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The unique forms and rights of Iraqi real property lawThe unique forms and rights of Iraqi real property law: a primer for those interested in transacting business in Iraq
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009Last Modified:
Friday, 5 June 2009
Exclusive interview with Iranian stoning case lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei - film 2010Exclusive interview with Iranian stoning case lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei - film
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010Last Modified:
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Middle East: Investing for the futureLong-term confidence in the Middle East and North Africa remains high despite unrest and tumbling share prices, say local lawyers – but opinions are divided over the true economic impact of democratic reform. For some, free elections and a strong rule of law equate to long-term economic growth and investment opportunity. For others, stability is the key to steady transaction flow – and calls for democracy a potential distraction.
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Wednesday, 16 March 2011Last Modified:
Monday, 21 March 2011
From the Middle East: Less power to the people in the Gulf - Andrew WhiteDecades of underinvestment in energy infrastructure, rapidly-expanding populations and the Arab Spring have left power production facilities unable to cope, meaning that nations that rank among the world’s most energy-rich are facing annual power shortages that strike at the height of summer. It’s a problem with no quick, or cheap, fix.
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Monday, 1 August 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 4 August 2011
The struggle for Africa - Ruth CollinsWhile the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the world’s most resource-rich countries, it has also been crippled by war and corruption. IBA Global Insight assesses the ongoing fight to establish law and justice in the heart of Africa.
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Monday, 1 August 2011Last Modified:
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
From Africa: Continent at a crossroads - Karen MacGregorThe complete ‘recalibration of the world economy’ and Africa’s growing trade with emerging partners such as China, Korea, Brazil and Turkey means there’s been no better time for Africa to develop. But it must focus strategically or risk a return to the past.
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Monday, 1 August 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Syrian regime will be forced to reformPressure is mounting on the Syrian Government to enact meaningful reforms or step down after a series of violent crackdowns has failed to dampen protests across the country.
Demonstrations are growing every day, say witnesses, despite the death of a reported 1,600 people at the hands of Syrian troops and militiamen since the uprisings began in March.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Roundtable Discussion - Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders in Syria: A Watershed for the Rule of Law, 2011On 28 July 2011, the IBAHRI launched its fact-finding report on Syria, Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders in Syria: a Watershed for the Rule of Law, with a discussion on the main findings and conclusions of the report
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011Last Modified:
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Justice in doubt in EgyptLawyers have raised concerns that members of the Mubarak regime may escape justice for their alleged role in the killing of demonstrators during the Egyptian revolution.
Former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Galal and Alaa, are currently standing trial on charges of corruption. The former leader has also been charged with conspiring to kill protesters, which holds a 15-year sentence or death penalty.
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011Last Modified:
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe: a discussion on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law, 2011In October 2011 the IBAHRI hosted a side event at the Human Rights’ Council Universal Periodic Review. The event focused on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law in Venezuela, Syria and Zimbabwe, three countries that were reviewed during the current Twelfth Session of the Human Rights Council’s UPR (3-14 October 2011) and where the IBAHRI has conducted missions in 2011.
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Monday, 10 October 2011Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Human Right Institute calls for the release of the UAE 5The Human Rights Institute (HRI), an independent entity of the International Bar Association, calls on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities to immediately release the activists Ahmed Mansoor, Nasser bin Ghaith, Fahad Salim Dalk, Ahmed Abdul-Khaleq, and Hassan Ali al-Khamis.
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Thursday, 3 November 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Interview with Haitham al-Maleh - filmOctober 2011 - The IBA interviews leading Syrian political activist and former judge Haitham al-Maleh, who founded the Syrian Human Rights Association in 2001 and has been arrested several times for speaking out against the government. In 2009, Maleh was convicted of spreading false and malicious information that would ‘affect the morale of the nation’, and spent 18 months in prison. He has since left the country and now travels around the world speaking out against abuses of the al-Assad regime.
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
IBAHRI at Dubai Annual Conference 2011 - The Right to a Fair Trial and case of the ‘UAE5’’ On 4 November 2011, the IBAHRI hosted an expert discussion on the independence of the judiciary and the ‘UAE 5' trial with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, at the IBA Rule of Law Symposium. Panellists discussed fair trial concerns in the case of the ‘UAE5’, a group of pro-democracy activists who are being tried under state security procedures before the UAE’s Federal Supreme Court.
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Friday, 23 November 2012Last Modified:
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Panel discussion - Justice at a Crossroads: The Legal Profession and the Rule of Law in the New Egypt, 2011On 28 November 2011 the IBAHRI hosted a panel discussion at the House of Commons, Westminster, London, to discuss the findings and recommendatiosn of the IBAHRI fact-finding report. A podcast of the discussion is available on this page.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011Last Modified:
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Syria: UN receives letter of support for Syrian lawyers from international legal professional organisationsIBA press release: 14 March 2012 - Today, the world’s major international organisations representing the legal profession jointly sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, in support of the lawyers of Syria, reportedly being harassed, imprisoned and abused for participating in peaceful dissent or representing Syrian citizens involved in protests.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Egypt fact-finding mission, 2011In June 2011 an IBAHRI delegation undertook a fact-finding mission to Egypt to examine the challenges facing the legal profession prior to and in the months immediately after Egypt’s revolution. A report detailing the mission's findings and recommendations was subsequently released.
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Thursday, 30 June 2011Last Modified:
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Training for judges, 2008In July 2008, the IBAHRI carried out a workshop for Egyptian judges. The training was based on the principles outlined by the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008Last Modified:
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Raising awarness for human rights in Iran with The Times, 2011On 13 September 2011 the IBAHRI participated in an event, hosted by The Times, to raise awareness for human rights issues in Iran. The event marks one year since the sentencing to death of Mohammadi Ashtiani, for adultery.
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Sunday, 30 October 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Legal aid study tour to South Africa for Iranian Lawyers, 2011In April 2011, the IBAHRI brought six Iranian professors from Mofid University, Qom, to Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa, for a legal aid study visit.
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Saturday, 30 April 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Legal workshop for Iranian and Malaysian Lawyers, 2011In the first week of March, the IBAHRI organised a meeting of the Iran Central Bar Association and Bar Council Malaysia for a three day legal workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Twinning project with the Iran Bar and the Malaysian Bar, 2009In January 2009, the IBAHRI supported the Directors of the Iran Central Bar Association to visit the Malaysian Bar Council, as the first activity in a planned ongoing twinning arrangement.
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Friday, 30 January 2009Last Modified:
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Legal Aid Clinics Workshops, 2008 & 2009 The IBAHRI conducted a second workshop on legal clinics and legal aid in Tehran in April 2009, following the success of the Conference on Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education in November 2008.
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Thursday, 30 October 2008Last Modified:
Monday, 22 October 2012
Iran fact-finding mission, 2008In July 2007, the IBA President Fernando Pombo led an IBAHRI delegation visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hosted by the Iran Bar Association in Tehran and Mofid University in Qom, the delegation met with a wide range of legal stakeholders.
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Sunday, 30 November 2008Last Modified:
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Universal legal framework against terrorism, 2006 - 2007The IBA worked with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime to organise training workshops on the universal legal framework against terrorism and its application. Training took place with participants from all regions of Iraq.
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Sunday, 30 December 2007Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Iraq humanitarian law training, 2004 - 2007From July 2004 to October 2007 the IBAHRI carried out legal training in the field of international humanitarian law for judges and prosecutors who may be involved in the conduct of trials of people charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide under international criminal law in Iraq’s criminal courts.
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Sunday, 30 December 2007Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Iraq human rights training, 2006 - 2009The IBAHRI, with funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), ran training programmes for Iraqi lawyers, judges and prosecutors in international human rights law.
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Iraqi Higher Tribunal training, 2005In February, March and August 2005 the IBAHRI began training sessions for high-ranking judges and prosecutors from the Iraqi Higher Tribunal (IHT) on international criminal law and war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2005Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Iraq expert media comment, 2004 - 2006The IBA's Executive Director, Mark S Ellis, acted as the on-air legal advisor during the trial of Saddam Hussein.
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Saturday, 30 December 2006Last Modified:
Friday, 27 April 2012
Syria fact-finding mission, 2011An IBAHRI delegation travelled to Syria in March 2011, the same week as popular unrest started to spread across the country, to examine the independence of the legal profession and courts in Syria in relation to the treatment of human rights defenders and lawyers.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011Last Modified:
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Arrest of Darfur Bar Association members of concern to IBAHRINews release: 03 July 2012 - The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute is concerned by the arrest and detention of four members of the Darfur Bar Association on 1 July 2012 in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012Last Modified:
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Abolition of death penalty in Morocco - closed consultation meetingNews release: 16 July 2012 - The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and senior members of the Moroccan legal profession, together with civic organisations supporting abolition of the death penalty, have held a closed consultation meeting, at the British Embassy in Rabat. They discussed the role of lawyers, and in particular bar associations, in advocating for abolition de jure of the death penalty in Morocco.
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Monday, 16 July 2012Last Modified:
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Abolition de la peine de mort au Maroc - séance de consultation à huis-closL’Institut des droits de l’homme de l’International Bar Association (IBAHRI), des membres de la profession juridique, ainsi que la société civile marocaine abolitionniste ont tenu une séance de consultation à huis-clos à l’ambassade britannique de Rabat. Ils y ont discuté le rôle des avocats, notamment les associations de barreaux dans le combat pour l’abolition de la peine de mort en droit marocain.
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Monday, 16 July 2012Last Modified:
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Legal seminar: The legal profession and the abolition of the death penalty in Morocco, October 2012The IBAHRI held a seminar for the Moroccan legal profession as part of the first Regional Congress about the abolition of the death penalty, 18-20 October 2012, Morocco.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2012Last Modified:
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Jailed Iranian lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, wins 2012 IBA Human Rights Award News release: 10 October 2012 - Imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Abdolfattah Soltani is the winner of the 2012 International Bar AssociationHuman Rights Award. The announcement was made at the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland, where Mr Soltani’s daughter, Maede Soltani, and fellow Iranian lawyer, Mahnaz Parakand, accepted the Award on his behalf.
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012Last Modified:
Friday, 2 November 2012
First Regional Congress about the death penalty to take place in MoroccoThe abolition of the death penalty in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will be the subject of debate at the first Regional Congress about the death penalty being held in partnership by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI); organisers, Together Against the Death Penalty (Ensemble contre la peine de mort – ECPM); the Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH) and The Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty (CMCPM).
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012Last Modified:
Friday, 19 October 2012
IBAHRI calls on President Morsi to respect the independence of the judicial system in upholding the rule of law The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) today expresses concern in relation to amendments to Egypt’s Constitutional Declaration recently announced by President Mohamed Morsi.
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012Last Modified:
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
IBAHRI calls for an end to intimidation, deportation and detention of human rights lawyers in the United Arab EmiratesThe International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) today calls for the UAE authorities to make a public statement on the whereabouts of detained human rights lawyers, their treatment in detention and the reasons for their arrest. The IBAHRI is deeply concerned by the worsening situation for human rights lawyers in the UAE and calls for those illegally detained to be released immediately.
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Thursday, 6 December 2012Last Modified:
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Bahrain capacity building, 2013The IBAHRI has obtained a grant from the European Commission for a capacity-building project in Bahrain to assist the Government in implementing certain recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI).
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Wednesday, 9 January 2013Last Modified:
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Lebanon parliamentary strengthening, 2010 - 2011Since becoming part of The Westminster Consortium (TWC) in 2009, IBAHRI has committed to run courses focusing on the role of parliaments in upholding the rule of law and the implementation of constitutional and human rights obligations
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Sunday, 6 February 2011Last Modified:
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Lebanon parliamentary strengthening, 2013At the end of February 2013 the IBAHRI will undertake a two-day training for parliamentary staff. The training will take place at the Arab Institute for Parliamentary Training and Legislative Studies (AIPTLS), serving the 22 members of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), located in the Lebanese Parliament.
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013Last Modified:
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Lebanon hosts launch of IBAHRI and TWC human rights handbook for members and staff of Arab parliamentsNews release: 27 February 2013 - The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and The Westminster Consortium (TWC) will jointly launch the Arabic translation of Human Rights and Parliaments: Handbook for Members and Staff, at the Arab Institute for Parliamentary Training and Legislative Studies (AIPTLS), in the Lebanese Parliament, on 27 February 2013.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013Last Modified:
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Iran urged to stop infringements on the independence of the legal profession by global lawyers’ bodyNews release: 26 March 2013 - The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) urges Iran’s government to withdraw a proposed bill to effectively bring the Iranian Bar Association under the control of the judiciary, removing any remaining independence afforded to the legal profession.
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013Last Modified:
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Sudan international criminal law training, 2011The IBAHRI, in partnership with the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Centre (HRSJ) at London Metropolitan University, conducted training on human rights and international criminal law for members of the Darfur Bar Association.
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Monday, 25 April 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Tunisia judicial human rights training, 2012-2013The IBAHRI has partnered with the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) and CEELI Institute to undertake a series of workshops, aiming to train the majority of Tunisian judges on human rights and judging in a democratic society.
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Thursday, 25 April 2013Last Modified:
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Libya human rights training, 2009The IBAHRI carried out human rights training for lawyers, journalists, academics, medical professionals and human rights activists, at the al-Fateh University, Tripoli, across 2009.
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Saturday, 25 April 2009Last Modified:
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Palestinian territories human rights training, 2006The training focused on human rights law with an emphasis on women’s rights; rule of law; and the independence of the judiciary. An overview of the law on international armed conflict and professional ethic was also given.
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007Last Modified:
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Documents
Balancing independence and access to justice: a report on the justice system in Iran, Oct 2007Balancing independence and access to justice: a background report on the justice system in Iran
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008Last Modified:
Monday, 9 March 2009
Balancing Independence and Access to Justice: a report on the justice system in Iran (in Farsi)Published:
Tuesday, 10 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - ContentsArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter OneArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter TwoArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter ThreeArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter FourArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter FiveArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter SixArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter SevenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter EightArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter NineArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter TenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter ElevenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter TwelveArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter ThirteenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter FourteenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter FifteenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Arabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual - Chapter SixteenArabic Version of the UN/IBA Training Manual for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers: Human Rights in the Administration of Justice.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008Last Modified:
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
UN HRI Human rights training manual (English)Published:
Friday, 27 June 2008Last Modified:
Friday, 27 June 2008
Iran Press Release (Farsi), October 2007Published:
Wednesday, 2 July 2008Last Modified:
Friday, 24 April 2009