Title: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Leandro Despouy, submitted in accordance with Commission resolution 2003/43
Description: Contains brief summaries of the urgent appeals and communications transmitted to governmental authorities between 1 Jan. 2003 and 31 Dec. 2003, as well as replies to the allegations received during the same period.
Subjects: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, LAWYERS, JUDGES, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BELARUS, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CUBA, EGYPT, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), ISRAEL, LEBANON, LIBERIA, MALAWI, MAURITANIA, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, TAJIKISTAN, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UGANDA, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIET NAM, YEMEN, ZIMBABWE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, DETAINED PERSONS, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT, EXTRALEGAL EXECUTIONS, Palestinian Authority