At the request of its West Bank affiliate Al Haq, the ICJ sent a delegation of international observers to the Presidential elections of the Palestinian Authority, which took place on 9 January 2005.
Human rights defenders in Nepal face grave threats amid the country’s deepening human rights crisis, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ said today.
The ICJ is conducting a 5-day mission to evaluate Kenya’s judicial situation in light of international standards on the independence of the judiciary.
The Mission will be led by the Honourable Justice Dr. George W. Kanyeihamba of the Supreme Court of Uganda. The other mission members are prominent Nigerian lawyer Mr. Clement Nwankwo and ICJ Lawyer Cecilia Jimenez. The ICJ-Kenya will be represented by Mr. Philip Kichana. As the government addresses real issues of corruption in the judiciary and the country discusses constitutional reform, it is essential that the judiciary emerges as an independent and impartial branch of the State. The mission will meet with members of the judicial, executive and legislative branches of government, the legal profession, the Law Society, legal academics and civil society.
The ICJ said today that the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) must take urgent steps now to end the human rights crisis if any future political process and negotiations are to be successful.
La CIJ est aujourd’hui intervenue devant la Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples réunie à Dakar et dont les débats ont pour la première fois porté sur le terrorisme et les droits de l’homme.
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