SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS 1981 CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW

1981 ◽  
pp. 223-232
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Commission ◽  
The Rule Of Law

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Laurie S. Wiseberg
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Commission ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Creation ◽  
African Commission

In an article I wrote in the pages of this journal in 1976, I expressed considerable scepticism about the prospect of African governments drafting a human rights convention for Africa or establishing a regional human rights body similar to the European and Inter-American Commissions on Human Rights. Even though there had been calls for the creation of such a human rights mechanism as early as 1961, at the Lagos Conference on the Rule of Law, organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), I thought that the time did not yet “seem propitious for such a move.”

scholarly journals Refugees from Suriname

Refuge ◽  
1984 ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Betty Sedoc-Dahlberg
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Background Information ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Special Commission ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Military

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington published a brief report on the situation of human rights in Suriname in October 1983 following a visit of a special commission in June of that year. The report questions the government's expressed intention to allow for the expression of popular will or to permit freedom in the media. The Commission concluded that serious violations of important human rights occurred. The International Commission of Jurists in Geneva also published a report entitled "Human Rights in Suriname" which concluded that "the chain of events since 1980 demonstrates an escalation in the military authority's disregard for the rule of law, which is set aside whenever they consider it necessary for the consolidation of their position. " This characteristic report provides background information to the creation of refugees from Suriname in the Netherlands.

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