Sep 15, 2008 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ presents its submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Russian Federation.
The Working Group on the UPR and the Council should address as a matter of priority the serious violations of human rights, including extra-judicial killings, disappearances, arbitrary, including secret, detention, and torture and other ill-treatment taking place in the context of Russian counter-terrorism operations, in particular in Chechnya, and the widespread impunity for these acts.
Russia-ICJ submission UPR-non-legal submission-2008 (download full submission in PDF)
Russia-UPR16-AdvocacyNote-NonLegalSubmission-2013 (download advocacy note in PDF)
Russia-UPR16-ComparisonChart-NonLegalSubmission-2013 (download comparison with first cycle UPR of Russia)
Aug 8, 2008 | News
The ICJ today called on the instigators of the military coup in Mauritania to immediately restore respect for the rule of law and the country’s Constitution.
Jun 18, 2008
Denmark suggests it would use diplomatic assurances against torture as a basis for the return of foreign nationals to countries where they face a risk of torture, and that it might promote the use of such assurances at an EU level.The ICJ and other human rights groups wrote to the Danish Minister for Justice to express concerns about this suggestion.
Denmark-Diplomatic assurances against grave violations of human rights-Open letters-2008 (full text, PDF)
Mar 28, 2008
This note addresses the European Commission’s proposal for an amendment to the Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism of 2002, and in particular the provisions which would require EU Member States to criminalise public provocation to commit a terrorist offence.
The ICJ is concerned that without further safeguards in the text of the Framework Decision, it may lead to disproportionate interference with freedom of expression.
Amendment to the Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism-Analysis briefs-2008 (full text, PDF)
Feb 28, 2008 | News
The European Court of Human Rights today reaffirmed that the ban on deporting people to countries where they are at risk of torture or ill-treatment is absolute and unconditional.
