Today, the ICJ called for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and denounced the continuing impunity for crimes under international law in Sri Lanka before the UN Human Rights Council. (more…)
The ICJ and ARTICLE 19 urged today the Council to work to promote a human rights centred approach to countering terrorism, during the interactive dialogue with the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council. (more…)
The ICJ expressed concern today at the use of abductions in national security cases in Turkey and the enduring impunity for enforced disappearances in certain Latin American countries, during the interactive dialogue with the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disapparances at the UN Human Rights Council. (more…)
There is a critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use a new UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures. (more…)
At a UN dialogue on counter-terrorism, the ICJ warned States and UN institutions against the use of overbroad and ill-defined concepts in the 7th revision of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, because they could breach the principle of legality and undermine protections under international human rights law. (more…)
Today, the ICJ and ARTICLE 19 called on the UN Human Rights Council and its Advisory Committee to adopt a human rights-centred approach in their work on “negative effects of terrorism”, during a general debate on human rights bodies. (more…)
