Egypt : ICJ high-level mission calls for the establishment of effective democratic institutions and accountability for human rights violations

Egypt : ICJ high-level mission calls for the establishment of effective democratic institutions and accountability for human rights violations

The ICJ today called upon Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the transitional government to take immediate, concrete, measures to protect human rights.

These measures should aim to end the practice of torture and arbitrary detention; pursue accountability for serious human violations; ensure that civilians are not prosecuted before military courts; and adopt, in accordance with international standards, legal and policy reforms necessary to establish the Rule of Law and effective democratic institutions in Egypt.

Egypt-establishment of effective democratic institutions-press release-2011 (full text, PDF)

 

ICJ workshop : non-refoulement in Europe after M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece

ICJ workshop : non-refoulement in Europe after M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece

On 18 April, the ICJ will hold a workshop on migration and human rights in Europe where it will explore the situation of the asylum system at the EU level and in certain EU Member States.

This comes after the issuance of the judgment in the caseM.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece by the European Court of Human Rights. The workshop will gather national and international lawyers, NGOs, and EU officials in the Brussels office ofFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LPP.

Non-refoulement-Europe-event-2011 (full text, PDF)

Non-refoulement-Europe-summary of the workshop-event-2011 (full text, PDF)

Tunisia : ICJ high-level mission calls for establishing rule of law and human rights accountability

Tunisia : ICJ high-level mission calls for establishing rule of law and human rights accountability

The ICJ has called upon the Tunisian authorities to take immediate steps to pursue accountability for past human rights violations and to reform the country’s legal framework. 

The statement comes as the ICJ concluded a high-level mission to Tunisia aimed at assessing the Rule of Law and human rights situation in the country following theouster of the regime of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2011.

The mission was headed by ICJ President Pedro Nikken, who was accompanied by ICJ Secretary General Wilder Tayler, and ICJ Legal Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa Saïd Benarbia.

Tunisia-rule of law and human rights accountbility-press release-2011 (full text, DPF)

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