The ICJ today urged the Government of Nepal to reverse its decision to extend the tenure of Colonel Raju Basnet, alleged to have been involved in systematic enforced disappearance and torture and ill-treatment.
The ICJ Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) acts as a focal point and centre of expertise within the ICJ to advance the independence of lawyers, judges and prosecutors.
The ICJ is concerned by a recent series of attacks on lawyers in Kyrgyzstan, and called on the government to take urgent steps to ensure the security of lawyers, defendants and other participants in criminal proceedings.
On 10 October 2010, the 8th World Day Against the Death Penalty is dedicated to the US which executed 52 people and handed down 106 death sentences in 2009.
The main award for international human rights for 2010 goes to a Syrian human rights defender lingering in prison. The Jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) announces its Laureate for 2010 The main award for international human rights for 2010 goes to a Syrian human rights defender lingering in prison. The Jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) announces its Laureate for 2010.
Read the 47th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels.
India: Joint statement urging Indian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid
HRC60: Statement by the International Commission of Jurists in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
HRC60: International Commission of Jurists in the General Debate under Item 2
Serbia: Political leaders must cease interference with the judiciary