Chile judiciary shut its eyes to junta’s brutality, report says
Chile’s judiciary was a pliant partner of the military junta and shut its eyes to violations of constitutional rights, says a report issued today by the ICJ.
Jurists call for vigilance in Haiti: “No to impunity, yes to justice”
Before deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide can return safely to his homeland, extra vigilance is needed to protect human rights in Haiti, the ICJ cautioned today.
El Salvador: call for withdrawal of Amnesty Bills exonerating military and other state agents for grave crimes
The ICJ is shocked by the examining magistrate’s report in the case of the nine soldiers implicated in the assassination in of six Jesuit priests in their residence at the Universidad Centroamericana in November 1989.
ICJ protests Paraguay arrests
The ICJ has strongly protested the arrest by Paraguayan authorities yesterday of at least 18 opposition leaders just days before the 40th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
ICJ mission to the Dominican Republic
The ICJ confirmed today that it is sending at the invitation of the government two observers to attend the trials of persons accused of assassinating Generalissimo Trujillo.
ICJ concerned by the situation in the Dominican Republic
The ICJ has become increasingly concerned over persistent reports from citizens of the Dominican Republic as well as international organizations of the systematic violation of basic human rights and freedoms by the regime.
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