International Commission of Jurists
Website: http://www.icj.org/
Category: Law
Year of Foundation: 1952
Location of Foundation: West Berlin, Germany
Location of Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Brief Description: The International Commission of Jurists describes itself as 'a group of up to 60 senior lawyers, from around the world and representing all the legal professions, ...[who]... use ...[their]... legal expertise to protect and promote human rights' (source: www.icj.org; accessed 12 January 2010).
Founding Rationales:
The founding conference of the International Commission of Jurists aimed to ensure that 'the solid front of injustice established behind the Iron Curtain would be confronted with an equally solid front of the defenders of justice.'
Source: 'International Congress of Jurists. West Berlin, 1952. Complete Report. Discourses. Protocols', p. 1.
Evolution of Membership:
Sources: www.icj.org; YIO