Read the 14th 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 ICJ today urged the Interim Government of Thailand to ratify the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court.
Karinna Moskalenko, a leading human rights advocate from the Russian Federation and ICJ Commissioner, was awarded the annual recognition award of the International Helsinki Federation.
The award was formally presented to Karinna Moskalenko during the General Assembly of the International Helsinki Federation in Sofia on November 16, 2006.
The International Helsinki Federation noted in its presentation of the award, that “Karinna Moskalenko is among the most outstanding human rights lawyers in the world, who has helped scores of victims in Russia fight for their rights in court. (…)
Karinna Moskalenko has insisted that Russian citizens have access to international standards of justice and has helped bring their cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
Her moral and intellectual powers and her humanistic personality are her gift, but also one to her society. That gift deserves recognition, not persecution.”
The ICJ announced that it will begin observing the inquest proceedings related to the killing of 17 Action Internationale Contre la Faim (ACF) humanitarian workers in August 2006.
Los arrestos del ex presidente Juan María Bordaberry (photo) y el ex canciller Juan Carlos Blanco constituyen un importante paso en la lucha contra la impunidad en el Uruguay, manifestaron hoy la CIJ y IELSUR.
The Third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted, by consensus, the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances.
Lebanon: Ensure draft media law upholds free expression
Nepal: Protesters Demand Integrity, Rights, Rule of Law
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