ICJ oral intervention on the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of te world
United Nations Commission on Human Rights 59th Session 17 March-25 April 2003 (oral intervention delivered on 1 April 2003). (more…)
Categories Archives: Advocacy
Iranian lawyers jailed after unfair trials
In an intervention addressed to H.E. President Sayed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers condemns the recent imprisonment of Iranian lawyers Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah and Soltani. (more…)
Lawyer Al-Maleh to be tried by military judge
The ICJ expressed its deep concern to the Syrian authorities regarding Haythem Al-Maleh, the Director of the Human Rights Association who will face a trial before a military judge on 18 January 2003. (more…)
Irrégularités lors des élections pour le renouvellement du Bâtonnier de l’Ordre National des Avocats
La CIJ a écrit au Président du Mauritanie pour exprimer sa réaction par les irrégularités pendant les élections pour le renouvellement du Bâtonnier de l’Ordre National des Avocats de Mauritanie. (more…)
Expert opinion on the transfer of Westbank residents facing deportation
On 26 August, the High Court of Justice of Israel heard the beginning of oral arguments by lawyers for Kifah and Intisar Ajuri and Abdel Nasser Asida. The three petitioners are relatives of persons accused by Israel of having carried out acts of terrorism. (more…)
Human rights lawyer sentenced to five years imprisonment in Syria
The ICJ is dismayed that Habib Issa, a Syrian lawyer and founding member of the Human Rights Association, was sentenced on 19 August to five years imprisonment by the Syrian Supreme State Security Court for – among other charges – attempting to change the constitution by illegal means. (more…)