The ICJ and Amnesty International have repeatedly expressed their concern about the incompatibility of Argentina’s Full Stop Law, Law No. 23,492 of 12 December 1986, and Due Obedience Law, Law No. 23,521 of 4 June 1987, with international law.
The ICJ and its United States National Section, the American Association for the ICJ, have submitted a joint amicus curiae brief to the United States Court in the case of Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al., and Shafiq Rasul, et al., v. United states, et al. and George W. Bush, et al.
On 26 August, the High Court of Justice of Israel heard the beginning of oral arguments by lawyers for Kifah and Intisar Ajuri and Abdel Nasser Asida. The three petitioners are relatives of persons accused by Israel of having carried out acts of terrorism.
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