Administration of justice, rule of law and democracy : written statement / submitted by Japan Federation of Bar Associations

Concerns the issue of domestic implementation of international human rights treaties, providing as an example the Supreme Court of Japan's ruling of 5 Sept. 2003 that provisions of the Japanese Prison Law and Prison Law Enforcement Regulations prescribing censorship by custodial authorities of correspondence between a suspect or a defendant and that person's attorney did not violate Article 14, para. 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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