At the request of its West Bank affiliate Al Haq, the ICJ sent a delegation of international observers to the Presidential elections of the Palestinian Authority, which took place on 9 January 2005.
Read the 3rd issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels.
“Yesterday’s ruling of the Law Lords is a landmark for human rights and the rule of law”, says ICJ Secretary General, Nicholas Howen.
Human rights defenders in Nepal face grave threats amid the country’s deepening human rights crisis, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ said today.
The ICJ today submitted a Memorandum to the European Commission on the establishment of a human rights agency in the European Union.
The ICJ sets out clear benchmarks for a human rights institution that would provide a strong mechanism to address human rights and rule of law problems in the European Union.
“We call on the European Commission to elaborate a proposal for a EU Human Rights Agency, which is in line with international standards for independent and effective human rights institutions”, says Gerald Staberock, Coordinator of ICJ’s National Implementation Programme. “This step is long overdue and the agency should have a real impact on the promotion and protection of human rights in the European Union and its member states. A weak and flawed institution, on the other hand, would not increase the legitimacy of EU policies but could raise concerns about double-standards, internally and externally.”
Submission on the establishment of a EU Human Rights Agency [full text, PDF]
More than fifty years on: enforced disappearance, the families who named it, and the reframing of international protection
Türkiye: Osman Kavala must be immediately released following European Court order to quash his conviction
Sudan: ICJ joins call to extend UN Fact-Finding Mission and strengthen accountability
ICJ hosts Johannesburg roundtable on the draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty with the Malala Fund and other civil society actors