Joint Statement of the ICJ and other NGO’s to the international conference of governmental and non-governmental experts “Missing: the Right to Know”, organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The ICJ addressed an intervention to the President of Guatemala expressing its concern about attacks on Roberto Romero, a lawyer for the Myrna Mack Foundation.
Mr Romero received death threats and his home was attacked by unknown individuals days before the re-opening of proceedings against military officers accused of ordering the murder twelve years ago of anthropologist, Myrna Mack.
The ICJ requested the Guatemalan Government to take necessary measures to guarantee the safety of all members of the Mack Foundation, including Mr Romero, and to ensure protection for all those involved in seeking justice in this case.
The ICJ urges the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to ensure that initiatives and measures taken by States to counter terrorism do not contravene or undermine human rights and principles of international law.
In oral submissions to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, the ICJ today deplored “the National Security Law as a coup d’état against the rule of law”.
The ICJ urges the Court to strike down the law as incompatible with both international human rights law and the Colombian Constitution.
Development of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
ICJ Publications on the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Preparatory Committee meetings for the negotiation of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
EU: Strategies and good practices for ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings