Human rights lawyers continue to be targeted
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of a human rights lawyer in Sudan and urged the Government to either bring charges or release him.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004
Summary: Dinner speech given to the World Bar conference held in Cape Town by the Chief Justice of South Africa Arthur Chaskalson, President of the ICJ.
Comments at the dinner of the Second World Bar Conference at Cape Town on 12 April 2004 [full text, PDF]
ICJ condemns harassment of Yukos’ lawyers
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ICJ hopes Leyla Zana release is a step towards rule of law
The ICJ welcomes the release yesterday of Leyla Zana, a Sakharov prize winner, and her co-defendants.
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The ICJ and other human rights groups urged Malaysia’s highest court to provide a fair hearing for the former deputy prime minister, in jail since 1998 on politically motivated charges of corruption and sodomy.
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