ICJ calls on Senate to amend counter-terrorism bill
The ICJ today urged members of the Philippine Senate not to adopt a new counter-terrorism bill without significant amendments to ensure compliance with international human rights law.
ICJ mission to Nepal urges human rights measures to ensure stability and long term peace
At the conclusion of a five-day mission to Nepal, the ICJ today called on the parties in Nepal’s emerging peace process to take human rights measures.
ICJ begins high level mission to Nepal to explore inclusion of human rights in Nepal’s peace process
The ICJ today began a five-day high-level mission to Nepal to assess the human rights and rule of law situation in the country.
Human Rights Watch honors the head of ICJ affiliated organization in Nepal
Mandira Sharma, a leading human rights advocate from Nepal, will receive Human Rights Watch’s highest honor on November 2.
In 2001, Sharma helped found Advocacy Forum, a Nepali NGO and ICJ Affiliated Organisation that has played an instrumental role in defending the rights of Nepali people caught in the brutal civil war between Maoist insurgents and the Nepali government, during which more than 13,000 Nepalis were killed, most of them by government troops.
Nepal-HRW honors Nepali activist-Press releases-2006 (full text, PDF)
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