We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by the Egyptian state.
Today, the ICJ called for the end of political interference with judicial independence in Ukraine during an interactive dialogue before the UN Human Rights Council after the update by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the country.
President Saied’s continued attacks on the separation of powers and the 2014 constitution should receive international condemnation, said the ICJ today.
Les autorités tunisiennes n’ont pas donné suite aux recommandations de l’IVD visant à préserver l’indépendance judiciaire comme condition primordiale à l’État de droit et comme garantie fondamentale des droits et libertés constitutionnels, a déclaré la Commission internationale de juristes (CIJ) dans une note d’analyse publiée aujourd’hui.
Tunisia’s authorities have failed to act upon the IVD recommendations to uphold judicial independence as a prerequisite to the rule of law and a fundamental safeguard for constitutional rights and freedoms, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said in a briefing paper published today.
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