President threatens Constitutional Court
The ICJ today expressed concern at remarks reportedly made by the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, which could be viewed as an attempt to intimidate the Ugandan judiciary.
ICJ comment on Israeli Supreme Court barrier decision
“The Israeli Supreme Court has taken a significant first step in recognizing the disproportionate and acute hardship the Separation Barrier causes for the population in the Occupied Territories,” said Nicholas Howen, ICJ Secretary General.
First step in taking Guantanamo detainees out of legal black hole
“The US Supreme Court has taken the first step in closing the legal black hole in which the US Government is holding prisoners in Guantanamo Bay”, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary General of the ICJ.
Human rights lawyers continue to be targeted
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of a human rights lawyer in Sudan and urged the Government to either bring charges or release him.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004
Summary: Dinner speech given to the World Bar conference held in Cape Town by the Chief Justice of South Africa Arthur Chaskalson, President of the ICJ.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004 [full text, PDF]
ICJ hopes Leyla Zana release is a step towards rule of law
The ICJ welcomes the release yesterday of Leyla Zana, a Sakharov prize winner, and her co-defendants.
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