Republic of Malawi further entrenches discrimination based on sexual orientation
The ICJ deplores Malawi’s enactment of a law that criminalizes private consensual sexual activity between women.
Malawi-sexualorientation-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
Lettre de dénonciation en soutien aux deux plaintes pour torture déposées à l’encontre de George W. Bush
Les plaintes du procureur général du canton de Genève pour ouvrir une enquête préliminaire et des poursuites contre M. Bush à son arrivée en Suisse.
Nous, les organisations non gouvernementales de défense des droits de l’Homme et les particuliers soussignés, formulons cette déclaration pour soutenir les deux plaintes au pénal déposées à l’encontre de l’ancien président des États-Unis George W. Bush.
Les plaintes ont été formulées en vertu de l’article 6, paragraphe 1 du Code pénal suisse et requièrent que le procureur général du Canton de Genève ouvre une enquête préliminaire et/ ou engage des poursuites contre M. Bush à son arrivée en Suisse, pour violations substantielles de la Convention contre la torture des Nations unies.
Les plaintes présentent des motifs sérieux de croire qu’une personne qui entrera prochainement sur le territoire suisse est coupable de torture.
USA-Bush-torture-advocacy-2011-fra (Lettre complète en PDF)
Call to the Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the human rights situation in Egypt
With the strong risk that escalating repression, violence and instability in Egypt could lead to an unprecedented deterioration in the human rights situation, it is critical that the international community take up this issue.
On 3 February 2011, the ICJ joined a call by NGOs urging the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the “human rights situation in the Arab Republic of Egypt.” The Human Rights Council should use the Special Session to foster concrete measures to prevent further violations of international human rights and protect those already suffering from such violations.
Egypt-humanrightsviolations-HRC-advocacy-2011 (full text, PDF)
International community must ensure rights of Egyptians are upheld
An appeal by Human Rights organizations to denounce the ongoing violence against public protests in Egypt.
We, civil society organizations from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as regional and international organizations, to clearly and unequivocally denounce the ongoing violent crackdown against the public protests and demands for democratic reform and government accountability that have been occurring across Egypt since the 25th of January.
Egypt-humanrightsviolations-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)
Egypt: end violent crackdown on peaceful protest and restore communications with world
The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to end its violent crackdown on protesters engaged in peaceful demonstrations, exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
The ICJ also called on the authorities to restore Internet and mobile phone communications, access to which has apparently been widely blocked, leaving most Egyptians unable to communicate with each other or with the outside world.
Egypt-violenceprotesters-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
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