ICJ Legal Resource Center
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A searchable database of the ICJ's press releases, publications, reports, legal documents & key external legal materials.
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Nepal -
ICJ urges the Government and Nepal Army to respect civilian jurisdiction in the case of Maina Sunuwar |
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Administration of Justice
Disappearances
Impunity & Reparations
Torture
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5th February 2010
The ICJ today urged action by the Government to ensure respect for civilian jurisdiction in the Maina Sunuwar case. The Nepal Army has acknowledged that Maina Sunuwar died following prolonged torture at the Nepal Army's Birendra Peacekeeping Training Centre in Panchakhal on 17 February 2004. However, it has refused to recognize civilian court jurisdiction as established by the Supreme Court's September 2007 decision, and to surrender Major Niranjan Basnet to the Kavre District Court pursuant to a 31 January 2008 arrest warrant.
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Thailand -
New ICJ Report Raises Concerns with Internal Security Act |
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Administration of Justice
Independence of Judges & Lawyers
Counter Terrorism and Human Rights
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4th February 2010
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) released a report today assessing the Internal Security Act (ISA) in relation to Thailand's international human rights obligations and rule of law principles. While welcoming significant improvements to previous draft versions of the bill, the report warns that the ISA risks undermining the rule of law by conferring broad and vaguely defined preventative powers to the military-dominated Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC).
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Sri Lanka -
ICJ Condemns Attacks on the Media and Government Restrictions on Freedom of Expression during Recent Presidential Elections |
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Administration of Justice
Disappearances
Impunity & Reparations
Torture
- Documents
2nd February 2010
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has expressed alarm at a campaign of intimidation against journalists and media outlets and at the continuing use of emergency laws to restrict freedom of expression following the re‐election of President Rajapakse on 26 January 2010. The ICJ calls for immediate Government action to reform these laws and to protect journalists from further harassment and attacks.
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Sri Lanka -
ICJ Releases Report Documenting the History of Impunity for Human Rights Violations in Sri Lanka |
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Administration of Justice
Torture
- Newsroom
18th January 2010
Bangkok, 18 January 2010: Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) released a new report "Post-War Justice in Sri Lanka: Rule of Law, the Criminal Justice System, and Commissions of Inquiry" . The report addresses the systematic absence of remedies for gross human rights violations in Sri Lanka between 1977 and 2001 - a period of widespread disappearances and unlawful killings during waves of violent political unrest and internal armed conflict
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Poland -
ICJ and Helsinki Foundation (Poland) Submission to the Human Rights Committee |
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Disappearances
Counter Terrorism and Human Rights
Torture
- Documents
8th January 2010
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) published today their submission to the Human Rights Committee for the consideration of the list of issues for the 6th periodic report of Poland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This submission addresses the consequences for Poland's obligations under the Covenant of allegations of CIA-run secret detentions in Poland, and of renditions of suspects to and from this centre, established with a high degree of probability to have taken place between 2003 and 2005.
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Iran -
Arbitrary detention of Emadeddin Baghi |
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Human Rights Defenders
- Newsroom
6th January 2010
The ICJ and the other members on the Jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) express their deep concern over the arrest in Iran, on 28 December 2009, of human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi and seek clarification of the reason of his arrest and the charges he faces. Emadeddin Baghi, who received the Martin Ennals Award in 2009, is arbitrarily detained for his human rights-related activities, in violation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1998, as he is imprisoned for the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedoms of expression and association.
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ICJ statement in support of a Complaints Procedure for the Rights of the Child |
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United Nations
- Documents
22nd December 2009
On 16 December, the ICJ addressed the UN Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, meeting in Geneva to explore the possibility of elaborating a communications procedure for children claiming to be victims of violations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Nepal -
International Commission of Jurists concerned that Nepal Army obstructing justice |
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Administration of Justice
Disappearances
Impunity & Reparations
Torture
- Newsroom
14th December 2009
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urged the Government of Nepal to produce Major Niranjan Basnet before Khavre District Court to face charges related to his alleged involvement in the enforced disappearance, torture, and unlawful killing of 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar on 17 February 2004.
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Nepal -
The ICJ Calls on the Government of Nepal to Arrest Army Officer Accused of Enforced Disappearance, Torture and Killing |
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Administration of Justice
Disappearances
Impunity & Reparations
Torture
- Newsroom
10th December 2009
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today urged the Government of Nepal to demonstrate its commitment to ending impunity by arresting Major Niranjan Basnet upon his return from a UN peacekeeping mission in Chad. Major Basnet is one of four Nepal Army officials accused in the enforced disappearance, torture and killing of Maina Sunuwar on 17 February 2004. Maina Sunuwar's body was exhumed in March 2007 from its clandestine burial site at the Nepal Army Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre in Panchkhal.
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Belarus -
ICJ Submission to the UN Human Rights Council`s Universal Periodic Review on Belarus |
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Independence of Judges & Lawyers
Human Rights Defenders
United Nations
- Documents
2nd December 2009
This submission addresses the frequent violations of human rights in Belarus, including violations of freedom of expression, assembly, and association; violations of the right to liberty and security of person through the practice of arbitrary detention; and violation of the right to a fair trial, in the context of executive control of the judiciary and the legal profession. It also recalls the obligation of Belarus to cooperate with international human rights mechanisms.
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