International Commission of Jurists
ICJ Journal vol. I no. 1 (1957)

ICJ Journal vol. I no. 1 (1957)

Sep 1, 1957

This legal Journal is devoted to the administration of justice within different countries. It also strives to deepen understanding of and widen agreement on the principles of the rule of law in all countries.

This edition features:

  • Editorial: Domestic jurisdiction and international concern
  • Staff study: The quest of Polish lawyers for legality
  • The rule of law in Thailand by Sompong Sucharitkul
  • The treason trial in South Africa by Gerald Gardiner, QC
  • The Soviet procuracy and the rights of the individual against the state by Dietrich A. Loeber
  • The legal profession and the law: the bar in England and Wales
  • Book reviews:
    • -Glanville Williams, The Proof of Guilt, by J. M . van Bemmelen
    • -Tadeusz Taras, The Rights of the Accused in Poland, by George Dobry
    • -Robert Cushman, Civil Liberties in the United States, by Sompong Sucharitkul
    • -Serio Galeotti, The Judicial Control of Public Authorities in England and Italy; Charles J. Hamson, Executive Discretion and Judicial Control: An Aspect of the Conseil d’Etat, by George Dobry

ICJ Journal-I-1-1957-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Journal-I-1-1957-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)

The continuing challenge of the Hungarian situation to the Rule of law

The continuing challenge of the Hungarian situation to the Rule of law

Jun 21, 1957

Supplement to the ICJ Report published in April 1957

“The Commission now wishes to draw the attention of lawyers throughout the world, and of general public opinion, to the continuing violation in Hungary of principles of justice recognized by all civilized nations. With this end in view the Commission has prepared the following report which supplements the report issued on March 2nd under the title of “The Hungarian Situation and the Rule of Law”.

“1. The UN report on Hungary expressly endorses the resolutions of the Hague Conference called by the Commission on March 2nd on administration of Justice in Hungary and accepts the legal conclusions submitted by Sir Hartley Shawcross to the UN Committee of 5 in Geneva on March 13, namely

  1. that the Russian intervention was “aggression”, even according to the Soviet Union’s own definition.
  2. that the methods used to put down opposition involving flagrant disregard of human rights, constitute a violation of the UN Charter, the Hungarian Peace Treaty of 1947 and the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
  3. that the introduction of special tribunals and summary procedure has deprived the accused of fundamental rights of defence.

2. The International Commission of Jurists has collected information from Hungarian sources which shows that the system of legal repression in Hungary is continuing and increasing.”

The report contains sections on the legal policy of the Kadar regime, new legislation dealing with political offenders, trials published by the Hungarian authorities.

With appendices:

  1. Decree-Law Nr. 25/1957 concerning the setting up of the People’s Chamber of the Supreme Court and the regulation of its procedure;
  2. Ordinance no. 1/1957 concerning expulsion and the placing of persons under police control
  3. information on sentences under summary jurisdiction between 27 February and June 1957, as published in Hungarian sources

Hungary-continuing challenge rule of law-thematic report-1957-eng (full text in English, PDF)

Hungary-continuing challenge rule of law-thematic report-1957-fra (full text in French, PDF)

 

La situation en Hongrie et la règle du droit

La situation en Hongrie et la règle du droit

May 1, 1957

La CIJ a publié et largement distribué toute une série d’études, maintenant incorporées dans la documentation reproduite ici; ces articles attirent l’attention des juristes du monde entier sur les aspects juridiques de l’intervention soviétique en Hongrie.

Ils traitent aussi des violations du Traité de Paix avec la Hongrie de 1947 et de la Conven­tion de Genève de 1949, consécutives a l’instauration du régime Kadar dans ce pays.

Ce document contient :

  • le texte d’une résolution adoptée par un Congrès organisé par la CIJ à une Conférence tenue à La Haye, le 2 mars 1957
  • une introduction sur la situation en Hongrie
  • une collection de documents qui illustrent: les aspects juridiques de l’intervention soviétique en Hongrie, les textes des Traités, les résolutions des Nations Unies, les lois sur les procès sommaires, les informations sur les arrestations et des lettres de la  CIJ

Hungary-situation in Hungary and the rule of law-thematic report-1957-fra (Texte complet en PDF)

Hungary-situation in Hungary and the rule of law-thematic report(supplement)-1957-fra (Rapport complet en PDF)

 

 

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