This bulletin includes a groundbreaking document to support the establishment of a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights with a decree of independence and prestige required for the performance of his functions under the authority of the General Assembly. (more…)
This bulletin was published following the first Conference of French-speaking African Jurists, held in Dakar from January 5 to 9 1967, organised by the ICJ, its French national section Libre Justice and the Association Sénégalaise d’Etudes et de Recherches Juridiques. (more…)
Following its meeting in Geneva in September 1966, the ICJ concluded that while the development and application of the rule of law is the rational and reasonable alternative to intolerance, arbitrary action and injustice, the universal acceptance of this elementary concept is hard to secure. (more…)
Freedom of expression is one of the fundamental requirements of a genuine State under the rule of law. One of the most effective ways of obstructing the rule of law is the creation of strict press censorship. This bulletin develops the case of Spain and its new press law. (more…)
The Ceylon Section of the ICJ held a successful Colloquium on the rule of law in Colombo from January 10 to 15, 1966. The conclusions and resolutions of the Colloquium are published in this bulletin. (more…)
The ICJ in its bulletin no.25 focuses on emerging countries and the challenges facing. They expose the persistent violation of the most elementary principles of justice and respect for human rights, for example in Haiti committed by Dr. Duvalier’s regime. (more…)
