Sep 22, 2010
Although the conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in 2009, thousands of individuals are still detained without charge or trial.
“Beyond Lawful Constraints: Sri Lanka’s Mass Detention of LTTE Suspects” addresses the human rights concerns arising from the world’s largest mass detention of persons held in connection with an internal armed conflict. The ICJ is concerned that the GoSL’s “surrendee” and “rehabilitation” regime fails to adhere to international law and standards, amounting to an arbitrary deprivation of liberty and denial of the right to a fair trial.
Sri Lanka-mass detention LTTE-analysis brief-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
May 4, 2010
The ICJ provides its views to the Committee against Torture for its consideration of the 6th Periodic Report of France.
In this submission, the ICJ highlights several issues which it believes should be of particular concern to the Committee in its consideration of the French report.
France-torture-legal submission-2010 (full text, PDF)
Apr 14, 2010 | News
The ICJ expresses deep concern and regrets the violence and associated loss of life in Bangkok on the evening of 10 April 2010.
We send our deepest condolences to the families of all those who were killed during these events, and urge all parties and individuals to pursue peaceful solutions to the current political conflict. The ICJ believes that peaceful reconciliation will be best served if all those involved respect the rule of law and comply with international standards, especially those relating to the use of force, full and transparent investigations into alleged human rights violations, and protection of fundamental rights including freedom of expression. In this public statement the ICJ highlights the content of these long-standing and widely accepted international standards.
Thailand-ICJ concern violence-press release-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
Apr 4, 2010
This briefing paper was prepared by the ICJ at the request of the European Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
Three years after the European Parliament’s Resolution on the transfer and illegal detention of prisoners, the paper assesses progress on the key external policy issues raised and recommendations made by the 2007 Resolution
Counter terrorism-thematic report-2010 (full text, PDF)
Mar 4, 2010 | News
The ICJ is disappointed by the decision of the UN Human Rights Council to defer the discussion of a global study on secret detention, torture and enforced disappearances in the name of counter-terrorism in 80 countries.
