International Commission of Jurists
ICJ Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Spain

ICJ Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Spain

Dec 1, 2009 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

The ICJ addresses the practice of incommunicado detention, and the transfer of persons as part of the alleged cooperation of Spain in the US-led renditions programme.

The ICJ also draws attention to the threat to judicial independence posed by the recent prosecution of Investigative Judge Baltasar Garzón Real; to the recent limitations introduced on the use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute crimes under international law; and to the limited scope of the offence of torture contained in the Criminal Code.

Universal Periodic Review Spain-non-legal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)

Abu Omar case: no more concessions on accountability

Abu Omar case: no more concessions on accountability

Nov 4, 2009 | News

The ICJ today expressed satisfaction that the Italian judiciary and prosecutors have begun to address some of the worst human rights abuses arising in the post-11 September environment.

The Tribunal of Milan convicted 23 of 26 CIA agents charged with the kidnapping and enforced disappearance of Nasr Osama Mustafa Hassan (known as Abu Omar) in February 2003. Abu Omar was abducted by CIA agents from the streets of Milan in February 2003, with the cooperation of Italian officials, and transferred through Germany to Egypt, where he was subjected to torture.

Italy-Abu Omar case-press release-2009 (full text, PDF)

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