The Council of Europe member states should flatly reject any proposals to establish standards for the use of diplomatic assurances in transfers of people to risk of torture, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the ICJ said in a joint submission published today.
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On the day the Communist Party of Nepal extended a unilateral ceasefire for one month, the ICJ called on both sides to the conflict in Nepal to declare indefinite ceasefires and take the next steps towards peace.
La CIJ, dans une lettre adressée au Président du Sénégal, S.E.M. Abdoulaye Wade, a demandé que M. Hissène Habré soit extradé vers la Belgique.
The ICJ calls on the US Congress to reject amendments to a military appropriations bill approved by the Senate that would strip Guantanamo detainees of the right to test the legality of their detention before US Courts.
The ICJ today wrote to the Chair of the Knesset Law Committee to express its deep concerns regarding a draft law on the arrest, detention and interrogation of non-residents suspected of security offences.
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