Hearings on lawyer Muhamed Mugraby are flawed
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) today condemned as manifestly unfair the 15 October appellate hearings on the case of human rights lawyer Dr. Muhamed Mugraby.
Lebanon: disciplinary proceedings against lawyers must be stopped
In a letter addressed today to the President of Lebanon, the ICJ requested that the Government stop all disciplinary proceedings against two lawyers who represented a well-known human rights lawyer.
ICJ statement on the attack at UN Headquarters in Iraq
The ICJ expresses its profound sorrow at the death of the UN Representative in Iraq and High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and all of his colleagues and other civilians killed yesterday in Baghdad.
Human rights lawyer prevented from leaving the country
In its third letter to President Assad of Syria, the ICJ urged the Syrian Government to allow Mr. Al-Maleh, a prominent human rights lawyer, to leave the country.
Les avocats tunisiens bâillonnés par la décision d’une justice aux ordres
La Cour d’Appel de Tunis a fait droit à la demande de six avocats membres du parti au pouvoir, de faire réformer un appel du Conseil de l’Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie à la grève générale dans tous les Tribunaux le jeudi 7 février 2002.
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