Anti-Terrorism Act (2004)
An Act to Define and Penalize Acts of Terrorism and for Other Purposes, consisting of 28 sections. “SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of the State to protect the lives and properties of the people against all acts of...
First step in taking Guantanamo detainees out of legal black hole
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Human rights lawyers continue to be targeted
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of a human rights lawyer in Sudan and urged the Government to either bring charges or release him.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004
Summary: Dinner speech given to the World Bar conference held in Cape Town by the Chief Justice of South Africa Arthur Chaskalson, President of the ICJ.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004 [full text, PDF]
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