Military commissions to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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…)
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Criminal, civil and disciplinary proceedings against Kyrgyz lawyer
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…)
ICJ condemns detention of palestinian lawyer
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…)
Arrest and detention of Sudanese lawyers
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…)
Responses to States’ concerns with regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the proposed Optional Protocol
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…)
ICJ worried at charges against lawyer
The ICJ’s Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers today addressed an intervention to President Khatami of Iran, expressing its concern at the criminal slander and spreading of propaganda charges against an Iranian lawyer, academic and former MP. (more…)