Dec 12, 2005 | News
The Coalition of International NGOs Against Torture (CINAT), commends United High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour for making the fight against torture a central theme of this year’s Human Rights Day.
In this context, CINAT wishes to remind States that the prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (ill treatment) is absolute and is a peremptory norm under international law.
human rights day-press release-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Dec 7, 2005 | News
The Council of Europe member states should flatly reject any proposals to establish standards for the use of diplomatic assurances in transfers of people to risk of torture, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the ICJ said in a joint submission published today.
no-torture promises-press release-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
reject regulate-web story-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Oct 18, 2005 | News
Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today called on the government of the Maldives to order the immediate, unconditional release of Jennifer Latheef.
Sep 27, 2005 | News
The adoption of an international treaty against forced disappearances at the United Nations is a great step forward in the fight against this crime, said human rights groups.
May 23, 2005 | Advocacy, Open letters
Joint letter from the International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to Prachanda, Head of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
