In a letter addressed to President Bush today, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers condemned the recent refusal by Attorney General John Ashcroft to respect federal court rulings under the pretext of “threats to national security”. (more…)
The ICJ and JUSTICE, its British section, are concerned at the proposed trial arrangements proposed by the US government for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. (more…)
The ICJ’s Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers expressed its distress todayat the criminal, civil and disciplinary proceedings against Ms. Gulguna Kaisarova, a respected member of the Kyrgyz Bar. (more…)
In an intervention addressed today to the Israeli Government, the ICJ’s Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers condemned the arbitrary arrest and on-going detention of Daoud al-Dir’awi, a Palestinian lawyer. (more…)
The ICJ’s Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers wrote today to the Government of Sudan to express its alarm at the arrest and incommunicado detention of two lawyers by the National Security Agency. (more…)
The ICJ has authored a series of user friendly fact sheets to further clarify the legal content of economic, social and cultural rights and to emphasise the value of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. (more…)
