Mar 22, 2006 | Advocacy, Analysis briefs
The ICJ and the FIDH acknowledge various procedural arguments according to which it would be legally impossible or difficult to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance at the 62nd session of the Commission on Human Rights.
In this regard, the ICJ and the FIDH would like to make some observations.
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in English, PDF)
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in French, PDF)
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Nov 11, 2005 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
Los estados miembros de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) adoptaron sendas resoluciones otorgándole mandato a la CIDH para que elabore recomendaciones para la protección de los derechos humanos en la lucha contra el terrorismo.
Oct 10, 2005 | Advocacy, Open letters
ICJ Australia has renewed its opposition to the introduction of draconian counter-terrorism laws that erode fundamental liberties and human rights developed over centuries of jurisprudence.
Aug 14, 2005 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
During the 57th Session of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights the ICJ made an oral intervention on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism under Agenda Item Six.
May 23, 2005 | Advocacy, Open letters
Joint letter from the International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to Prachanda, Head of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
May 12, 2005 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
On 10 May, the ICJ made a submission to the Committee against Torture (CAT) on the recently introduced draft law on counter-terrorism in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This law – if adopted – would greatly reduce safeguards against torture, cruel or inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and negatively affect the implementation of the Convention against Torture in Bahrain. The ICJ invited the Committee to assess the impact of this draft law on the implementation of Bahrain’s obligations under the Convention and make recommendations to Bahrain to ensure that the law complies with international human right standards.
Bahrain-impact law counter-terrorism-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Bahrain-impact law counter-terrorism-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in Arabic, PDF)
