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61 ICJ Newsl. 1 (1995)

handle is hein.icj/icjnews0061 and id is 1 raw text is: ICJ Condemns Russia's Atrocities in Chechnya Jurists Urge Russia to show respect for international law A Checbenfighter bides from sniperfire in a building across the square from the Presidential palace destroyed by Russian artillery and bombardments in Grozny. Extrajudicial executions, system- atic incarceration, torture, and disap- pearances have been carried out in Chechnya in defiance of basic humani- tarian law principles, affirmed the ICJ in a statement read before the UN Com- mission on Human Rights on 1 March 1995. Since the beginning of the conflict, the ICJ repeatedly denounced and con- demned the indiscriminate use of force exerted by Russian forces against civil- ian targets in and around Grozny, the capital of the small Chechen Republic, which has resulted in the death of thou- sands of Chechen and Russian civilians alike, many of them children, women, hospitalized and elderly persons. The ICJ has been particularly ap- palled and alarmed by numerous re- Continued on Page 2 0000000&0000000 000Oa00000000000000000000000000000aa000000 00000 Jurists Report World-Wide Attacks on Justice The CIL Annual Report Highlights Increasing Repression Against Judges and Lawyers Five hundred and seventy two jurists in 58 countries have suffered reprisals for carrying out their professional func- tions between June 1993 and December 1994. Of these, 72 were killed, 3 have disappeared, 28 were attacked, 119 received threats of violence, 24 were tortured, 177 were detained, and 149 were professionally sanctioned or ob- structed. These figures are contained in the sixth annual report of the Centre for the Independence of Judges and Law- yers (CIJL) of the International Commis- sion of Jurists (ICJ) entitled Attacks on Justice, which documents the cases of judges and lawyers who are harassed or persecuted around the world. The re- port was released on 15 February 1995 during the UN Commission on Human Rights session in Geneva. The case of Algeria is one of major concern. Fundamentalist Islamist groups appear to be responsible for the killing of scores of civilians since 1992, includ- ing 27 judges and lawyers. The govern- ment's response is also extremely worry- ing. It passed anti-terrorism laws grant- ing wide powers to the police and es- tablishing special courts. The identity of the judges in these courts is concealed and the right to defence is restricted. In Colombia, endemic violence claimed the lives of 32 jurists, whilst 13 others received threats and 1 was at- Continued on Page 3 ICJ NEWSLETTER No 61/1995

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