Summary: This important conference, organised by JUSTICE (the British section of the ICJ) will be held in London on 5-6 July 2003. There will be 11 speakers from various countries of the European Union on this important topic. Further details are attached.
Today, the ICJ made the following statement concerning the arrest in London, and subsequent detention, of the former dictator of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte.
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