Mar 3, 2004 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
La CIJ note avec satisfaction que le texte adopté par la Commission arabe permanente des droits de l’homme présente des améliorations notables par rapport au texte de 1994 et au texte adopté en octobre 2003.
Aux termes de deux sessions extraordinaires de la Commission arabe permanente des droits de l’homme aux mois de juin et d’octobre 2003 entièrement consacrées à la « modernisation » de la Charte arabe des droits de l’homme et au cours desquelles les propositions des Etats membres de la Ligue ont été discutées, un texte final a été adopté lors de la réunion complémentaire à sa deuxième session extraordinaire qui s’est tenue du 4 au 15 janvier 2004.
Un certain nombre de préoccupations subsistent cependant, note la CIJ.
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Mar 1, 2004 | Advocacy, Legal submissions
Today, the ICJ and other rights groups submitted an intervention to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recalling the international human rights of non-citizens.
Feb 26, 2004 | Advocacy, Legal submissions
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.
Feb 20, 2004 | Advocacy, Analysis briefs
Under pressure from the Armed Forces, the “Full Stop” Law (“Ley de Punto Final”) was passed. Later, following the military uprising by the so-called “carapintadas” (“painted faces”), the “Due Obedience” Law (“Ley de Obediencia Debida”) was also passed.
Feb 12, 2004 | Advocacy, Open letters
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s impartiality in an appeal before the Supreme Court by Vice President Dick Cheney is questioned as the judge and the Vice President took a 3-day hunting trip together.
Feb 9, 2004 | Advocacy, Open letters
The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the ICJ, in its report released today, expressed its satisfaction that the President of the Diyarbakir (Turkey) Bar Association and three other lawyers, who had been charged with “professional misconduct” were acquitted.
