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Issues in focus

Issues

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Access to justice

A/HRC/8/4 (paras. 15-54), A/62/207 (paras. 28, 38-45), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 21), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 50, 72)

Allocation of court cases

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 46-47)

Commercialization of the legal profession

E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 98-99)

Conditions of service for judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 73-84)

Conflicts between the legal profession and the judiciary

E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 34 and 53), E/CN.4/1997/32 (para. 44), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 96-97)

Counter terrorism measures and the right to a fair trial

A/63/271 (paras. 8-10), A/HRC/4/25 (paras. 52-53), E/CN.4/2006/52, A/60/321 (paras. 30-34), E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 13-42), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 58-59, 73), E/CN.4/2003/65 (paras. 37-41), E/CN.4/2002/72 (para. 28)

Death penalty

A/HRC/4/25 (para. 34)

Delays in judicial procedures

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 43), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 20), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 35)

Disciplinary measures against judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 57-64)

Discriminatory practices

A/HRC/8/4 (paras. 20, 52), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 23), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 44), E/CN.4/2003/65 (para. 27), E/CN.4/2002/72 (para. 27)

Disappearances

A/63/271 (para. 48), A/61/384 (paras. 7-17)

Disproportionate punishments

E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 52)

“Enemy combatant” status

E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 17-35)

Extraordinary chambers in Cambodia

A/HRC/11/41 (para. 92); A/63/271 (para. 56), A/62/207 (para. 66), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 19), A/61/384 (para. 63)

Extreme poverty

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 26)

Fair trial and due process of law

A/63/271 (paras. 20-39), A/HRC/8/4 (para. 18), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 49), E/CN.4/2006/52, A/60/321 (paras. 30-34), E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 13-42)

 “Faceless” tribunals

A/HRC/4/25 (para. 31), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 59), E/CN.4/1997/32 (35-43), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 66-78)

Financial independence and liability of the judiciary

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 37-43); A/63/271 (paras 45-47), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 32)

Freedom of association of judges

A/HRC/11/41 (para. 44)

Freedom of expression of judges and lawyers

A/HRC/11/41 (para. 45); A/HRC/4/25 (para. 27), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 64-66)

Freedom of lawyers to exercise their profession

A/HRC/4/25 (para. 29), A/HRC/4/25 (paras. 25-26), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 46-47)

Gender

A/HRC/11/41 (para. 34); A/HRC/8/4 (para. 51), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 36), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 62), E/CN.4/2000/61 and Corr.1 (paras. 27-28), E/CN.4/1999/60 (paras. 41-42)

Guantanamo Bay (situation of detainees)

A/61/384 (paras. 48 – 57), E/CN.4/2006/120, E/CN.4/2006/52 (para. 59), E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 20-24),

Historical background of the mandate

E/CN.4/1995/39 (paras. 16-31)

Honour killings

E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 62), E/CN.4/2000/61 and Corr.1 (paras. 27-28), E/CN.4/1999/60 (paras. 41-42)

Human and material resources for the judiciary

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 76-77)

Human rights defenders

E/CN.4/2001/65 (para. 30), E/CN.4/2000/61 and Corr.1 (paras. 31-32)

Impunity

E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 46-48), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 36-38, 75)

Independence of judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 14- 84 and 95-104)

Independence of Prosecutors

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 41), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 24)

Independence within the judiciary

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 48-50)

Indigenous Peoples

A/HRC/8/4 (paras. 49-50)

International Court of Justice

A/HRC/11/41 (para. 94)

International Criminal Court

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 85-88); A/63/271 (paras. 49-55), A/HRC/8/4 (paras. 55-56), A/62/207 (paras. 46-60), A/61/384, (paras. 59-62), A/60/321 (paras. 35-41), E/CN.4/2005/60 (para. 57), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 63, 76), E/CN.4/2003/65 (paras. 28-30), E/CN.4/1999/60 (paras. 38-40), E/CN.4/1998/39 (paras. 28-29), E/CN.4/1997/32 (paras. 45-46), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 79-80)

International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 89-91); A/63/271 (paras. 57-64)

Irremovability of judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 57-64)

Judicial accountability

E/CN.4/2003/65 (paras. 31-36)

Judicial ethics

E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 39-40)

Judicial corruption

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 43), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 26), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 19), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 39-40), E/CN.4/2002/72 (paras. 24-26), E/CN.4/2001/65 (paras. 28-29), E/CN.4/2000/61 and Corr.1 (paras. 29-30)

Judicial immunity

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 65-67)

Judicial salary

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 73-75)

Judicial tenure

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 53-64)

Legal and institutional framework of the mandate

E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 27-42), E/CN.4/1997/32 (para. 49), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 86-91), E/CN.4/1995/39 (paras. 32-52)

‘Lawful’ judge, guarantee of the

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 35-36)

Mechanisms for appointment of judges

E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 45), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 92-95)

Media and the judiciary

E/CN.4/1997/32 (para. 47), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 83-85)

Military justice

A/HRC/4/25 (para. 29), A/61/384 (paras. 19-46), E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 38-41), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 60)

Minors

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 53), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 51)

National security

E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 54-55, 74)

Promotion of judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 68-72)

Public defenders

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 42)

Reform of the judiciary

A/62/207 (para. 27), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 22)

Refugees

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 52)

Reparation and compensation for victims

E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 49-53)

Restrictions on the activities of the judiciary and the legal profession

E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 43-50)

“Revolutionary” justice

E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 61)

Right to the truth

A/61/384 (para. 14-17), E/CN.4/2006/52 (paras. 14-39; 60-66), A/60/321 (paras. 44-46), E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 49-53)

Rule of law and states of emergency

A/62/207 (paras. 33-37), A/HRC/4/25 (paras. 37-53), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 34), E/CN.4/1996/37 (paras. 81-82)

Security of judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 78-79)

Selection and appointment of judges

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 23-34)

Separation of powers

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 18-19); E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 28-29)

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

A/HRC/11/41 (para. 93)

Stateless persons

A/HRC/8/4 (para. 52)

States of emergency and the right to a fair trial

A/63/271 (paras. 8-44), A/HRC/8/4 (paras. 13-14), E/CN/.4/2006/52 (paras. 24 – 26), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 56-57)

Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal

A/63/271 (para. 65), A/HRC/8/4 (para. 57), A/62/207 (paras. 61-65), A/HRC/4/25 (paras. 54-58), A/61/384 (para 58), E/CN.4/2006/52 (paras. 56-58) , A/60/321 (paras. 42-43)

Threats to judges, prosecutors and lawyers

A/HRC/4/25 (para. 25), A/HRC/4/25 (paras. 14-53), E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 48-49)

Traditional justice systems

A/62/207 (para. 32), A/HRC/4/25 (para. 36)

Training of judges, lawyers and assessors

A/HRC/11/41 (paras. 80-84); E/CN.4/2004/60 (paras. 42, 49)

Transitional justice

E/CN.4/2006/52 (paras 40-55; 67-69), E/CN.4/2005/60 (paras. 43-57), E/CN.4/2004/60 (para. 41)

Trial observation

E/CN.4/1997/32 (para. 48)

Types of courts

A/HRC/8/4 (paras. 34-38)

 

 
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