ICJ intervention on the human rights situation in Darfur
The ICJ in the intervention on 11 December 2007 welcomed the final report of the Group of Experts on Darfur (A/HRC/6/19), on the follow-up to the short and medium-term measures on Darfur.
ICJ Intervention on the review of mandate of the special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms
The ICJ in the intervention on 13 December 2007 pointed to the necessity of the mandate on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism because of increase of terrorism and rapid developments in counter terrorism.
Council fails to take resolute action on Sudan/Darfur, Myanmar and Pakistan, despite long-awaited substantive debate
The ICJ today called on all governments to raise the voice and take bold measures to protect human rights wherever vigorous action is needed.
The call came after the UN Human Rights Council concluded its resumed 6th session on 14 December 2007. The ICJ is concerned at the termination of the mandate of the Group of Experts on Darfur and the Council’s failure to adopt sound measures in response to human rights crises in Myanmar and Pakistan. “The negotiations on country resolutions strove for consensus, not for real improvements in human rights protection. Human rights discourse cannot be subordinated to consensus at almost any cost”, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists.
6th Session Human Rights Council-Press releases-2007 (full text, PDF)
Promise to lift state of emergency hollow unless attacks on rule of law and independent judiciary reversed
The ICJ says that the formal lifting of the state of emergency in Pakistan will have little meaning unless all constitutional rights and freedoms are restored and the legal and physical attacks on the judiciary reversed.
Pakistan-Lift State Emergency-Press releases-2007 (full text, PDF)
New report shows courts and investigations fail to bring justice to victims in Dafur
The ICJ said today that courts and investigatory bodies set up specially by the Sudanese Government to address human rights violations in Darfur have failed to deliver justice to victims in Darfur.
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