In the present document, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) announces that it concluded on 9 June 2007 its five-day Mission to Zimbabwe to investigate the facts and law surrounding the reports of recent arrests, detention and beatings of lawyers. The ICJ further states that rights and principles that the Mission considers have been violated in Zimbabwe in the incidents it has investigated, are enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe, as well as international treaties that Zimbabwe has ratified, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The independence of the legal profession is guaranteed in the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
In the present document, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) announces that it concluded on 9 June 2007 its five-day Mission to Zimbabwe to investigate the facts and law surrounding the reports of recent arrests, detention and beatings of lawyers. The ICJ further states that rights and principles that the Mission considers have been violated in Zimbabwe in the incidents it has investigated, are enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe, as well as international treaties that Zimbabwe has ratified, including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The independence of the legal profession is guaranteed in the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
