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The ICJ today called on all states to end involvement in these systematic human rights violations perpetrated under the guise of countering terrorism.
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Draft laws that seek to reform the military justice system in Guatemala contain key provisions that are contrary to international human rights law, said the ICJ today in a legal memorandum addressed to the Congress.
La Corte Constitucional protege los derechos de las víctimas y de la sociedad colombiana a la verdad, la justicia y la reparación
Mediante la sentencia C-370 de 2006, en relación con la llamada ley de “justicia y paz”, la Corte confirma que se trataba de una normatividad contraria a los derechos humanos.
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On 23 June, US newspapers reported the existence of a CIA program tracking financial transactions recorded on the database of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT). Government officials defended the program as legal and necessary to...USA: Supreme Court rules military commissions illegal
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