The ICJ in the intervention on 11 December 2007 welcomed the final report of the Group of Experts on Darfur (A/HRC/6/19), on the follow-up to the short and medium-term measures on Darfur. (more…)
The ICJ said today that courts and investigatory bodies set up specially by the Sudanese Government to address human rights violations in Darfur have failed to deliver justice to victims in Darfur. (more…)
The Administration of Justice in Sudan: The case of Darfur, a report by the ICJ, examines developments in the administration of justice in this region and the national legal framework within which courts in Darfur operate. (more…)
19. The imposition in the State party of the death penalty for offences which cannot be characterized as the most serious, including embezzlement by officials, robbery with violence and drug trafficking, as well as practices which should not be criminalised such as committing a third homosexual act and illicit sex, is incompatible with article 6 […]
Follow-up of the HRC Decisions / Report of Darfur Experts Group 13 June 2007. (more…)
IV the Sudan 2. The “most serious crimes” requirement 150. The death penalty appears to continue to be applicable for the offences of apostasy, homosexual acts and adultery, which were all found by the Human Rights Committee not to fulfill the criteria of “most serious crimes” when it considered, in 1997, the second periodic report […]
