Handouts

1-2-3: Resource list

4-1: Key legal provisions

4-2: The Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary

4-3: Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors 

4-4: Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers

5.1: Key provisions of international and regional instruments

6-1: Key provisions of international and regional instruments

7-1: Key provisions of international and regional instruments 

8-2: The Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, 1990

8-4: The Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care, 1991

9-1: The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules), 1990

9-3: The Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, 1985

11-1: Selected international legal instruments for the protection of the economic, social and cultural rights of women and girls

11-2: Selected books, reports and websites on women’s and girls’ issues

13-1: Human rights and the prohibition of discrimination

14-1: Selected conventions adopted by the International Labour Organization

14-2: General comments adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the interpretation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

14-3: Selected international legal provisions guaranteeing the right to housing

14-4: Selected international legal provisions guaranteeing the right to health

15-1: Selected books, reports and websites regarding victims of crime and human rights violations

15-2: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000: Article 6 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children

Slides (PDF)

Introductory session

Chapter 1: International human rights law and the role of the legal professions: A general introduction

Chapters 2-3: The major universal human rights instruments and the mechanisms for their implementation

Chapter 4: Independence and impartiality of judges, prosecutors and lawyers

Chapter 5: Human rights and arrest, pretrial detention and administrative detention

Chapter 6: The right to a fair trial Part I: from investigation to trial

Chapter 7: The right to a fair trial Part II: from trial to final judgement

Chapter 8: International legal standards for the protection of persons deprived of their liberty

Chapter 9: The use of non-custodial measures in the administration of justice

Chapter 10: The rights of the child in the administration of justice

Chapter 11: Women’s rights in the administration of justice

Chapter 12: Some other key rights: freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion, expression, association and assembly

Chapter 13: The right to equality and non-discrimination in the administration of justice

Chapter 14: The role of the courts in protecting economic, social and cultural rights

Chapter 15: Protection and redress for victims of crime and human rights violations

Chapter 16: The administration of justice during states of emergency

Slides (PowerPoint)

Introductory session
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Chapter 1: International human rights law and the role of the legal professions: A general introduction
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Chapters 2-3: The major universal human rights instruments and the mechanisms for their implementation 
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Chapter 4: Independence and impartiality of judges, prosecutors and lawyers
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Chapter 5: Human rights and arrest, pretrial detention and administrative detention 
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Chapter 6: The right to a fair trial Part I: from investigation to trial 
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Chapter 7: The right to a fair trial Part II: from trial to final judgement 
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Chapter 8: International legal standards for the protection of persons deprived of their liberty 
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Chapter 9: The use of non-custodial measures in the administration of justice 
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Chapter 10: The rights of the child in the administration of justice 
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Chapter 11: Women’s rights in the administration of justice 
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Chapter 12: Some other key rights: freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion, expression, association and assembly 
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Chapter 13: The right to equality and non-discrimination in the administration of justice 
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Chapter 14: The role of the courts in protecting economic, social and cultural rights 
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Chapter 15: Protection and redress for victims of crime and human rights violations 
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Chapter 16: The administration of justice during states of emergency 
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