Joint statement on Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories
The ICJ issued a statement on Israel and the Palestinian Occupied territories.
Open letter to President Bush on ICC
The ICJ sent the following letter to the American President.
International Court of Justice’s ruling on Belgian arrest warrant undermines international law
The ICJ is profoundly concerned by the majority decision of the International Court of Justice that a Foreign Minister remains for life immune for acts of State policy that amount to international crimes.
The ICJ Before the Constitutional Court of Colombia
In oral submissions to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, the ICJ today deplored “the National Security Law as a coup d’état against the rule of law”.
The ICJ urges the Court to strike down the law as incompatible with both international human rights law and the Colombian Constitution.
Rights groups support Belgium’s universal jurisdiction law
Three leading international human rights groups today voiced support for the Belgian law which permits prosecutions in Belgium for atrocities committed abroad.
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