ICJ regrets decision not to extradite Pinochet but hails advance made against impunity
The ICJ finds the decision by British Home Secretary Jack Straw not to extradite former dictator Pinochet to Spain to be extremely regrettable.
Attacks on Justice: the harassment and persecution of judges and lawyers, January 1999 – February 2000
It has become a tradition that the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers produces an annual account of the measures taken during the year against individual judges or lawyers or which undermine the judiciary and the legal profession as a whole.
The ICJ condemns military Government’s gross interference in Judiciary in Pakistan
Today, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers voiced utmost concern over military instructions to judges in Pakistan to take a fresh oath of allegiance to the unconstitutional army led administration.
The ICJ calls for abolition of State Security Court in Palestine
The ICJ conducted a mission to the Palestinian Autonomous Territories (West Bank and Gaza) from 15-25 January 2000.
Preliminary recommendations of an ICJ mission on the Palestinian Legal System
The ICJ mission on the Palestinian Legal System took place from 15-25 January 2000.
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