Zimbabwe: judicial rulings must be respected
In a further blow to the independence of the judiciary, the Zimbabwean Government ignored two judicial rulings and used State-controlled media to attack magistrates, the ICJ said today.
Canada-Assisted Human Reproduction Act (2004)
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Disappearance of human rights lawyer
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged today the Thai Government to conduct an urgent investigation into the disappearance of a well-known human rights lawyer.
South Africa-Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act (2003)
South Africa-Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act-2003-eng
Urgent call for ICJ world-wide intervention : Human Rights Lawyer barred from leaving his country
The ICJ requests its entire network to call on their respective Governments to intervene with the Government of Syria to allow Mr. Haythem al-Maleh, a Syrian lawyer and human rights activist, to leave the country.
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