Jun 15, 2005 | News
The ICJ and other rights groups launched a complaint in the UK and Australia against Global Solutions Ltd. (GSL) for complicity in serious human rights violations in Australian immigration detention centres.
May 18, 2005 | News
La CIJ manifiesta su más alta preocupación frente a las recientes amenazas de muerte contra la abogada Soraya Gutiérrez Arguello, Presidenta de Colectivo de Abogados “José Alvear Restrepo”.
May 17, 2005 | News
La CIJ expresa su más enérgica condena y repudio frente al asesinato del fiscal Erick Moisés Gálvez Miss el pasado lunes 16 de mayo en Chiquimula.
May 16, 2005 | News
The ICJ today strongly condemned the illegal re-arrest of a student leader by dozens of armed police shortly after 5pm in Kathmandu, Nepal.
May 12, 2005 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
On 10 May, the ICJ made a submission to the Committee against Torture (CAT) on the recently introduced draft law on counter-terrorism in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This law – if adopted – would greatly reduce safeguards against torture, cruel or inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and negatively affect the implementation of the Convention against Torture in Bahrain. The ICJ invited the Committee to assess the impact of this draft law on the implementation of Bahrain’s obligations under the Convention and make recommendations to Bahrain to ensure that the law complies with international human right standards.
Bahrain-impact law counter-terrorism-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Bahrain-impact law counter-terrorism-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in Arabic, PDF)