ICJ Review no. 62-63 (September 2001)

ICJ Review no. 62-63 (September 2001)

The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data.

This edition is entitled “Impunity, Crimes Against Humanity and Forced Disappearance” and features:

  • Foreword by Louise Doswald-Beck
  • Articles:
      -Recent Argentine jurisprudence in the matter of crimes against humanity, by Rodolfo Mattarollo
      -Augusto Pinochet Ugarte before the court of Chilean justice, by Alejandro Artucio
      -Background to the elaboration of the draft International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance, by Wilder Tayler
      -The draft International Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Forced Disappearance, by Federico Andreu-Guzmán
  • Basic texts:
      -Draft International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance
  • Documents:
      -Legal brief amicus curias presented by the ICJ before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez vs. Guatemala
      -Legal brief on the incompatibility of Chilean decree law no. 2191 of 1978 with international law

ICJ Review-62-63-2001-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Review-62-63-2001-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)

Attacks on Justice 2000 – United Kingdom

Attacks on Justice 2000 – United Kingdom

The year was marked by developments that could constitute a fundamental change in the judicial system. The diverse role of the Lord Chancellor came increasingly into question and accepted judicial appointment procedures were challenged.

Attacks on Justice 2000 – DR Congo

Attacks on Justice 2000 – DR Congo

A new Constitution, elaborated and approved by the President of the Republic, is still pending for approval in a popular referendum. Only some parts of the new Constitution were made public.

Attacks on Justice 2000 – Portugal

Attacks on Justice 2000 – Portugal

The Portuguese judiciary was declared to be in a state of emergency due to the large backlog and the inability on the part of prosecutors and judges to speed up trials before the procedural terms elapsed.

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