Dec 10, 2009 | News
The ICJ today urged the Government of Nepal to demonstrate its commitment to end 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.
Nepal-army officer-press release-2010-eng (full text, pdf)
Nepal-army officer-press release-2010-nep (full text, pdf)
Dec 2, 2009 | Адвокаси, Неюридические заявления
Этот
обзор
имеет
ключевое
значение, учитывая
невыполнение Беларусью
ряда международных
обязательств
в
области
прав
человека.
Нарушения прав человека включают
нарушения
свободы
выражения,
собрания
и
ассоциации;
нарушения
прав
на
свободу
и
безопасность
личности
в
результате
произвольного
задержания;
и
нарушение
права
на
справедливое судопроизводство
в
контексте
контроля
исполнительной
властью
органов
судебной
власти
и
юридической
профессии.
Доклад напоминает о обязаности
Республики Беларусь сотрудничать
с
международными
органами
по
правам
человека.
Belarus-ICJ Submission Universal Periodic Review-2009-rus (доклад, PDF)
Dec 2, 2009 | News
The ICJ yesterday briefed the members of the UN Security Council on the impact of counter-terrorism policies on human rights and on ways to re-affirm and integrate human rights into the UN.
UN-integrate human rights in counter-terrorism-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
Dec 1, 2009 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ addresses the practice of incommunicado detention, and the transfer of persons as part of the alleged cooperation of Spain in the US-led renditions programme.
The ICJ also draws attention to the threat to judicial independence posed by the recent prosecution of Investigative Judge Baltasar Garzón Real; to the recent limitations introduced on the use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute crimes under international law; and to the limited scope of the offence of torture contained in the Criminal Code.
Universal Periodic Review Spain-non-legal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Nov 24, 2009 | News
The ICJ is pleased to announce that Justice Azhar Cachalia will observe the trial in the matter of The State versus Roy L Bennett in the High Court of Zimbabwe.
Mr. Bennett is charged with the possession of weapons with the intention to commit sabotage, terrorism, banditry and insurgency. He had earlier been charged with treason but this was dropped. Initially he was charged with contravening section 25 of the Immigration Act requiring persons getting out of Zimbabwe to present themselves before an Immigration officer but this charge was thrown out by court at the initial remand proceedings.
Zimbabwe-case State v. Bennett-web story-2009 (full text in English, PDF)
