Nigerian Government should respect people’s choice
Today, the lCJ expressed its concern over the recent interference in the democratic process in Nigeria.
NGOs register of complaints and communications to the African Commission opened at the ICJ
Conclusions and recommendations of the 4th NGO Workshop, in Banjul March 26-28.
NGOs mandated the Africa Desk of the ICJ to open a Register of Complaints. Copies of all Communications sent to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) under Arts 55 and 56 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights are now to be sent to the Central File.
The collapse of Constitutional order in Guatemala
On the 25 May 1993, the President of Guatemala, Jorge Serrano Elias adopted exceptional measures which have constituted a break with the established Constitutional order.
Jurists campaign for the establishment of a permanent International Penal Court
Today, the ICJ launched a campaign for the establishment of a permanent International Penal Court to prosecute those responsible for gross violations of human rights and humanitarian law.
While welcoming the creation of the UN ad hoc Tribunal concerning the former Yugoslavia, the ICJ said that this ad hoc approach does not address the global need to bring all perpetrators of gross violations of human rights to justice.
“The massacres in Cambodia, wilful killings in Liberia, disappearances in Latin America, and torture and deportations of Palestinians, cannot go unpunished. Now, more than any other time in the past, the international community is ready to take practical steps towards the creation of a permanent International Penal Court,” said Adama Dieng, the ICJ Secretary General.
In its Position Paper released today, The Establishment of a Permanent International Penal Court, the ICJ addresses the question of why a permanent Court is needed and provides a blueprint for such a Court. The ICJ concludes with concrete recommendations.
Jurists call for an International Penal Court
During the discussion on the human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia, the ICJ intervened before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stressing the need to establish an International Penal Court.
Jurists call for a Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories
The ICJ intervened at the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stressing the need for a Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories.
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