Zimbabwe - ICJ concerned as Zimbabwe gravitates towards chaos

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has today expressed grave concern at the new wave of repression in Zimbabwe.

Russia: Third party intervention of the ICJ and Interights in Finogenov and Others v Russia

"The ICJ and Interights made a joint third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Finogenov and Others v Russia. The case concerns the seizure of hostages at the Dubrovska theatre in Moscow by a terrorist group, the response by law enforcement authorities in storming the building and the provision of medical care to the hostages in the aftermath of the incident."

Poland: Polish government submits report to UN Human

On 14 April 2008, the UN Human Rights Council began assessing human rights compliance in Poland as part of a new mechanism monitoring the condition of human rights in the world. As part of the Universal Periodic Review, the situation in each of the countries will be assessed every four years on the basis of reports submitted by the governments of those countries and documents prepared at the same time by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (among others, on the basis of reports submitted by NGOs). At yesterday's UN meeting, the Polish delegation, led by the under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, presented the report of the Government of the Republic of Poland on human rights and answered questions asked by the representatives of other countries.