The Joint Sections of the Italian Court of Cassation recognised the direct applicability of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the Italian legal system.
A pesar de la respuesta del Gobierno venezolano, la CIJ mantiene su profunda preocupación por las violaciones al debido proceso que se produjeron en el procedimiento que concluyó con la destitución de los Magistrados de la Corte Primera.
In the tenth hearing of the re-trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former parliamentarians, who have been detained since 1994, the ICJ found that the defendants’ right to an independent and impartial tribunal as well as their right to liberty and security had been consistently violated.
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s impartiality in an appeal before the Supreme Court by Vice President Dick Cheney is questioned as the judge and the Vice President took a 3-day hunting trip together.
Four Turkish lawyers who were charged with “professional misconduct” for having represented villagers evicted from their homes by Turkish security forces were acquitted on 24 December. The ICJ concludes that the criminal charge amounted to harassment and intimidation of Turkish lawyers.
Tunisia: Conviction of Ebru Timtik Award Laureate Ahmed Souab marks escalating repression of lawyers
ICJ Honored for Championing Refugee and Migrant Justice Worldwide
Thailand: Swift action is needed to ensure access to justice for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
Uzbekistan: ICJ and the Academy of Justice open the third cycle of the International Human Rights Law Course