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)
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)
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)
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.
This ICJ report presents a comprehensive assessment of Thailand’s Internal Security Act (“ISA”) from the perspective of international law and standards.
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