In the present document the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers is deeply concerned about the harassment of Sternford Moyo, the President of the Law Society Zimbabwe and Wilbert Mapombere, Executive Secretary of the Law Society. The ICJ requests the Minister of Justice to contact the government of Zimbabwe and urge that the harassment of Law Society officials cease and that the charges against Mr Moyo and Mr Mapombere be dropped. The ICJ also asks to call on the government to respect Article 24 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, which provides that professional lawyers’ associations be allowed to exercise their functions without external interference.
In the present document the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers is deeply concerned about the harassment of Sternford Moyo, the President of the Law Society Zimbabwe and Wilbert Mapombere, Executive Secretary of the Law Society. The ICJ requests the Minister of Justice to contact the government of Zimbabwe and urge that the harassment of Law Society officials cease and that the charges against Mr Moyo and Mr Mapombere be dropped. The ICJ also asks to call on the government to respect Article 24 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, which provides that professional lawyers’ associations be allowed to exercise their functions without external interference.
