The ICJ is alarmed that Magistrate Gabriele Verrina has received death threats after convicting and sentencing Giulio Andreotti, Italy’s seven-time prime minister, to 24 years in prison for the murder of an investigative journalist.
The practices of the Tribunal responsible for adjudicating employee complaints at the International Labor Organization (ILO) does not meet fundamental standards of justice, the ICJ will today tell a meeting of employee representatives gathered from around Europe.
The ICJ is satisfied by the decision of the No. 1 Ankara Heavy Penal Court on 31 October to acquit 27 lawyers who had been charged with professional misconduct under the Turkish Penal Law.
The ICJ today expressed its outrage that the Government of Tunisia has, for the second time this year, turned back an expert ICJ delegation at Tunis airport.
An ICJ delegation will visit Tunisia from 26 to 31 October to gather information on the independence of the judiciary and assess the functioning of the legal profession.
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