ICJ welcomes order of interim Legislature-Parliament to draft law on enforced disappearences
The ICJ today welcomed the order of Nepal’s interim Legislature-Parliament instructing the Government to draft a law on enforced disappearances.
Promise to lift state of emergency hollow unless attacks on rule of law and independent judiciary reversed
The ICJ says that the formal lifting of the state of emergency in Pakistan will have little meaning unless all constitutional rights and freedoms are restored and the legal and physical attacks on the judiciary reversed.
Pakistan-Lift State Emergency-Press releases-2007 (full text, PDF)
Further dismantling of rule of law: amended laws undermine civilian judiciary and consolidate military control
The ICJ today expressed deep concern at further assaults on the rule of law by the Government of Pakistan.
Suspension of constitution grave blow to rule of law: President urged to end attack on independence of judges and lawyers
The ICJ today condemned the suspension of the constitution in Pakistan, the summary dismissal of the Chief Justice (photo) and the arrest of leading lawyers, and expressed grave concern at this dismantling of the rule of law.
ICJ intervention in the special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights crisis in Myanmar
ICJ Intervention in the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Crisis in Myanmar.
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