27 lawyers charged with professional misconduct acquitted
The ICJ is satisfied by the decision of the No. 1 Ankara Heavy Penal Court on 31 October to acquit 27 lawyers who had been charged with professional misconduct under the Turkish Penal Law.
ICJ releases findings on trial of Turkish lawyers
The ICJ today expressed in its preliminary report its deep concern at the prosecution of 27 lawyers before No. 1 Ankara Heavy Penal Court.
US is endangering the International Criminal Court and peacekeeping missions
The ICJ is greatly alarmed at unprecedented moves by the US to hold the new International Criminal Court (ICC) hostage to threats to veto the extension of the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia (UNMBIH).
Attacks on lawyers : a travesty of justice
The ICJ deplores the abuse of the judicial process in the prosecution of 27 lawyers at the Heavy Penal Court in Ankara.
International Court of Justice’s ruling on Belgian arrest warrant undermines international law
The ICJ is profoundly concerned by the majority decision of the International Court of Justice that a Foreign Minister remains for life immune for acts of State policy that amount to international crimes.
ICJ Commissioner Van Boven appointed UN Rapporteur on Torture
The ICJ expresses its warmest congratulations to Vice-President and Commission Member Theo C. Van Boven on his appointment as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the question of Torture.
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