Sep 25, 2002 | News
The ICJ sent an intervention today to the President of Colombia expressing its concern about attacks on Agustín Jiménez Cuello, a lawyer and president of the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP).
Mr. Jiménez recently received death threats as a result of his work for the CSPP. Attacks on CSPP staff have been a recurrent phenomenon for years. The ICJ urged the Colombian Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of Mr. Jiménez and other members of the CSPP. The ICJ also called for an independent investigation of the threats and asked that the responsible parties be brought to justice.
Sep 25, 2002
On 24 September, the United Nation Human Rights Commission held a one-day informal session, in part to discuss the human rights agenda for the present session of the General Assembly in New York.
Sep 23, 2002
La Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) intervino hoy ante el Presidente de Colombia expresando su preocupación por las amenazas en contra del abogado Agustín Jiménez Cuello, Presidente de la Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (CSPP).
Sep 23, 2002 | News
The ICJ deplores the refusal of the Government of Zimbabwe to honour its invitation for an ICJ fact-finding mission to examine threats to the independence of judges and lawyers.
Sep 19, 2002
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers expresses in its second report its deep concern at the on-going trial of 27 Turkish lawyers who are charged with professional misconduct related to their defense of political prisoners.
