The ICJ today denounced moves taken by Silvio Berlusconi to defy the decisions of the Court of Cassation to allow interruption of the artificial means of life-support to Eluana Englaro.
Italy-Government moves in the Eluana Englaro Case-press release-2009-eng (full text, PDF)
Italy-Government moves in the Eluana Englaro Case-press release-2009-ita (full text, PDF)
Read the 30th 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.
The UK government and the new US administration must ensure that the independence of the courts, and their ability to disclose information essential to accountability for crimes of torture, is not undermined.
The main threat is the withdrawal of intelligence co-operation, the ICJ said in response to yesterday’s Divisional Court judgment in R (Binyam Mohammed) v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
UK-US-Governments must not impede courts’ disclosure of torture allegations-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ urges the Government of Nepal to ensure that legislation on Disappearances and Truth and Reconciliation are adopted through regular democratic process and not by executive ordinance.
The ICJ also reiterated that adoption of such legislation should follow broad based national consultation and should fulfil Nepal’s human rights obligations.
Nepal-Government should allow parliament to debate-Press releases-2009 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ applauds the signing of four executive orders by President Barack Obama aimed to reverse some of the most abusive policies and practices instituted by the previous administration in its “war on terror”.
“The new administration has taken as among its first order of business a process of restoring the rule of law to its counter-terrorism programs”, said Wilder Tayler, Acting ICJ Secretary General. “These steps should initiate a full repeal or revision of the laws, policies and practices that had such a corrosive effect on human rights and the rule of law both domestically and globally. It should also encourage other States to help bring arbitrary detention at Guantanamo to an end, including by accepting detainees for resettlement.”
United States-ICJ welcomes first steps to restore human rights in countering terrorism-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
Joint Statements: Negotiations on the Convention on Crimes against Humanity
Iran: immediately stop mass killings of protestors and other atrocities and end impunity
Kazakhstan: Drop licence revocation proceedings against lawyer Adam Murat
Türkiye: ICJ welcomes acquittal of Istanbul Bar Association leadership and urges an end to the criminalization of the legal profession