Jurists criticize coup by Peruvian President

Jurists criticize coup by Peruvian President

On 5 April, constitutional order was subverted in Peru. President Alberto Fujimori assumed all power, dissolved the National Congress and suspended the constitution, thus undermining the independence of the judiciary.

Chile: a time of reckoning, human rights and the judiciary

Chile: a time of reckoning, human rights and the judiciary

In 1978, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers was created with the aim of promoting judicial and legal independence throughout the world as a prerequisite for the legal protection for human rights.

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