ICJ applauds Ukraine’s decision to declare death penalty unconstitutional
Today, the ICJ wholeheartedly welcomed the ruling of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court to declare the death penalty unconstitutional.
Juzgar y sancionar a los autores de desaparicion forzada: una obligacion indeclinable de Venezuela
Memorial en derecho de la CIJ sobre la aplicación retroactiva de la ley penal venezolana que tipifica como delito la desaparición forzada.
Conclusión: Venezuela como Estado parte al Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, a la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos y a la Convención Interamericana sobre Desapariciones Forzadas de Personas, tiene la indeclinable e irrenunciable obligación internacional de juzgar y sancionar a los autores de las desapariciones forzadas cometidas en el Estado de Vargas en diciembre de 1999. Al momento de su comisión, estos hechos ya eran delitos según el derecho internacional, y por tanto Venezuela tiene la obligación de procesar y castigar a los autores de estos hechos.
Venezuela-judging forced disappearances-analysis brief-2000 (full text, PDF)
ICJ seminar on reporting to UN treaty bodies marks advance in cooperation between NGOs and governments in Asia
The ICJ, in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Human Rights of Colombo University, concluded a seminar on State reporting to the United Nations treaty bodies in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 15 December 1999.
ICJ urges that perpetrators of assassination attempt against human rights defender be brought to justice
The ICJ is deeply concerned by the assassination attempt perpetrated against Mr. Akin Birdal, President of the largest Turkish non-governmental human rights organization, the Human Rights Association (IHD), on 12 May 1998.
Jurists demand rule of law and human rights in Kenya
Today, the ICJ stated that the critical political situation in Kenya required immediate action to avoid further deterioration of the political climate.
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