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Les droits de l’accusé dans le procès penal

Allocution prononcée par Jean Graven, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit, Juge à la Cour de Cassation de Genève et Président de la Fédération internationale latine des Juristes et Avocats au Congrès international de juristes, Athées, juin 1955....

Les droits de l’accusé dans le procès penal

Allocution prononcée par Jean Graven, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit, Juge à la Cour de Cassation de Genève et Président de la Fédération internationale latine des Juristes et Avocats au Congrès international de juristes, Athées, juin 1955....

Bulletin de la CIJ no. 2 (Mars 1955)

En présentant à ses lecteurs l’étude du Dr. Vladimir M. Kabes sur la Légalité socialiste en Tchécoslovaquie, la Commission Internationale de Juristes a deux buts en vue. Dans la terminologie et la propagande communistes, le...

ICJ Bulletin no. 2 (March 1955)

In this issue of the Bulletin, the ICJ aims first to give an insight into Soviet ‘justice’; second to underline  the danger to its fundamental principles of law inherent in the practical effects of Soviet...

New substantive criminal law

This document is Part Three in the series Government, Law and Courts Behind the Iron Curtain. It contains a country-by-country overview of developments in relation to substantive criminal law in the following states: Soviet Union,...

Land and peasant

This document is Part Eight in the series Government, Law and Courts Behind the Iron Curtain. It provides an analysis of ideology, policy, law and practice in relation to the situation of peasants and rights concerning land....

Worker and factory

This document is Part Seven in the series Government, Law and Courts Behind the Iron Curtain. It provides an analysis of ideology, policy, law and practice in relation to the situation of workers and labour...

Law in Communist China

The Chinese juridical order cannot be described in the classical manner by an analysis of texts. Texts are few, and, on many points, non-existent; moreover, they give hardly any authentic idea of reality — it might even be...

Justice enslaved: a collection of documents on the abuse of justice for political ends

“The documentation presented herewith by the Commission to the members of the legal profession exposes the system of injustice in Communist countries. This does hot imply that the Commission restricts its activities to the field...

Bulletin de la CIJ no. 1 (Août 1954)

ICJ Bulletin no. 1 (August 1954)

This is the first edition of the ICJ bulletin. It reiterates that the ICJ aims to preserve and restore the rule of law in every country. This edition contains: Preface The Significance of the Independence...

South Korea-Criminal Act (1953)

International Congress of Jurists – West Berlin 1952 – complete report, discourses and protocols

The 1st International Congress of Jurists for the protection of right against systematic injustice was held in West Berlin with the cooperation of delegates from 43 countries, amongst whom 32 Ministers and statesmen, 32 professors,...

Criminal Procedure Code (1951 rev. 2001)

The Civil Procedure Code contains 10 Parts, 65 Chapters and 441 Articles. The Parts are the following: Preliminary Constitution and Powers of Criminal Courts General Provisions Prevention of Offences Information to the Police and their...

Israel-Law of Return, 5710-1950 (1950)

Evidence Act (1950, rev. 1971, 2012)

Act 56 contains 3 Parts, 11 Chapters and 167 sections. The Parts and Chapters are the following: Part 1. Relevancy Preliminary Relevancy of facts Part 2. Proof Facts which need not be proved Oral evidence...

Emergency Provisions Act, Section 6 (1947)

Section 6 Whoever does any act with the intention of deteriorating, obstructing, or destroying the purpose and ability of: a building, vehicle, machinery, equipment, or other property used or intended to be used for Government...

1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (1945, 2002)

Certified English translation of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. First adopted August 18, 1945 – superseded 1949-1959 – restored 1959. Consolidated: as amended by the First Amendment (19 October 1999), the Second...

Criminal Procedure Code (1940, 2000)

The Criminal Procedure Code is sections 110 to 127 of the Rules of Court, which are also attached. The Rules cover the following: Rule 110 – Prosecution of Offenses Rule 111 – Prosecution of Civil...

Penal Code – Act 574, Section 130D (1936, rev. 1997)

CHAPTER VI A – OFFENCES RELATING TO TERRORISM (…) Section 130D. Providing devices to terrorist groups. Whoever knowingly provides or offers to provide any explosive or other lethal device to– (a)  a terrorist group; (b) ...

Penal Code – Act 574, Section 374A (1936, rev. 1997)

CHAPTER XVI – OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY Kidnapping, Abduction, Slavery and Forced Labour (…) Hostage-Taking Section 374A. Hostage-taking. Whoever seizes or detains and threatens to kill, to injure or to continue to detain another...

Penal Code – Act 574 (1936, rev. 1997)

Act 574 – An Act relating to criminal offences. The Act consists of 23 Chapters and 511 sections. The Chapters are the following: Preliminary General Explanations Punishments General Exceptions Abetment-Criminal Conspiracy Offences against the State Offences...

Penal Code – Act 574, Section 130C (1936, rev. 1997)

Section 130C. Committing terrorism acts. (1) Whoever, by any means, directly or indirectly, commits a terrorist act shall be punished– (a) if the act results in death, with death; and (b) in any other case,...

Penal Code – Act 574, Sections 130D-130K, 130M, 130N, 130P-130S (1936, rev. 1997)

The Sections cover the following: CHAPTER VIA – OFFENCES RELATING TO TERRORISM Section 130D. Providing devices to terrorist groups. Section 130E. Recruiting persons to be members of terrorist groups or to participate in terrorist acts....