Eminent jurists seek to identify lessons from Northern Ireland
The Eminent Jurists Panel begins its Northern Ireland hearing in Belfast today.
ICJ welcomes decision of Military Court of Cassation to drop charges against Dr Mugraby in Lebanon
The ICJ today welcomed the decision of the Military Court of Cassation to drop charges against lawyer Dr Muhamad Mugraby, who was to appear before court on 17 April. The ICJ had sent an observer to monitor the trial.
Nepal: human rights groups call for targeted sanctions
Nepal’s King Gyanendra and his senior officials and top military officers should be refused entry to other countries and have any personal assets outside the country frozen, urged the ICJ and other human rights groups.
Arbitrary detention of 69 lawyers unlawful : ICJ calls for immediate release
The ICJ today called for the immediate release of 69 Nepali lawyers who were arbitrarily arrested and detained as they began a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration this morning in Kathmandu.
Lebanon : ICJ to observe trial of Dr Mugraby before a military court
The ICJ said today it will send an observer to monitor the trial of Dr Muhamad Mugraby, a well-known human rights lawyer prosecuted by a military tribunal for having criticized the Lebanese judiciary.
ICJ commissioner Mary Robinson speaks at JUSTICE event on the rule of law
On 20 March 2006, Mary Robinson, ICJ Commissioner and member of the Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights delivered international rule of law lecture entitled “Five year on after 9/11- time to reassert the rule of law”.
The lecture was hosted by JUSTICE, the British Section of the ICJ.
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