ICJ and Amnesty comment on draft Council of Europe guidelines on impunity
The ICJ, and Amnesty International submitted comments on the first draft of the Council of Europe Guidelines on Impunity.
Haiti: the rule of law and human rights must guide the relief efforts and reconstruction
The ICJ today welcomed the affirmation by the UN Human Rights Council that human rights and the rule of law must not be forgotten behind the humanitarian crises in Haiti.
“The immediate priority is to ensure that relief efforts are used to address urgent and compelling human rights concerns, the rights to food, health and housing. Haiti and the international community through international cooperation and assistance will then need to adopt specific rule of law strategies to enhance legal system and foster good governance as a precondition for realization of human rights in Haiti,” said Lukas Machon, ICJ Representative to the UN.
Haiti- law rights guide -Press Release-2009 (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ mourns the loss of Nicholas Howen
Editorial by ICJ President, Mary Robinson on the death of ICJ former Secretary General.
ICJ report documenting the history of impunity for human rights violations in Sri Lanka
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Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in Malawi
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Malawi-attention rapporteur defender-open letter-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
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