The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers is seeking an investigation into the death of Orton Chirwa, a pro-democracy activist and Malawi’s first Minister of Justice, who had been imprisoned since 1981.
Forty-eight hours before the recent general elections in Thailand, the interim government took unilateral legislative steps which undermine the independence of the judiciary, the ICJ said today.
Judges and lawyers in Colombia work in a dangerous profession, says a report issued today by the ICJ, which documents 515 cases of violence against Colombian lawyers and judges between 1979 and 1991. More than half of the victims, 278 jurists, were murdered.<
At least 447 jurists from 46 countries were targets of persecution in the last year as they carried out their work, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers reported today.
The ICJ today expressed concern to the Government of India about the arrest of a former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Ajit Singh Bains, on 3 April.
Kenya: Kenya authorities must take steps to improve access to justice for women with disabilities, says UN Committee
Pakistan: International civil society organisations condemn the sentencing of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
Poland: The Constitutional Tribunal crisis must be resolved by law, not by force
Egypt: Unjust conviction of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief marks serious escalation in media crackdown