Joint press release with Lutheran World Federation (LWF), World Organization against Torture (OMCT), International NGO Committee for Human Rights in Trade and Investment (INCHRITI). (more…)
Communicated to the President Fernando de la Rúa, the memorandum concerns the right to truth and the jurisdiction of military tribunals to deal with cases of enforced disappearances committed by the military regime. (more…)
Advances in negotiations on a treaty on Enforced Disappearances and an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were two significant developments at the 57th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights. (more…)
The International Bar Association (IBA) and the ICJ deplore the dismissal of lawyer Zainur Zakaria’s appeal against a 3-month jail sentence for contempt of court. (more…)
Today, the ICJ released a report of a mission entitled « The Independence of Judges and Lawyers in the Republic of Turkey ». (more…)
Today, the ICJ voiced extreme concern over political maneuverings in Senegal that led to the dismissal of charges of torture against former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on 4 July. (more…)
