A/HRC/14/26
administration of justice, in particular with regard to the independence and
impartiality of the judiciary and to the continuing human rights education of judges,
prosecutors, public defenders and lawyers.
101. In order to enhance the continuing education of judges, prosecutors, public
defenders and lawyers in international human rights law, an international conference
should be convened with the participation of State representatives, judiciary
authorities and the public prosecutor’s offices, representatives of the magistrates and
bar associations and members of the civil society. The objectives of the international
conference would be, inter alia, to:
(a)
Identify the internal and structural features of judicial systems that
affect their capacities to implement international and regional standards on human
rights;
(b)
Identify means of improving the continuing human rights education of
judges in order to improve the work of courts to vindicate human rights and provide
justice;
(c)
Enquire of judiciaries and judges as to what they are doing and what
they might do to address and provide redress in relation to deeper patterns of human
rights violations that persist year after year in their States;
(d)
Explore how the advances in international human rights law can be used
more effectively by judges and national courts at all levels;
(e)
Exchange information on how to better promote and use international
human rights jurisprudence and precedents of deliberative bodies;
(f)
Review challenges to the implementation of civil and political rights and
economic, social and cultural rights.
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