ICJ delegation to visit Tunisia
An ICJ delegation will visit Tunisia from 26 to 31 October to gather information on the independence of the judiciary and assess the functioning of the legal profession.
Visite de la Commission internationale de juristes en Tunisie
Une délégation de la CIJ se rendra en Tunisie du 26 au 31 octobre 2002 afin d’y étudier le fonctionnement du pouvoir judiciaire et le rôle du barreau.
La délégation sera composée de trois experts : M. Serge Petit, Conseiller référendaire à la Cour de cassation et membre de Libre Justice, la section française de la CIJ; Me. Christian Grobet, ancien Président du Conseil d’Etat de la République et Canton de Genève et Conseiller national; et Me. Margaret Owen, Barrister britannique. Par ailleurs, deux membres du Secrétariat de la CIJ participeront à la mission.
La CIJ cherchera à s’entretenir avec des représentants du gouvernement, du parlement, des membres du pouvoir judiciaire, des avocats, des universitaires et d’autres membres de la société civile afin de procéder, pendant ce séjour, à une évaluation, à la lumière des normes internationales en matière d’administration de la justice, de la situation des juges et avocats.
Ultérieurement, la CIJ publiera un rapport contenant ses conclusions et recommandations.
Colombia: death threats against lawyer
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.
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Today the ICJ wrote to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to express deep concern over the arrest of former High Court Judge Fergus Blackie.
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