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Varios artículos del proyecto de Ley Orgánica del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia permitirían a la Asamblea Nacional ejercer un inaceptable control sobre dicho Tribunal, dijó la CIJ.
Peter Gruber Justice Prize won by two Canadian jurists
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Lebanon: disciplinary proceedings against lawyers must be stopped
In a letter addressed today to the President of Lebanon, the ICJ requested that the Government stop all disciplinary proceedings against two lawyers who represented a well-known human rights lawyer.
Human rights damaged by Australian government stance on Guantanamo Bay
The use of Military Commissions for Afghani prisoners of war held at Guantanamo Bay will be used in future as a precedent by military regimes to justify further abuses of human rights.
The failure of the Australian Government to condemn the proposed Military Commissions proposed by the US is a further serious erosion of human rights,” said Steve Mark, Chairman of the Council of the Australian Section of the International Commission of Jurists.
Australia-government stance Guantanamo Bay-press release-2003-eng (full text, PDF)
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