Human rights and the fight against terrorism: oral intervention
Today, the ICJ presented an oral statement to the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection on Human Rights.
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: time for implementation
“This ruling is a powerful statement that the Barrier as constructed is a violation of international law,” said Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the ICJ, welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Separation Barrier.
Non-citizens and the administration of criminal justice: submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Today, the ICJ and other rights groups submitted an intervention to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recalling the international human rights of non-citizens.
ICJ priority issues and objectives at the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission
The 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission will meet between 15 March and April 23 2004. As in the previous years, the ICJ will continue to be active.
Joint declaration on the need for an international mechanism to monitor human rights and counter-terrorism
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]
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