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  • Mue says the Kenyan section of the International Commission for Jurists is planning to obtain an arrest warrant for President al-Bashir from the local courts here in anticipation of his second visit to Kenya.

    Human Rights Groups to Kenya: Arrest al-Bashir 2010

  • The International Commission of Jurists, which issues several valuable publications, has gained great respect for its activities, and has maintained close contact with the United Nations

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 - Presentation Speech 1974

  • We call on all advocates of human rights and defenders of the law to unite their voices with the Association of Independent Iraqi Jurists in affirming its humanitarian and legal position, and prevent human rights violations in a democratic Iraq.

    Washington Post Shills for Terrorists « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • The National Lawyers Guild, Association of American Jurists, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and Amnesty International have all called for closing the prison camp and releasing or charging prisoners with criminal offenses in accordance with international legal norms.

    Marjorie Cohn: Close the Guantánamo Gulag Marjorie Cohn 2012

  • After listening to an interview with Mr. Muwaffaq al-Rubaie which took place on March 21, 2009 at 22: 00, the Association of Independent Iraqi Jurists, which represents 12,000 Iraqi jurists and lawyers, considers as its legal and humanitarian obligation to express the following points about the interview, since our association advocates unconditional human rights in Iraq.

    Washington Post Shills for Terrorists « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • Two recognized local human rights organizations existed: the quasi-independent EHRA, which focused on human rights issues and complaints such as labor rights, stateless persons' rights, and prisoners' well-being and humane treatment; and the government-subsidized Jurists' Association Human Rights Committee, which focused on human rights education and conducted seminars and symposia subject to government approval.

    David Isenberg: PMC und Drang in the Persian Gulf David Isenberg 2011

  • He was Secretary-General of the International Committee of Jurists from 1963 to 1971.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Obama Effect” Spurs Record Number of Nobel Peace Prize Nominations 2010

  • The National Lawyers Guild, Association of American Jurists, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and Amnesty International have all called for closing the prison camp and releasing or charging prisoners with criminal offenses in accordance with international legal norms.

    Marjorie Cohn: Close the Guantánamo Gulag Marjorie Cohn 2012

  • For you bone headed Republicans who think you have to be a judge before becoming a Justice on the SCOTUS, here's a few names for you of distinguished Jurists who, before becoming SC Justices, never sat on the bench;

    Who is Elena Kagan? 2010

  • Two recognized local human rights organizations existed: the quasi-independent EHRA, which focused on human rights issues and complaints such as labor rights, stateless persons' rights, and prisoners' well-being and humane treatment; and the government-subsidized Jurists' Association Human Rights Committee, which focused on human rights education and conducted seminars and symposia subject to government approval.

    David Isenberg: PMC und Drang in the Persian Gulf David Isenberg 2011

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