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ICJ submission on the 2011 recast of the EU Reception Directive

Sep 22, 2011

The ICJ published today its observations on the 1 June 2011 recast of the European Union “Directive laying down standards for the reception of asylum seekers”.

Sri Lanka: open letter to the President of the Human Rights Council concerning the panel of experts report

Sep 16, 2011

The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, transmitted to the President of the UN Human Rights Council the report of his Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka.

The report includes various conclusions and recommendations, including those directed to the Human Rights Council itself.

A coalition of non-governmental organisations has, by open letter, called on the President of the Council to issue a President’s Statement inviting the Government of Sri Lanka and the UN Secretary-General to present to the Council the Panel of Experts report and the Government’s own investigations during the 19th regular session of the Human Rights Council in March 2012.

Panel of experts report-open letter- 2011 (full text,PDF)

Nepal: cancel pact for wartime amnesty withdrawing criminal cases would violate international obligations

Sep 2, 2011

In an open letter, the ICJ and other human rights groups are urging the government of Nepal to ensure that perpetrators of human rights abuses are held accountable. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai of Nepal and his government should honor commitments, both by the government and by the Maoist party, to ensure that perpetrators of human rights abuses during and after the country’s armed conflict are held accountable before courts of law, Advocacy Forum, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists said today in an open letter.

Nepal-withdrawing criminal cases-open letter-2011 (full text,PDF)

Nepal-withdrwing criminal cases-prime minister-open letter-2011 (full text, PDF)

Malawi: security forces’ use of firearms against protestors

Jul 25, 2011

ICJ and other human rights groups call on the President of Malawi to immediately launch an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into the use of firearms against protestors.

Malawi-violence-against-protestors-open letter-2011 (full text, PDF)

ICJ welcomes European Court of Human Rights judgment affirming right to conscientious objection to military service

Jul 7, 2011

The ICJ and other human rights groups welcomed the ground-breaking judgment issued by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Byatayan v. Armenia on 7 July. It affirms that states have a duty to respect individuals’ right to conscientious objection to military service as part of their obligation to respect the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The organizations had submitted a third-party intervention in the case.

ECHR-conscientious objection-position paper-2011 (full text, PDF)

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