2005 Archives | Page 23 of 26 | International Commission of Jurists

Counter-Terrorism Committee holds meeting in Kazakhstan

Feb 8, 2005

As part of its revitalisation process, the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee held a meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where it discussed issues such financing of terrorism, money laundering, arms trafficking, illicit fund transfers, and fake charities. Press...

Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion denounces link between terrorism and religion

Feb 8, 2005

In her report to the UN Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, stated that some anti-terrorism legislation produces a simplistic link between terrorism and religion which, in turn, may have contributed to...

UN human rights experts reiterate concern at Guantánamo Bay detainees

Feb 8, 2005

In a press release dated 4 February, several UN human rights experts expressed their serious concern at the continuing situation of the persons detained at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The experts questioned the legal basis for holding these individuals...

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerned about human rights in the fight against terror

Feb 8, 2005

In its report to the Commission on Human Rights, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention expressed its concern at the use of administrative detention and the recourse to emergency legislation diluting the right of habeas corpus or amparo and limiting the...

India reviews decades old counter-terrorism measures

Feb 8, 2005

On 8 December the Indian Government established a Committee to Review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which was passed to address insurgency in North East India. The Act empowers the armed forces to arrest individuals without warrant, to destroy any...