Apr 14, 1994 | News
The ICJ condemns the two recent attacks on Israeli civilians in Israel. Yesterday’s bombing of a bus stop in Khadera killed five Israelis and wounded at least thirty others.
Last week, a similar attack in Afula killed seven Israelis and wounded forty-three. The Hamas group has claimed responsibility for both bombings.
Such outrageous acts of violence against civilians senselessly aggravate the already tense situation. Human life is sacred. In this transitional period, the ICJ calls for self-restraint and the absolute respect of human rights.
Apr 1, 1994 | News, Publications
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers have concluded a three-day seminar on the relationship between the media and the judiciary in Madrid.
The seminar is part of an on-going study on the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession.
Lawyers, judges and journalists from Spain and different regions of the world gathered in Madrid to focus on the relationship between the media and the judiciary. The object has been to draft principles destined to facilitate a relationship that would enhance both the necessity of a free press and the independence of the judiciary. The debate also concentrated on the right of the accused, especially minors, to privacy and the presumption of innocence.
Many different angles were taken into consideration. They included the impact of publicity on judicial proceedings, the emergence of increasingly global and transnational modes of communication and their impact on judicial procedures, the relation between ethics and judicial independence, the restraints which may be necessary for the proper administration of justice, media criticism of judges and judicial decisions as well as in-depth perspectives of these issues in countries such as Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Ghana, Jordan, India and Australia.
These principles fill a gap which is increasingly highlighted by the progress made in contemporary modes of dissemination of information. The principles are attached herewith.
madrid principles on media and judicial independence-publication-1994-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Mar 29, 1994 | News
The death of at least 28 individuals yesterday, exactly one month prior to the April general elections in South Africa, raises grave concerns about the prospect of free and fair elections in the country, the ICJ says.
Mar 29, 1994 | News
Today, the ICJreleased the findings of its mission to Israel and the Occupied Territories concerning the Hebron Massacre and aftermath.
Feb 28, 1994 | News
The ICJ two-year study of the Iraqi legal system, entitled “Iraq and the Rule of Law,” pinpoints structural defects in the Iraqi system of justice, which can be considered as characteristic of similar one-party States.
Feb 28, 1994 | News
The ICJ urges the Lebanese government to take all adequate steps to ensure that the perpetrators of the Sunday massacre be brought to justice.
At least 10 worshippers were killed and over 60 others wounded, many of them children and women, during mass, when two bombs ripped through the Sayyidet el Najat (Our Lady of Salvation) church in Jounieh, northern Beirut.
The ICJ deplores this infamous massacre which may jeopardise the country’s recent return to peace after years of civil war.
