of the violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief perpetrated in the period . ICJsystematic impunity, decreased independence of advocacy work contributed to maintainingthe judiciary and other bodies essential to the constructive pressure on government agencies toprotection of human rights, restrictions on the progress human rights cases under their mandatework of national civil society and the and on the content of national securitydeteriorating security situation in Sri Lanka, the legislation. ICJ Annual Report 2007 The office opened in 2007 and a newdirector for Central America was successfully A further amicus brief on international lawrecruited in September. A plenary session of the Panel was held Institute of Social Sciences, also offered anin Brussels where legal policy questions were opportunity to establish closer ties with the legaldiscussed and the steps required to produce the community in India, in particular the Indian Barglobal report were mapped out. Regrettably, there are many more examples of rights regression that can also be considered. Criminal Court (ICC) for young volunteers of the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP).The report, Nepal Security Legislation: Need of About 15 trainers provided lectures in 25Reform to Meet its International Obligation, will be colleges in the Kathmandu valley as part of thelaunched in Nepali and English in 2008 and will ICC campaign. With other NGOs andwith the Human Rights Council, its mechanisms associations of relatives of disappeared persons,and the broader UN system. CIJ - Commission Internationale de Juristes The ICJ will The ICJ called for the new Universal Periodiccontinue to promote the Yogyakarta Principles. It is helping to increase awareness was to raise awareness in Geneva about the rolein the Sri Lankan media about the human rights and limitations of both the CoI and IIGEP ascrisis in the country; it has stimulated some several governments had expressed the view thatimprovements in specific areas by the any action on Sri Lanka should await theGovernment (for example the re-issuing of the outcome of their deliberations. Tunis Office: +216 71 962 287, Commissioners from Middle East & North Africa, Part Three: from the 1990s into the 21st century, Americas: ICJs presence in Central America, Nepal: Lawyers commit to countering gender stereotyping in the administration of justice, Namibia: Attacking judges for upholding human rights threatens judicial independence and the rule of law, Uganda: The enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 will foster further stigma, discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, Tunisia: seminar highlights the countrys independence of the judiciary crisis, Lesotho: Joint submission to the UN Human Rights Committee by ICJ and partners highlights numerous human rights concerns, Chad: Still No Reparations for Hissne Habrs Victims. The Kit is designedIts staff is often invited for consultations, to to provide materials for members of the Latinbecome involved in specific cases and to provide American and Caribbean Group at the UNtraining. For over 60 years, the ICJ has played a preeminent role in promoting the rule of law and its implementation internationally and domestically and has worked tirelessly to fight injustices around the globe. They were also useful in detailed letter to the Prime Minister. Successive Governments have failed toTrincomalee in January 2006. find long-term solutions to the violence. Box 1740 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. The ICJPlanning for 2008 and beyond lobbied key governments to establish effective procedures. Bangkok Office: +66 261 984 77 The lawyers taken into custody by thepolice were arbitrarily arrested and detained with Initially the programme will target the East andno apparent, justifiable basis in law. Similarly, a new administration in the Philippines rapidly transformed the country from an important advocate for abolition of the death penalty to a country that has unapologetically embraced extrajudicial killings and taken steps to reintroduce the death penalty. It examined the Argentine Mission to the UN, Geneva, inthe capacity of the Sudanese system to comply June; a UNHCHR Workshop on Rule of Law aswith its obligation of investigation, prosecution a Policy Tool on Amnesties in September; aand judgment, to implement the right to conference on Transitional justice and impunity,reparation for victims and to ensure fair trials for addressing questions of impunity underpresumed perpetrators of violations. Annual report: read what the ICJ did in 2018 to protect human rights The ICJ called on government.both Fatah and Hamas to respect basicprinciples of the rule of law and human rights In the same month, the ICJ also called on theespecially with regard to the human rights abuses Iranian authorities to put an immediate end tocommitted during the events in the summer. REGIONAL PROGRAMMESThe ICJ further developed its presence and work in the regions, deepening its work in Asia, including SriLanka, opening a regional office in Central America, starting an intensive programme of work in Venezuelaand in several MENA countries, and by recruiting staff to open its regional office in South Africa in 2008.Asia Pacific Regional Increased capacity of the Nepali legalProgramme communityJustice and Human Rights in Nepal Several instruments were used for capacity- building including training, training of trainers,As Nepal proceeds through a period of transition to and direct support to lawyers working onpeace and democracy, the judiciary will have an specific cases.essential role to play in creating a country in whichhuman rights and the rule of law are respected and The ICJ supported lawyers of Advocacy Forumenforced. The specific objectives of the MENAAnother hearing was held in Israel and the programme in the coming period will be toOccupied Palestinian Territory. justify modifying well-established international Sub-regional and regional hearingshuman rights law and practice. (GRULAC) for the discussions on the Optional Protocol. (Message from Sam Zarifi, ICJ Secretary General), Universal-ICJ AnnualRep 2019-Publications-Annual Report-2020-ENG, ICJ International Commission of Jurists The Panel support the development of independent andmembers had meetings in Jerusalem with Israeli impartial judiciaries which defend andGovernment officials and NGOs.