Arab Charter on Human Rights must meet international standards
Today the ICJ calls upon Members of the League of Arab States to make a political commitment to protect the human rights of all the people in the Arab region.
Former Kurdish MP’s denied the right to a fair trial
The ICJ condemns the grossly unfair proceedings in the re-trial of former Kurdish M.P.’s before the Ankara State Security Court on the charge of “membership in an armed gang.”
Turkey: report of the re-trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former parliamentarians (Part 1)
The ICJ’s Centre of the Independence of Judges and Lawyers monitored the re-trial of former Kurdish MP’s Leyla Zana and her co-defendants. The hearing took place at Ankara State Security Court on 23 May 2003.
The ICJ found that there were serious deficiencies throughout the trial.
Turkey-report re-trial Zana-May-trial observer report-2003 (full text, PDF)
Fact-finding mission to the Kingdom of Swaziland
Threats to judicial independence, in violation of international human rights standards, are deeply rooted and routine in Swaziland, states the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers in a report released today.
Swaziland : a deeply entrenched rule of law crisis
Threats to judicial independence, in violation of international human rights standards, are deeply rooted and routine in Swaziland, states the ICJ in a report released today.
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