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)

Syria: stop attacks on human rights defenders and their families; release those arbitrarily detained and imprisoned

Syria: stop attacks on human rights defenders and their families; release those arbitrarily detained and imprisoned

The ICJ today called on the Syrian authorities to end their persistent attacks on human rights defenders and persons detained for political reasons and the members of their families.

On 16 March 2011, a group of protesters, led by family members of detainees, were peacefully demonstrating outside the Ministry of the Interior in Damascus, calling for the release of their relatives. Plain-clothed security officers launched a violent crackdown on the demonstrators, physically assaulting and arresting at least 25 of them. Detainees were taken to unknown locations and are reportedly held in incommunicado detention.
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