Juristas condenan asesinato de Fiscal
La CIJ condenó el asesinato de un fiscal venezolano y llamó a las autoridades de dicho país a llevar a cabo una investigación de los hechos y a llevar ante la justicia a los responsables.
ICJ calls on EU to delay financial support for reintegration of Colombian paramilitaries
The ICJ calls on EU Member States not to contribute blindly to Colombia’s programme of demobilization and reintegration of paramilitaries and armed opposition groups.
One “unlawful combatant” to be released, but most remain unlawfully detained
The ICJ welcomes the announcement that Yaser Hamdi, a dual US/Saudi national who has been detained as an “unlawful combatant” mostly incommunicado since late 2001, is to be released from a US Naval Brig.
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