On the eve of the Nepal Development Fund in Kathmandu, the ICJ today urged the Government of Nepal to turn public human rights commitments it proudly made over the last month into practical action.
Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the ICJ and Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa of the South African Constitutional Court have won the 2004 Peter Gruber International Justice Prize for Advancing Equality and Human Rights.
“International law or international arbitration should determine the future of the disputed Timor Gap oil fields”, said Steve Mark, Chairman of the Council of the Australian Section of the ICJ.
La Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas ha comenzado a impacientarse con el Gobierno colombiano, dice la Comisión Colombiana de Juristas, filial de la CIJ.
Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, former UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and ICJ Commissioner to the World Conference of Barristers & Advocates 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-14 April 2004.
SouthAfrica-ruleoflaw-event-2004 (full text, PDF)
Pakistan – Dismantling Justice: A Full-Frontal Assault on the Rule of Law
Egypt: New Criminal Procedure Code violates human rights
GUATEMALA: International organizations express concern over the detention of lawyer Ramón Cadena
Tanzania: African CSOs Call for the Non-Recognition of the Illegitimate Government and for Transitional Justice and Fresh Elections