Turkey: no right to a fair trial for Leyla Zana

Turkey: no right to a fair trial for Leyla Zana

In a letter addressed to the Minister of Justice of Turkey, the Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the ICJ condemned the manifestly unfair trial proceedings in the re-trial of Kurdish former parliamentarians, Leyla Zana and three others.

ICJ alarmed at death threat against judge

ICJ alarmed at death threat against judge

The ICJ is alarmed that Magistrate Gabriele Verrina has received death threats after convicting and sentencing Giulio Andreotti, Italy’s seven-time prime minister, to 24 years in prison for the murder of an investigative journalist.

The Rule of law in the Federal Republic of Germany

The Rule of law in the Federal Republic of Germany

A statement by the German national section of the International Commission of Jurists, published by the ICJ.

The statement consists of answers to a series of questions. The questions were posed by the ICJ and answered on behalf of the German section by ten of its prominent members.

The questions cover the following themes:

  1. Administrative authorities and the law
  2. The legislative and the law
  3. The judiciary and the law
  4. The legal profession and the law
  5. The individual and the legal process.

Germany-rule of law-non-legal submission-1958-eng (full text in English, PDF)

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