Hissène Habré doit être extradé vers la Belgique
La CIJ, dans une lettre adressée au Président du Sénégal, S.E.M. Abdoulaye Wade, a demandé que M. Hissène Habré soit extradé vers la Belgique.
USA : stripping courts ability to hear Guantanamo detainees threatens rule of law
The ICJ calls on the US Congress to reject amendments to a military appropriations bill approved by the Senate that would strip Guantanamo detainees of the right to test the legality of their detention before US Courts.
Israel: draft law legitimizes incommunicado detention
The ICJ today wrote to the Chair of the Knesset Law Committee to express its deep concerns regarding a draft law on the arrest, detention and interrogation of non-residents suspected of security offences.
UN experts must have direct access to detainees
The ICJ called today on the United States of America to provide independent United Nations human rights experts full and unhindered access to prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay.
ICJ condemns murder of lawyer in Saddam’s trial and calls for effective protection measures
The ICJ condemns the abduction and subsequent killing of lawyer Sadoon Al-Janabi on Friday 21 October in Baghdad.
Eminent jurists begin global inquiry into human rights and counter-terrorism
The fight against terrorist acts has led to repeated allegations of torture, indefinite and secret detentions often without charge or trial, the reduction of defence rights and threats to freedom of expression around the world.
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