Oct 13, 2014 | News
On 11-12 October 2014, the ICJ held a “Strategic Litigation” meeting for 25 Muslim Attorney Centre (MAC) lawyers and paralegals in Hat Yai, in Thailand’s deep South.
The objective of the meeting was for MAC lawyers to discuss and exchange litigation strategies with a leading international criminal lawyer.
The meeting focused on the use of expert witnesses, forensic evidence and the appellate jurisdiction.
MAC was founded by a group of Muslim lawyers in February 2007 to provide free legal aid to disadvantaged people in the four southernmost provinces of Thailand, especially those who have been affected by the special security laws in place including Martial Law and the Emergency Decree.
Oct 13, 2014 | News
The Royal Thai Government should comply with its international human rights obligations to provide remedies and reparation to victims of torture or other ill-treatment, the ICJ, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today.
Oct 10, 2014 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions
Today, the AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the ICJ presented joint written observations to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of F.G. v. Sweden (Application No. 43611/11).
The case arises from the Swedish authorities’ dismissal of an asylum application. The submissions focus on:
- the obligation for Parties to the ECHR to ensure that the risk upon removal is addressed in such a way as to guarantee that the Convention’s protection is practical and effective;
- whether requiring coerced, self-enforced suppression of a fundamental aspect of one’s identity, which enforced concealment of one’s religion entails, is compatible with Convention obligations;
- the relevance and significance of the EU asylum acquis and Court of Justice of the EU’s jurisprudence on these matters; and
- the relevance and significance of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention.
SWEDEN-ECHR amicus FG vs Sweden-Advocacy-Legal Submission-2014-ENG (full text in PDF)
Oct 10, 2014 | News
La CIJ también pide la ratificación del Segundo Protocolo Opcional al Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos.
Oct 7, 2014 | News
It was with great sadness that the ICJ learned of the passing of Dr. Rudolf Machacek who died yesterday, 6 October 2014, at the age of 87.
Dr. Machacek was an Honorary Member of the ICJ having previously served as an ICJ Commissioner from 1976-1991 and on the ICJ’s Executive Committee from 1985-1991.
He was a distinguished figure in constitutional justice and human rights. During his career he held positions in the Austrian Constitutional Court, on the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and as an Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Jurisdiction and Fundamental Rights at the Johannes Kepler Universitat in Linz, Austria.
Our thoughts and condolences are with his family.
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