The Report chronicles the activities of the ICJ over the past two years. The primary objective of the ICJ is to promote understanding, institutionalization and observance of the Rule of Law, the Independence of the Judiciary and the legal protection of Human Rights world-wide.
Evidence abounds in the Report of gains in these fields in the two years under review.
“For the past two years, the Commission has engaged itself on two major international initiatives. These are the International Criminal Court and the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights.”
(citation from the Foreword by Kofi Kumado, Acting Chairman of the Executive Committee).
ICJ report on activities 1996-1997-annual report-1998-eng (full text in English, PDF)