Sri Lanka: ICJ calls for full respect of Ceasefire Agreement and an end to all violence
The ICJ condemns today’s attack on the head of the Sri Lankan Army, Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka and the deaths of his five guards and three civilians, reportedly by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber.
Conference on “European Convention on Human Rights and National Legal System : Tensions and Cooperation”
On 16 and 17 June 2006, the Swiss and German Sections of the ICJ jointly organise a Conference entiltled: “European Convention on Human Rights and National Legal System: Tensions and Cooperation.”
The conference will be held at the European Insitute of Basel University. Please find below the programme and subscription form.
Conference program form-Events-2006 (full text in German and French, PDF)
ICJ welcomes decision of Military Court of Cassation to drop charges against Dr Mugraby in Lebanon
The ICJ today welcomed the decision of the Military Court of Cassation to drop charges against lawyer Dr Muhamad Mugraby, who was to appear before court on 17 April. The ICJ had sent an observer to monitor the trial.
Lebanon : ICJ to observe trial of Dr Mugraby before a military court
The ICJ said today it will send an observer to monitor the trial of Dr Muhamad Mugraby, a well-known human rights lawyer prosecuted by a military tribunal for having criticized the Lebanese judiciary.
Egypt: Immunity of judges critical of vote rigging lifted
The ICJ wrote to President Mubarak and Minister of Justice to express concerns regarding the lifting of immunity of seven judges to question them for having reported voting irregularities during parliamentary elections.
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