Singapore's Ministry of Law Wednesday rejected claims by the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) that the country lacks an independent judiciary and fails to meet international standards of human rights. In its response...
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International lawyers group cancels Cambodia genocide trial training
The International Bar Association (IBA) , the leading global organization of legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies, announced Friday that it has canceled a training program for Cambodian lawyers representing defendants in the genocide trial...
UK attorney general repeats call for Guantanamo Bay closure on US visit
UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith called on the US Saturday to close down Guantanamo Bay at an International Bar Association event in Chicago. While acknowledging that the September 11 attacks [JURIST news...
An international bar group called Friday for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to be indicted before the new International Criminal Court in the Hague for murder, rape, abduction, enslavement and other rights atrocities committed by his regime. The International Bar...