Nueva victoria para la impunidad en Guatemala
La resolución de la Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala (CC) es otra oportunidad perdida en la lucha contra la impunidad en Guatemala, manifestó hoy la Comisión Internacional de Juristas.
Supreme Court Hamdan ruling on military commissions should pave way to closure of Guantanamo Bay
The ICJ called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay and for anyone suspected of committing criminal offences to be brought to trial without delay before an ordinary criminal court.
Collective punishments, destruction of property and taking of hostages are war crimes under international law
The ICJ is extremely concerned by the destruction of infrastructure and collective punishments carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and by the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier last Sunday by Palestinian armed groups.
Renewed attempt of Knesset to legalize incommunicado detention
The Knesset Committee should not adopt legislation that would authorize persons suspected of security offences to be held in prolonged incommunicado detention and without habeas corpus, says the ICJ.
International Convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
ICJ and other human rights groups call on the Human Rights Council to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and transmit it to the General Assembly.




