The ICJ has urged the government of Malaysia to bring to trial or release the 91 persons now detained under the Internal Security Act.
Under the Act persons can be detained without charge or trial for indefinite renewable 60 day periods.
Following the 8 November 1987 referendum abolishing the law limiting the civil responsibility of judges, the ICJ have urged the Italian authorities in drafting new legislation to respect UN standards of judicial independence.
In a letter to Mr. GIuliano Vassalli, Italian Minister of Justice, the two organisations drew attention to the U.N. Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, which the General Assembly has called on governments to respect and to take into account in their national legislation. The Principles provide that while a judge may be subject to appropriate disciplinary procedure for wrongful acts, and while an aggrieved individual may seek compensation from the state, “judges should enjoy personal immunity from civil suits for monetary damages for improper acts or omissions in the exercise of their judicial functions.”
The two organisations, which work with judges and lawyers worldwide to promote the Rule of Law and the independence of the judiciary, consider that the immunity of Judges from personal liability is an essential safeguard of judicial independence.
The ICJ visited Singapore to investigate and report on the detentions under the Internal Security Act of a total of 22 men and women accused of participating in a ‘Marxist conspiracy’ to overthrow the Singapore government.
La Commission internationale de juristes a, pendant plusieurs années, envoyé des observateurs internationaux à des procès importants qui se tenaient au Maroc.
Ces observateurs ont toujours été bien accueillis et ont reçu les attentions aimables usuelles pour l’accomplissement de leur mission. En juillet 1981, la Commission internationale de juristes a envoyé le professeur Tremblay, un avocat canadien et un membre de sa section nationale du Canada, pour assister à un important procès à Rabat.
Le professeur Tremblay a pu assister à l’ouverture de ce procès, le 13 juillet, en compagnie d’autres observateurs internationaux, mais fut au début de la journée du 14 juillet expulsé de la manière décrite dans son rapport.
Morocco-trial in Rabat-trial observation report-1981-fra (Rapport complet en PDF)
“Rights Work” Conference, Stockholm: ICJ Intervention on Systematic Work for Human Rights Implementation.
Sweden-Intervention systematic work-event-2008 (full text in English, PDF)
Tunisia: Quash sham conviction and sentence of judges’ association President, Anas Hmedi
The UN Human Rights Council makes significant but limited progress in addressing human rights around the world, as atrocities multiply in the Middle East and elsewhere
ICJ hosts an African Regional Convening in Kenya on Transformative Equality Jurisprudence
Russian Federation: Arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Maria Bontsler must be released