President threatens Constitutional Court
The ICJ today expressed concern at remarks reportedly made by the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, which could be viewed as an attempt to intimidate the Ugandan judiciary.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004
Summary: Dinner speech given to the World Bar conference held in Cape Town by the Chief Justice of South Africa Arthur Chaskalson, President of the ICJ.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004 [full text, PDF]
Rule of law in Africa
Summary: Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, former UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and ICJ Commissioner to the World Conference of Barristers & Advocates 2004, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-14 April 2004.
Zimbabwe: judicial rulings must be respected
In a further blow to the independence of the judiciary, the Zimbabwean Government ignored two judicial rulings and used State-controlled media to attack magistrates, the ICJ said today.
Magistrate discriminated and sidelined by prosecuting authority
In a letter addressed to the South African Director of Public Prosecutions, the ICJ requested that prosecutors review their decision not to initiate any cases at Magistrate Graham Travers’ court.
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