The ICJ and other human rights groups called on the LTTE to end political killings and the recruitment of child soldiers and demonstrate how they will respect international humanitarian and human rights law in Sri Lanka.
La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas adopto el 18 de diciembre de 2002, la resolución 57/219 “Protección de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales en la lucha antiterrorista.
Esta marco un importante hito al recordar que “los Estados deben cerciorarse de que las medidas que se adopten para combatir el terrorismo cumplan con sus obligaciones con arreglo con el derecho internacional, en particular las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, el derecho de los refugiados y el derecho internacional humanitario.” Ciertamente en el pasado, la asamblea General había reiterado ese llamado. Pero esta vez, la Asamblea General instó “a los Estados a que, en la lucha contra el terrorismo, tomen en consideración las resoluciones y decisiones de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos humanos, y […] a considerar las recomendaciones de los procedimientos y mecanismos especiales de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y los comentarios y puntos de vista pertinentes de los órganos de las Naciones Unidas creados en virtud de tratados de derechos humanos”.
terrorism-advocacy-2004-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
The ICJ and other human rights groups urged Malaysia’s highest court to provide a fair hearing for the former deputy prime minister, in jail since 1998 on politically motivated charges of corruption and sodomy.
Seven international human rights groups have strongly endorsed the call for international monitoring of the human rights situation in Nepal.
A group of international Non-Governmental Organizations has launched a Joint Declaration calling on the United Nations to monitor the impact on human rights of the fight against terrorism.
Practices such as torture, detention without judicial review, unfair trial, criminalisation of acts in exercise of fundamental rights, and suppression of the right to association have been sharply on the rise as a result of measures taken in the fight against terrorism.
The Declaration calls on the UN Commission on Human Rights at its 60th session in March/April 2004 to establish as a matter of utmost priority an independent mechanism on the question of human rights and counter-terrorism.
Joint declaration on the need for an international mechanism to monitor human rights and counter-terrorism [full text, PDF]
South Africa: Constitutional Court’s affirmation that principles of judicial independence are fully applicable to military courts is a welcome step forward
EU: Lawyers and civil society call for mandatory humanitarian clause in anti-smuggling directive
EU: Access to a lawyer in juvenile justice proceedings remains a key concern in several EU Member States