The Chinese juridical order cannot be described in the classical manner by an analysis of texts. Texts are few, and, on many points, non-existent; moreover, they give hardly any authentic idea of reality — it might even be implied that they knowingly try to dissimulate it.
“The documentation presented herewith by the Commission to the members of the legal profession exposes the system of injustice in Communist countries. This does hot imply that the Commission restricts its activities to the field of totalitarian systems of the Communist variety.
La signification réelle de l’indépendance du juge derrière le rideau de fer.
ICJ Bulletin-1-1954-fra (Texte complet en PDF)
This is the first edition of the ICJ bulletin. It reiterates that the ICJ aims to preserve and restore the rule of law in every country.
This edition contains:
ICJ Bulletin-1-1954-eng (full text in English, PDF)
The 1st International Congress of Jurists for the protection of right against systematic injustice was held in West Berlin with the cooperation of delegates from 43 countries, amongst whom 32 Ministers and statesmen, 32 professors, 35 presidents, judges and counsel in High Courts of Justice.
The publication of this report has the objective to maintain and defend law against imminent danger not yet sufficiently understood by the Free World.
It was expected that the effect of the Investigating Committee of Free Jurists’ activity would be extremely intensified if the revelations were presented to the international public by eminent jurists. The solid front of injustice established behind the Iron Curtain would be confronted with an equally solid front of the defenders of justice. It was felt it should become a congress by means of which exiled jurists from all countries behind the Iron Curtain would explain the systems of injustice in their native countries to the Western world, and that the Soviet Zone would become the object of thorough studies based on the material collected by the Investigating Committee.
International Congress of Jurists West Berlin- conference report-1952-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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