The decision of a Thai criminal court today to dismiss the habeas corpus petition on behalf Pholachi “Billy” Rakchongcharoen highlights the need for the Thai Government to launch a special investigation into his possible enforced disappearance, the ICJ said.
La CIJ expresa su honda preocupación por la cancelación de las visas a dos voluntarios de las Brigadas Internacionales de Paz.
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The ICJ today delivered an oral statement on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, expressing concerns about recent and pending legislation in Pakistan on the use of firearms and other force by law enforcement officials.
The joint statement, delivered at the UN Human Rights Council during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur and on behalf also of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), expressed appreciation for the Special Rapporteur’s emphasis in his study on the issue, on the need for states to bring domestic laws on the use of force by law enforcement agencies, into line with international standards.
The statement noted that it was not clear whether the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) 2013, which is currently in force, and the proposed Protection of Pakistan Bill (PPB) 2014 currently being debated in Parliament, were provided for review.
The statement explained how the PPO and PPB contain provisions that give law enforcement agencies overbroad powers to use firearms without independent accountability, in contravention of international standards. They increase the risk of use of excessive and lethal force and arbitrary deprivation of life.
The full statement may be downloaded in PDF form: Advocacy-HRC26-SREJEs-12062014.
The Report of the Special Rapporteur is available here.
The ICJ submitted today its contribution to the public consultation of the European Commission on the future of home affairs policies in the European Union.
In its contribution, the ICJ highlighted the need to increase human rights protection in EU home affairs legislation and in its implementation.
The ICJ submission recommends an increased monitoring of the human rights compliance of draft legislation; calls for increased transparency in the legislative process; and for a better use of infringement proceedings by the European Commission to ensure the effective implementation of EU home affairs legislation with particular attention to the protection of human rights.
The ICJ addressed, in its contribution, the importance of a correct and human rights compliant implementation of the new Common European Asylum System, and the need of further reforms in the EU legislation on asylum, migration and border control.
Finally, the ICJ stressed the poor record of the EU institutions, besides the European Parliament, in ensuring accountability for human rights violations committed in countering terrorism, for example in the cases of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programme scandal and in the cases of alleged complicity of European States in the US-led system of renditions and secret detentions.
EU-PublicConsultation-ICJ-FutureHomeAffairs-2014-Final (download the contribution)
También la CIJ solicita audiencia temática a la comisión interamericana de derechos humanos.
La CIJ condenó los ataques que se han venido dando en contra de defensores de derechos humanos en Guatemala.
Por tal razón, conjuntamente con organizaciones sociales y campesinas como el Comité de Unidad Campesina (CUC), Asociación para la Promoción y el Desarrollo de la Comunidad (CEIBA), WAQIB´KEJ y otras organizaciones sociales de Guatemala, solicitaron a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos una audiencia temática sobre el fenómeno de la criminalización de la protesta social el pasado viernes.
El objeto de la misma es, además de proporcionar información sobre el fenómeno de la criminalización de la protesta social, identificar patrones de represión en contra de líderes sociales en Guatemala.
Según la CIJ, este fenómeno es un claro retroceso del proceso democrático de Guatemala.
En efecto, se han identificado patrones de represión estatal, utilizando el derecho penal para reprimir las libertades de pensamiento, expresión y reunión de sus actores.
En este contexto, la CIJ nota con preocupación varios patrones de ataque en contra de defensores y defensoras de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala, que preocupan profundamente y que se expresan en detenciones ilegales, campañas de difamación y acusaciones falsas, ataques directos que han quitado la vida a cuatro periodistas en los últimos meses y falta de investigación pronta y eficiente, que identifique quien está detrás de estos hechos y si hay presencia de estructuras criminales organizadas que cometen estos crímenes para evitar la defensa de los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y de sus territorios.
Ramón Cadena, Director de la CIJ para Centroamérica expresó: “Pedimos a las autoridades del Sistema de Justicia que investiguen estos ataques. La impunidad de estos hechos sigue siendo alarmante. Por esta razón, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas debería nombrar cuanto antes al futuro representante de la Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad (CICIG), quien debería ser un Fiscal con experiencia para continuar la lucha en contra de cuerpos ilegales y aparatos clandestinos de seguridad.”
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