
Twelve steps to end renditions and secret detentions in Europe: four human rights organizations issue joint statement
European governments must take action against renditions and illegal detentions, the ICJ said today in a joint statement with three other human rights groups.

June ICJ E-Bulletin on counter terrorism and human rights – no. 12
Read the 12th 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.
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Renewed attempt of Knesset to legalize incommunicado detention
The Knesset Committee should not adopt legislation that would authorize persons suspected of security offences to be held in prolonged incommunicado detention and without habeas corpus, says the ICJ.

International Convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
ICJ and other human rights groups call on the Human Rights Council to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and transmit it to the General Assembly.

Human Rights organizations to observe “Voice of the People” radio trial
The trial of the six trustees of the independent radio station “Voice of the People” (VOP), begins today at the Magistrates’ Court, Rotten Row, Harare.

International Commission of Jurists condemns harassment of lawyers involved in case against US oil company
The ICJ expressed its grave concern today at what it called serious and persistent harassment of lawyers in Ecuador representing 30,000 plaintiffs in a civil action against U.S. company Chevron.