Newsletter VII January 21, 2002
21/01/2002
January 21, 2002 I CAMPAIGNS I.1 MALAYSIA KARPAL SINGH SEDITION CHARGE WITHDRAWN Richard Gibbs Q.C. left January 10th for Kuala Lumpur to attend the January 14-18 2002 trial of lawyer Karpal Singh, charged with sedition based on words he spoke in court while defending his client, former … [Read more...]
World Responds to Murder of Digna Ochoa, leading human rights lawyer
07/12/2001
Jacob, Stephen The Lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No., 30 December 7, 2001 The year-old government of Mexican President Vicente Fox has come under heavy criticism in the aftermath of the October 19th murder of attorney and human rights activist Digna Ochoa, with denunciations and expressions of … [Read more...]
International Law and Afghanistan
07/11/2001
The Lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No., 25 November 7, 2001. Commentary Vol.1, No. 12, December 2001. OPENING STATEMENT International law and Afghanistan "We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war..." Preamble to the United Nations … [Read more...]
Human Rights and the Reaction to Terrorism
05/10/2001
Schabas, William 59 Advocate 905. The lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No. , 21 October 5, 2001 The terrorist acts of September 11 may well have been an attack on democracy, as George Bush, Tony Blair and others asserted, but they were no threat to democracy. Democratic regimes have survived far worse. … [Read more...]
Pieces Falling into Place for the International Criminal Bar
01/01/2000
Kelliher, Steven The Steering Committee of the International Criminal Bar (ICB) met in Paris November 24 2002 in order to further refine its Constitution, prepare a second draft of the Code of Professional Conduct and to settle on the terms of the organization's legal status within the … [Read more...]
