International Association of Democratic Lawyers explained

International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) is an international organization of left-wing and progressive jurists' associations with sections and members in 50 countries and territories.[1] [2] Along with facilitating contact and exchange of views between and among lawyers and lawyers' associations of all countries, the IADL works to conduct research on legal issues affecting human, political and economic rights, organizes international commissions of enquiry and conferences on legal and judicial concerns, and takes part in international legal observer missions.[3] [4] Through its activities the Association works as a recognized consultative organization with the United Nations through ECOSOC, UNESCO and UNICEF.[3]

History

The Association was founded in Paris in 1946 by leftist French lawyers with connections to the French resistance.[5] [6] [7] Many of its founders served as prosecutors at the Nuremberg trials.[8] Its first president was René Cassin, who was largely responsible for writing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The IADL stated that it had documented proof of the US dropping poisoned mosquitoes on North Koreans and mass-torturing civilians during the Korean War. Cassin resigned his presidency in 1951 due to the resulting U.S. pressure, and the US successfully lobbied France to expel the headquarters of what it considered a communist front from Paris.[9] The Central Intelligence Agency started funding the International Commission of Jurists to counter the IADL.[10]

From 1967 the IADL was one of the original NGOs accredited with Consultative II Status with ECOSOC and is represented at UNESCO and UNICEF.[11] The Association is also a member of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO) of the United Nations.[11]

In 1990, the Soviet Union funded the organization with 100,000 US dollars.[12]

Headquarters

International Headquarters – Rue Brialmont 21, B-1210, Brussels, Belgium[3]

International Secretariat – Ito Bldg 2nd Floor, Yotsuya 1–2, Shinjuku-ku, 160–0004, Tokyo, Japan[3]

Organization

The IADL is organized on the basis of institutional member organizations, regional and affiliated sections, groups and individual membership, representing about 200,000 members in all.[3]

Institutional Members:

Regional and Affiliated Members:

Activities

Economic and Social Council consultative status

IADL applied for Category B consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council in 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1959, but the application was rejected.[22] [23] [24] [25] The application was accepted in 1967.[26] [27]

The organizations are divided into three groups: those in Category A, which have a basic interest in most of the activities of the council; those in Category B, which have a special competencebut are concerned with only a few of the council's activities; and those with a significant contribution to make to the council's work, which are placed on a Register for ad hoc consultations. At the end of 1967, there were 143 NGOs with Category B status.[26]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Aims. November 29, 2015.
  2. Web site: About | IADL . 2013-07-28 . 2013-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130622145832/http://www.iadllaw.org/en/about . dead .
  3. Web site: UNESCO . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104522/http://ngo-db.unesco.org/r/or/en/1100066952 . 2015-04-02 . dead .
  4. IADL Our Aims
  5. Book: 0-226-14426-7 . The Internationalization of Palace Wars: Lawyers, Economists, and the Contest to Transform Latin American States . Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth . University of Chicago Press . 2002.
  6. Donert . Celia . From Communist Internationalism to Human Rights: Gender, Violence and International Law in the Women's International Democratic Federation Mission to North Korea, 1951 . Contemporary European History . 12 April 2016 . 25 . 2 . 313–333 . 10.1017/S0960777316000096 . 159814571 .
  7. Book: Van Daal . A.J.M. . Under False Colors: A report on the Character of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers . October 1955 . . The Hague .
  8. New York City Law Review, Volumes 9-10. 2005. p. 1
  9. Book: Tolley, Jr., Howard B. . 2010 . The International Commission of Jurists: Global Advocates for Human Rights . University of Pennsylvania Press . 28–29 . 978-0812203158 .
  10. Book: Tolley, Jr., Howard B. . 2010 . The International Commission of Jurists: Global Advocates for Human Rights . University of Pennsylvania Press . 31. 978-0812203158 .
  11. Web site: IADL . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150218134226/http://iadllaw.org/en/unactivity . 2015-02-18 . dead .
  12. Richard Felix Staar (1991). Foreign policies of the Soviet Union. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University. p. 80.
  13. Web site: IADL website – members . 2010-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707105436/http://www.iadllaw.org/en/members . 2010-07-07 . dead .
  14. Web site: Progress Lawyers Network | Welkom | Bienvenue. www.progresslaw.net.
  15. Web site: Article | LakimiesUutiset . 2010-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716231114/http://www.lakimiesuutiset.fi/artikkeli?artid=250 . 2011-07-16 .
  16. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612104222/http://www.berlin.de/imperia/md/content/lstu/schriftenreihe/ufj1.pdf . 2011-06-12 .
  17. Web site: Avocats Européens Démocrates – European Democratic Lawyers.
  18. Web site: Report on U.S. Crimes in Korea . International Association of Democratic Lawyers . 16 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002045226/http://www.uwpep.org/Index/Resources_files/Crime_Reports_1.pdf . 2013-10-02 . dead .
  19. News: International Association of Democratic Lawyers Calls on UN to Respect Haiti's Sovereignty . . April 19, 2006 . dead . https://archive.today/20130802191104/http://www.politicalaffairs.net/international-association-of-democratic-lawyers-calls-on-un-to-respect-haiti-s-sovereignty/ . August 2, 2013 .
  20. Web site: No. 08-987 in the Supreme Court of the United States – RUBEN CAMPA, RENE GONZALEZ, ANTONIO GUERRERO, GERARDO HERNANDEZ, AND LUIS MENDINA, PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
  21. Web site: Marjorie Cohn: International Association of Democratic Lawyers Opposes Military Force Against Syria and Iran . Marjorie Cohn . Marjorie Cohn . March 24, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130719194441/http://www.marjoriecohn.com/2012/03/international-association-of-democratic.html . July 19, 2013.
  22. Book: 1954 Yearbook of the United Nations . https://archive.today/20130801222649/http://unyearbook.un.org/unyearbook.html?name=1954index.html . dead . 2013-08-01 . http://unyearbook.un.org/1954YUN/1954_P1_SEC2_CH19.pdf . pdf . Chapter XIX Consultative Arrangements with Non-Governmental Organizations . 303 . United Nations.
  23. Book: 1955 Yearbook of the United Nations . https://archive.today/20130801222652/http://unyearbook.un.org/unyearbook.html?name=1955index.html . dead . 2013-08-01 . http://unyearbook.un.org/1955YUN/1955_P1_SEC2_CH17.pdf . pdf . Chapter XVII Consultative Arrangements with Non-Governmental Organizations . 238 . United Nations.
  24. Book: 1957 Yearbook of the United Nations . https://archive.today/20130801220128/http://unyearbook.un.org/unyearbook.html?name=1957index.html . dead . 2013-08-01 . http://unyearbook.un.org/1957YUN/1957_P1_SEC2_CH16.pdf . pdf . Chapter XVI Consultative Arrangements with Non-Governmental Organizations . 279 . United Nations.
  25. Book: 1959 Yearbook of the United Nations . http://unyearbook.un.org/1959YUN/1959_P1_SEC2_CH14.pdf . pdf . Chapter XIV Consultative Arrangements with Non-Governmental Organizations . 280 . United Nations . dead . https://archive.today/20130801220159/http://unyearbook.un.org/unyearbook.html?name=1959index.html . 2013-08-01.
  26. Book: 1967 Yearbook of the United Nations . http://unyearbook.un.org/1967YUN/1967_P1_SEC2_CH22.pdf . pdf . Chapter XXII Consultative Arrangements with Non-Governmental Organizations . 562–564 . United Nations . dead . https://archive.today/20130801220125/http://unyearbook.un.org/unyearbook.html?name=1967index.html . 2013-08-01.
  27. Web site: List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2010 . 38 . United Nations . 1 September 2010.

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