Australia : Timor gap dispute
“International law or international arbitration should determine the future of the disputed Timor Gap oil fields”, said Steve Mark, Chairman of the Council of the Australian Section of the ICJ.
Colombia: la declaratoria de ilegalidad de la huelga de la USO no es legal
El Gobierno no tiene facultades para declarar ilegalidad de la huelga de la USO: es contraria a las obligaciones internacionales de Colombia, dijó la filial columbiana de la CIJ.
Naciones Unidas amonesta a Colombia por incumplimiento de compromisos en derechos humanos
La Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas ha comenzado a impacientarse con el Gobierno colombiano, dice la Comisión Colombiana de Juristas, filial de la CIJ.
The Rule of Law in Africa
Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, former UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and ICJ Commissioner to the World Conference of Barristers & Advocates 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-14 April 2004.
SouthAfrica-ruleoflaw-event-2004 (full text, PDF)
Rule of law in Africa
Summary: Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, former UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and ICJ Commissioner to the World Conference of Barristers & Advocates 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-14 April 2004.
Guilty verdict for jailed former parliamentarians is a setback for the rule of law
The ICJ condemns the decision of the Ankara State Security Court to find Leyla Zana and her co-defendants, all Kurdish former parliamentarians guilty of “membership in an armed gang.”
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