International Commission of Jurists
ICJ Review no. 8 (June 1972)

ICJ Review no. 8 (June 1972)

Jun 1, 1972

In this issue, the ICJ set up a Commission of three prominent international lawyers to enquire into the reported violations of human rights and the rule of law in East Pakistan since March 1971 and to report with recommendations.

Due to the outbreak of war between India and Pakistan in December 1971, it became necessary to cancel the enquiry. However, as a great deal of valuable documentary evidence had been already collected, it was decided that the Secretariat of the ICJ should prepare a staff study on the events up to the end of 1971, covering the ground of the proposed enquiry.

The scope of the study was extended to consider the application of the principle of self-determination of peoples, the role of the UN and the role of India. The factual account and findings of the study are based partly on contemporary newspaper accounts, partly sworn depositions of refugees in India, and partly on oral and written statements of evidence given to the Secretariat of the ICJ between October 1971 and March 1972.

In addition, this edition features articles on:

  • Human rights in the world:
    • -Brazil
    • -Iran
    • -Khmer
    • -Namibia
    • -Sudan
    • -Uruguay
  • Articles:
    -Interrogation procedures, by Lord Gardiner
  • East Pakistan staff study:
    • -Legal position under domestic law
    • -International penal law
    • -Right to self-determination
    • -The role of India
  • Judicial application of the rule of law:
    • -California Supreme Court: death penalty
    • -Pakistan Supreme Court: legality of martial law

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ICJ Review no. 7 (December 1971)

ICJ Review no. 7 (December 1971)

Dec 1, 1971

The decision to devote this number of the review predominantly to events concerning Africa was prompted by two important conferences held this year. The conclusions of both conferences are reproduced in full in this issue.

The first conference, on ‘African legal process and the individual’, was convened in April in Addis Ababa by the UN Economic Commission for Africa. It is believed to be the first African conference to be convened by Africans dealing with human rights.

The second was the international conference in Colorado in September on ‘Justice and the individual: the rule of law under current pressures’, convened by the ICJ as guests of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. One of the principal themes discussed was racial discrimination, with particular reference to South Africa.

In addition, this edition features articles on:

  • Human rights in the world:
    • -Guinea
    • -Greece
    • -Northern Ireland
    • -Paraguay
    • -Senegal
    • -Spain
    • -Taiwan and Philippines
    • -USA – California
    • -USSR
  • Articles:
    • -South Africa and the rule of law, by Michael Davis
    • -Uganda’s Law Development Centre, by R. M. Cooper
    • -Zambia: the new law association, by Leo Baron
    • -Internment: Uganda and West Bengal, by Peter Evans
    • -Law and socialism in Chile, by José Antonio Viera-Gallo
  • Judicial application of the rule of law: the International Court of Justice Opinion on Namibia
  • Basic texts: Resolutions adopted by the Conference of African Jurists, finale document of the Aspen Conference
  • ICJ news

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