The ICJ denounced today Egypt’s use of enforced disappearances in the occasion of the interactive dialogue with the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
The ICJ today raised the situations of Egypt and India before the UN Human Rights Council in the interactive dialogue with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
The ICJ today warned the UN Human Rights Council of the risks that transitional justice is facing in Tunisia during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence.
The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a strong resolution on Sri Lanka that strengthens current UN mandates on accountability for crimes under international law and monitors the country’s deteriorating human rights situation, four international human rights organizations said in a letter to Council member states published today. The resolution should also call upon Sri Lanka to address ongoing abuses, including by ending the use of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act.
The UN Human Rights Council should establish an accountabiliy mechanism for gross human rights violations in Afghansitan, in particular against women and girls, urged today the ICJ.
HRC59: Statement on the High Commissioner’s report – addressing accountability gaps in Sri Lanka, Libya, and global attacks on justice
HRC59: Joint statement on the report of Special Rapporteur in Afghanistan
Israel/Iran: Israel’s attack on Iran violates international law, threatening peace and security
Tanzania: Authorities must ensure justice for trial observers subjected to arbitrary detention and torture