The Philippines: human Rights after martial law: report of a mission
This report, based on a mission sent to the Philippines in January 1984, is the second to be issued on the situation of human rights in the Philippines by the ICJ.
Sri Lanka: a mounting tragedy of errors
In 1981 the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) published a report by Professor Virginia Leary on Ethnic Violence in Sri Lanka, which Mr. Paul Sieghart describes as ‘essential reading’ for a full understanding of recent events in Sri Lanka.
Ethnic conflict and violence in Sri Lanka: report of a mission to Sri Lanka in July-August 1981, with a supplement for the period of 1981-1983
In view of the events of July – August 1983 in Sri Lanka, the International Commission of Jurists has decided to reprint the report “Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka” by Professor Virginia A. Leary, written after her mission to Sri Lanka in July – August 1981.
Human rights in Suriname: report of a mission to Suriname in February/March 1983
From 25 February through 4 March 1983 Prof. Griffiths and Prof. Bossuyt were sent as observers on behalf of the ICJ on a mission concerning the human rights situation in Suriname.
Recent developments relating to human rights: report of a mission to Suriname in February 1981
This is a report concerning the human rights situation in Suriname, based upon a mission to that country carried out between 3 and 17 February 1981 by Prof. J .Griffiths. The facts herein reported are as of 1 7 February 1981.
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