International Commission of Jurists

Kenya: Anti-terrorism operations violate human rights

Apr 8, 2005

In a report released in April, Amnesty International analyses the impact on human rights of the ongoing crackdown on “terrorism” in Kenya. The report documents human rights violations committed against alleged terrorists, including torture, arbitrary arrests and...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/CO/83/KEN, 24 March 2005: Kenya

Mar 24, 2005

27. The Committee notes with concern that Section 162 of the Penal Code continues to criminalize homosexuality (Articles 17 and 26 of the Covenant). The State party is urged to repeal Section 162 of the Penal Code. Link to full text of the report: Concluding...
Kenya : ICJ conducts mission on judicial independence

Kenya : ICJ conducts mission on judicial independence

Dec 15, 2004 | News

The ICJ is conducting a 5-day mission to evaluate Kenya’s judicial situation in light of international standards on the independence of the judiciary.
The Mission will be led by the Honourable Justice Dr. George W. Kanyeihamba of the Supreme Court of Uganda. The other mission members are prominent Nigerian lawyer Mr. Clement Nwankwo and ICJ Lawyer Cecilia Jimenez. The ICJ-Kenya will be represented by Mr. Philip Kichana. As the government addresses real issues of corruption in the judiciary and the country discusses constitutional reform, it is essential that the judiciary emerges as an independent and impartial branch of the State. The mission will meet with members of the judicial, executive and legislative branches of government, the legal profession, the Law Society, legal academics and civil society.

Kenya: Controversial Anti-Terror Law to Be Republished

Aug 7, 2004

The Kenyan Government has announced that it will revise and republish a controversial anti-terror law. The draft Suppression of Terrorism Bill, originally introduced before the National Assembly in 2003 and said to be based on a model law disseminated by the...
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