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Features the latest press releases, alerts and interventions by the ICJ.
Sri Lanka -
The ICJ shares the UN High Commissioner's concern at the situation in Sri Lanka and welcomes her intention to visit Iran soon
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United Nations
5th March 2010
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the interaction with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on 4 March 2010 welcomed her emphases on countering discrimination, including on the grounds of sexual orientation. The ICJ also called on the Council to consider establishing a dedicated mandate - such as the Early-warning Commission - to identify the emergence of human rights violations in crisis situations and make recommendations to the UN to prevent human rights violations and ensure accountability of their perpetrators. Moreover, the ICJ expressed concern at the deteriorating situations in Sri Lanka and Iran.
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ICJ and Amnesty comment on draft Council of Europe Guidelines on Impunity |
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Impunity & Reparations
European Human Rights system
25th February 2010
The ICJ, jointly with Amnesty International, submitted comments on the first draft of the Council of Europe Guidelines on Impunity. Welcoming the initiative to prepare the Guidelines, the ICJ and Amnesty International made detailed comments on the scope of the Guidelines, on the duties to investigate, prosecute and provide reparations for serious violations of human rights, and on international co-operation to combat impunity.
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This section features the latest press releases and news from the ICJ network, including joint activities, conferences, events, training, fact-finding missions, trial observations and other opportunities for collaboration with the ICJ network around the world.
(The views expressed may not reflect or represent those of the ICJ International Secretariat.)
Jailed defender of human rights awarded the Per Anger Prize 2009 |
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Human Rights Defenders
3rd November 2009
This year, the prize in memory of Per Anger is being awarded to the human rights activist Brahim Dahane, defender of human rights in Western Sahara. He was nominated by the Swedish section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). Swedish Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth will be awarding the SEK 150,000 (EUR 14,500) prizemoney and the silver trophy, which weighs the same as a human heart, at a ceremony in Stockholm on 16 November. Brahim Dahane is currently incarcerated.
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