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ICJ and AI submit further observations in the case Al Nashiri v Poland

ICJ and AI submit further observations in the case Al Nashiri v Poland

Feb 25, 2013 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions

ECtHRThe ICJ and Amnesty International presented additional observations in the case Al Nashiri v Poland before the European Court of Human Rights.

In their supplementary third party intervention, the ICJ and AI outlined developments in light of the case El-Masri v the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on enforced disappearances, on diplomatic representations in light of the Grand Chamber’s findings on responsibility for violations outside the jurisdiction, on the gross human rights violations that detainees previously held in the USA’s secret detention and rendition programme are currently enduring, and on relevance of the Grand Chamber’s observations in El-Masri in relation to any potential resort to ex parte materials and procedures.

Poland-ICJAI-SupplAmicusBrief-AlNashiri v Poland-legal submission-2013 (download the third party intervention)

ICJ’s and AI’s intervention in the case Al Nashiri v Poland

ICJ’s and AI’s intervention in the case Al Nashiri v Poland

Nov 5, 2012 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions

The ICJ and Amnesty International presented a third party intervention in the case Al Nashiri v Poland before the European Court of Human Rights.

In the third party intervention, the ICJ and AI outlined developments on the principle of non-refoulement, on the human rights obligations in breach in the practice of “renditions” and “secret detention”, on enforced disappearances, on the international law of state responsibility both for human rights violations occuring on the territory of a High Contracting Party committed by another State and following return of a person to a third State, and the right to a remedy and to reparation.

ECtHR-ICJAI-AmicusBrief-AlNashiri_v_ Poland-2012 (download the third party intervention)

Geneva Seminar for Lawyers on International Human rights Law in the Criminal Justice Process

Geneva Seminar for Lawyers on International Human rights Law in the Criminal Justice Process

Nov 2, 2012 | Events

The ICJ will hold a five-day seminar in Geneva for lawyers from Central Asian countries on International Human Rights Law in the Criminal Justice Process. 

The training seminar, from 5 – 9 November, will cover international human rights law related to fair trial, the right to liberty, freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life; as well as UN human rights mechanisms.  The training will involve ICJ Commissioners and legal advisers, as well as other experts.  Participants will meet with members of Committee against Torture, and with representatives of other treaty bodies and UN Special Procedures.   The participants will also attend a session of the Committee Against Torture, to observe the reporting process.

The seminar aims to build a strong connection between national lawyers in Central Asian countries and the international human rights system. It will provide a forum for detailed and practical discussion on international human rights law and its application in practice in national systems, drawing on the experiences of experts on international jurisprudence, standards and mechanisms, to ensure more effective application of these standards in Central Asian countries.

Agenda-CISTraining-2012-eng (download the agenda in English)

Agenda-CISTraining-2012-rus (download the agenda in Russian)

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