Call for candidates for the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism
The ICJ and other Human Rights groups call on Governments, NGOs and others to identify eligible candidates for the upcoming vacancy for the Special Rapporteur on countering terrorism.
special rapporteur-humanrights-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)
Recommendations of the forum on minority issues at its third session (14 and 15 December 2010), A/HRC/16/46, 31 January 2011
II. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 13. Particular attention should be given to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against minorities, including on the basis of sex, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity. Intersectional discrimination deepens...
Pedro Nikken elected new ICJ President
The ICJ is honored to announce the election of Professor Pedro Nikken as ICJ President. A member of the Commission since several years, he was elected ICJ President on 21 January 2011.
Pedro Nikken succeeds Mary Robinson who served in the role from 2008 – 2010. He is a former Judge (1979-1989) and President (1983-1985) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He served as UN Independent Expert on El Salvador from 1992 to 1995 and from 1990-1992 he served as Legal Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on El Salvador’s peace process.
In 1995 he served as Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Burundi. He is former Dean and Professor (emeritus) at the Law School of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He is also former President and Permanent Counselor of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. He is a Member (Chair N° 9) of the Venezuelan National Academy of Political and Social Sciences.
He is currently serving his third term as ICJ Commissioner.
ICJ-presidentpedronikken-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
ICJ-presidentpedronikken-news-2011-fra (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/16/47, 19 January 2011
III. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANDATE OF THE WORKING GROUP 7. The mandate of the Working Group is to investigate cases of deprivation of liberty imposed arbitrarily. In the discharge of its mandate, the Working Group refers to the relevant international standards set...Recent News
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