Zimbabwe obstructs ICJ mission as rule of law deteriorates
The ICJ deplores the refusal of the Government of Zimbabwe to honour its invitation for an ICJ fact-finding mission to examine threats to the independence of judges and lawyers.
Zimbabwe : attacks on judiciary continue as former High Court Judge arrested
Today the ICJ wrote to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to express deep concern over the arrest of former High Court Judge Fergus Blackie.
Zimbabwe Law Society officials detained and harassed
The ICJ is deeply concerned about the harassment of Sternford Moyo (photo), the President of the Law Society Zimbabwe and Wilbert Mapombere, Executive Secretary of the Law Society.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences: “Cultural practices in the family that are violent towards women”, E/CN.4/2002/83, January 31, 2002
102. Women who transgress the boundaries of appropriate sexual behaviour, even in countries where honour killings do not take place, are often subject to violence. The notion of crimes of passion or provocation has often been used to justify murder of women who engage...
ICJ to visit Zimbabwe
The ICJ today welcomed the decision of the Government of Zimbabwe to grant permission to visit the country later this year in order to carry out a fact finding mission with regard to recent developments on the rule of law.
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