Feb 7, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
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)
Feb 1, 2011 | News
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)
Jan 28, 2011 | News
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)
Jan 27, 2011 | Events
The SADC Lawyers Association (SADC LA) and the ICJ will hold a workshop on Thursday, 27 January 2011 in Johannesburg to deliberate on the SADC Tribunal Review Process.
Africa-workshop-SADC-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
Africa-workshop-SADC-background-2011 (full text, PDF)
Africa-workshop-SADC-programme-2011 (full text, PDF)
Africa-workshop-SADC-recommendations-2011 (full text, PDF)
Jan 27, 2011 | News
The ICJ is honored to announce the election of Professor Pedro Nikken as ICJ President. A member of the Commission since several years, he was elected ICJ President on 21 January 2011.
Pedro Nikken succeeds Mary Robinson who served in the role from 2008 – 2010. He is a former Judge (1979-1989) and President (1983-1985) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He served as UN Independent Expert on El Salvador from 1992 to 1995 and from 1990-1992 he served as Legal Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on El Salvador’s peace process.
In 1995 he served as Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Burundi. He is former Dean and Professor (emeritus) at the Law School of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He is also former President and Permanent Counselor of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. He is a Member (Chair N° 9) of the Venezuelan National Academy of Political and Social Sciences.
He is currently serving his third term as ICJ Commissioner.
ICJ-presidentpedronikken-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
ICJ-presidentpedronikken-news-2011-fra (full text in Spanish, PDF)
