Uzbekistan: ICJ event points to the important role of civil society in human rights treaty body reviews
Civil society should play an active role in the UN treaty bodies reviews of Uzbekistan’s human rights record, an ICJ event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, emphasised.
Turkey: impunity for the Roboski Massacre (videos)
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the massacre of 34 people in Roboski, Southeast Turkey, and take stock of the continuing lack of accountability and reparations for the victims and their family members, the ICJ convened a group of experts on 13 December.
“The Roboski massacre was carried out in clear violation of international human rights law”, said Roisin Pillay, Director of the ICJ Europe and Central Asia Programme, “Since then, the Turkish authorities have further violated their international obligations by failing to provide investigation or accountability for the arbitrary killings. Ten years later, the Turkish authorities must end this impunity.”
On 28 December 2011, 34 persons living in Turkish villages near the border with Iraq, including 17 children, were killed by a Turkish military bombshell during a purported “counter-terrorism” operation, known as the “Roboski massacre”.
Guatemala: ICJ report identifies failures and challenges in achieving accountability and redress for serious human rights violations
Guatemalan officials and the justice system as a whole have failed to deliver accountability and provide redress for enforced disappearances and unlawful deaths, said the ICJ in a report released today. It is estimated that around 45,000 people were subjected to enforced disappearance during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), including some 5,000 children.
Laos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance
On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned organizations, reiterate our calls on the Lao government to determine his fate and whereabouts, and deliver justice to him and his family.
Tunisia: international community must urge re-establishment of constitutional order
President Saied’s continued attacks on the separation of powers and the 2014 constitution should receive international condemnation, said the ICJ today.
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