Military jurisdiction and international law: military courts and gross human rights violations, vol. 1
The question of “military justice” transcends the judicial sphere and goes to the very heart of observance of the rule of law.
Report on appellate hearings on lawyer Muhamed Mugraby
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers concluded in its report today that the appellate hearings on Lebanese human rights lawyer, Muhamad Mugraby, were not in accordance with international standards.
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers monitored the proceedings which took place on 15 October 2003 at the 12th Appellate Panel of the Civil Court of Beirut.
Lebanon-appellate hearings Mugraby-trial observer report-2003-eng (full text, PDF)
Final report on the trial of Filiz Kalayci
In its report released today, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers expressed its concern that Turkish lawyers continue to face criminal prosecution for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
This is the final report of the trial of Filiz Kalayci, a Turkish lawyer, who was charged with “insulting the Ministry of Justice” and “professional misconduct” on account of an article that she wrote in a national newspaper regarding F-Type prisons in Turkey.
Turkey-final report Kalayci trial-trial observer report-2003 (full text, PDF)
Report of the re-trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former parliamentarians (Part 4)
The ICJ’s Centre of the Independence of Judges and Lawyers monitored the re-trial of former Kurdish MP’s Leyla Zana and her co-defendants. The hearing took place at Ankara State Security Court on 15 August and 15 September 2003.
The ICJ found that there were serious deficiencies throughout the trial.
Turkey-report re-trial Zana-trial observer report-2003 (full text, PDF)
Report of the re-trial of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former parliamentarians (Part 3)
The ICJ’s Centre of the Independence of Judges and Lawyers monitored the re-trial of former Kurdish MP’s Leyla Zana and her co-defendants. The hearing took place at Ankara State Security Court on 18 July 2003.
The ICJ found that there were serious deficiencies throughout the trial.
Turkey-report re-trial Zana-July-trial observer report-2003 (full text, PDF)
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