Dec 1, 2006 | Events
El Instituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales del Uruguay, organización uruguaya afiliada a la CIJ, organizará un seminario sobre “Acceso a la Justicia y Administración de Justicia” el 4 de diciembre en Montevideo, Uruguay.
El seminario estará auspiciado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACDH) y contará con la participación de expertos nacionales e internacionales sobre la materia.
Uruguay-access justice-events-2006 (full text of programme, PDF)
Nov 20, 2006 | News
Los arrestos del ex presidente Juan María Bordaberry (photo) y el ex canciller Juan Carlos Blanco constituyen un importante paso en la lucha contra la impunidad en el Uruguay, manifestaron hoy la CIJ y IELSUR.
Nov 17, 2006
On 14 October, Abimael Guzmán and Elena Iparraguirre, leaders of Peru’s Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), were convicted of aggravated terrorism at a retrial and sentenced to life imprisonment. Another 10 members of the Shining Path’s leadership received sentences of...
Nov 17, 2006
On 24 October, the Ontario Superior Court held that the definition of “terrorist activity” in the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) violated freedoms of religion, expression and association guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court struck...
Nov 17, 2006
On 16 October, Lynne Stewart, a civil rights lawyer, was sentenced to 28-months imprisonment for conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists. She was found guilty for enabling Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, her client convicted for conspiracy to commit a...
