International Commission of Jurists
ICJ Review no. 41 (December 1988)

ICJ Review no. 41 (December 1988)

Dec 1, 1988

The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data.

This edition features articles on:

  • Human rights in the world:
    • -Bahrain
    • -Burma
    • -Colombia
    • -Fiji
    • -Iraq
    • -Paraguay
    • -Romania
    • -Sudan
    • -Tibet
  • Commentaries:
    • -UN Sub-Commission on Discrimination and Minorities
    • -AIDS and discrimination
  • Articles:
    • -Malaysia – the judiciary and the rule of law, by Justice Kirby CMG
    • -The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Latin America, by Marcelo G. Kohen
    • -ILO and indigenous peoples: revision of ILO Convention 107, by Howard R. Berman
  • Judicial application of the rule of law:
    • -Inter-American Court of Human Rights – Honduras held answerable for disappearances
    • -Supreme Court of Zimbabwe – Corporal punishment held unconstitutional

ICJ Review-41-1988-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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ICJ protests Israeli action at Bieta

ICJ protests Israeli action at Bieta

Apr 13, 1988 | News

The ICJ is profoundly concerned about the measures taken by the Israeli military authorities in the village of Bieta, apparently as reprisals for the killing of a 15 years old girl from Elon Moreh settlement.

The latest Israeli army reports indicate that the girl was shot by an Israeli settler and not by a Palestinian from Bieta.

On any count the measures taken against the villagers were excessive. In particular the destruction of 16 houses as reprisals or as a punishment are illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, as is the decision to deport 20 Palestinians of whom 6 come from Bieta.

According to Israeli officials hundreds of youths have been arrested in Bieta and the entire male population, which would number about 2,000, was detained in a school courtyard, allegedly for questioning.

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