ICJ reports on human rights and judicial independence in Indonesia
Today, the ICJ released a report on the state of the judiciary and human rights in Indonesia.
Ruler’s Law: the Report of the International Commission of Jurists: Mission to Indonesia
Since its independence in 1945, the development of the Indonesian legal system has been heavily influenced by the philosophies and aspirations of the nation’s first two presidents, President Soekarno and President Soeharto.
ICJ condemns parody of justice in Singapore
The ICJ stated that the Singapore leadership’s ongoing use of defamation proceedings to silence opponents seriously undermined the rule of law.
Sri Lanka: jurists call for vigorous prosecution of human rights violators in Sri Lanka
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers reports that, since 1983, the Sri Lankan security forces have been responsible for thousands of killings.
The judiciary in India
In this study, Atty. Mamta Kachwaha analyses and evaluates the quality and development of the legal system in India during the last twenty-five years, with a particular emphasis on the judiciary.
This study is a joint publication of the Interdisciplinary Research Program on Root Causes of Human Rights Violations (PIOOM), and the Centre for the Independence of Judges and Laywers (CIJL).
The independence and impartiality of judges and the independence of lawyers form central aspects of this study. The scope also includes important social issues of social justice, such as backlogs and court delay; access to justice and the courts; human rights and the role of the judiciary in giving redress to victims.
India-judiciary independence CIJL-report-1998-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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