Trial observation at Yassa-Ada, Turkey
The ICJ announced today that it has delegated Mr. Raymond Nicolet, the well-known Geneva attorney, to observe on its behalf the judicial proceedings at Yassa-Ada, Turkey.
Trial in Angola: ICJ intervention for Portuguese lawyer
On July 27, 1960, the ICJ requested the intervention of Dr. Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal, to enable Dr. da Palma Carlos, a Lisbon lawyer, to go to Luanda, Angola.
The Rule of law in the Federal Republic of Germany
A statement by the German national section of the International Commission of Jurists, published by the ICJ.
The statement consists of answers to a series of questions. The questions were posed by the ICJ and answered on behalf of the German section by ten of its prominent members.
The questions cover the following themes:
- Administrative authorities and the law
- The legislative and the law
- The judiciary and the law
- The legal profession and the law
- The individual and the legal process.
Germany-rule of law-non-legal submission-1958-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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