Detention and torture of human rights lawyer Tiawan Gongloe
The ICJ intervened with President Charles Taylor Liberia, expressing its deep concern over the detention without charge and torture of human rights lawyer Tiawan Gongloe.
Rule of Law Must be Respected in Relation to Detainees in Guantanamo Bay
The ICJ urges the US Government to clarify the legal basis of the detention of persons at Guantanamo bay and to abide by its international and national legal obligations.
Bahrain: continued detention of Judge Abdul Amir Al-Jamri
The ICJ intervened today with His Highness Sheikh Issa Bin Salman AI-Khalifa, expressing its deep concern over the continued detention of Judge Abdul Amir AI-Jamri.
ICJ report: the Israeli military court system
The ICJ publishes today “Inquiry into the Israeli Military Court System in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza”, a 74 page report of a mission to the Israeli occupied territories in June and July 1989.
ICJ condemns detention of two Ghanaian lawyers
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) has called on the government of Ghana to release two leading lawyers detained without charges.
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