2011 Martin Ennals Award: nominations requested

2011 Martin Ennals Award: nominations requested

The deadline for nominations for the 2011 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) is drawing near. The ICJ encourages you to consider nominating worthy human rights defenders for the award – before the deadline of 9 December 2010. Anyone can...
Drones and targeted killing : bringing human rights back in

Drones and targeted killing : bringing human rights back in

On September 20-21, 2010, the ICJ Global Security and Rule of Law Initiative convened an informal expert consultation on the issue of drone killings and targeted killings. The meeting discussed legal policy and advocacy issues with the perspective of strengthening the international human rights response to the increasing use of drone killings in different parts of the world, including in situations of armed conflicts and outside genuine armed conflicts. It illustrated the frequent disregard of international human rights law and a lack of transparency and accountability for when and how drones are used for targeted killings. The meeting brought together senior lawyers of leading international human rights organizations, experts of international humanitarian law and general international law. The newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary and Summary Executions also attended the meeting.

For more information see the agenda of the meeting.

Drones killing rights back-agenda-2010 (full text in English, PDF)

Human rights in Kenya and Zimbabwe : governments of national unity and transitional processes

Human rights in Kenya and Zimbabwe : governments of national unity and transitional processes

The ICJ and the Zimbabwe Advocacy Office (ZAO) is inviting government representatives, civil society and human rights experts to a dialogue on the growing phenomenon of multi-party transitional governments, election-related violence and the protection of human rights in Africa.

The dialogue, focusing on the cases of Kenya and Zimbabwe will take place during the 15th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Kenya-Zimbabwe-rights governments processes-event-2010 (full text in English, PDF)

Kenya-Zimbabwe-rights governments processes-agenda-2010 (full text in English, PDF)

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