
Two ICJ members join UN Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Today, the ICJ announced that former Argentinean Senator Hipolito Solari Yrigoyen, who is a Member of the ICJ since 1993, had been elected as a Member of the UN Human Rights Committee.
Today, the ICJ announced that former Argentinean Senator Hipolito Solari Yrigoyen, who is a Member of the ICJ since 1993, had been elected as a Member of the UN Human Rights Committee.
The ICJ stated that the Singapore leadership’s ongoing use of defamation proceedings to silence opponents seriously undermined the rule of law.
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers reports that, since 1983, the Sri Lankan security forces have been responsible for thousands of killings.
The ICJ welcomes the decision taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity (DAU) on 9 June 1998, to establish an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Today, the ICJ announced that Mr. Rajeev Dhavan (India), Dr. Gustavo Gallon (Colombia), Mr. Maurice Kamto (Cameroon) and Ms Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) had been elected as members of the organization.
The ICJ found that the UN Commission on Human Rights, which ended its yearly session last Friday, continues to be marred by extreme politicization.