During the discussion on the human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia, the ICJ intervened before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stressing the need to establish an International Penal Court.
The ICJ intervened at the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stressing the need for a Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories.
A la demande de la CIJ, Laïty Kama s’est rendu en qualité d’observateur à Bamako pour assister au procès de Moussa Traore, l’ancien Chef de l’Etat du Mali et de ses trente deux coaccusés.
Laïty Kama est Avocat Général près la Cour de Cassation du Sénégal et Expert du Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire de la Commission des Droits de l’Homme des Nations Unies.
A l’issue de sa mission, l’observateur a établi le présent rapport qui s ’articulera autour des points suivants :
Mali-trial Moussa Traore-trial observation report-1993-fra (full text in French, PDF)
A la demande de la CIJ, Laïty Kama s’est rendu en qualité d’observateur à Bamako pour assister au procès de Moussa Traore, l’ancien Chef de l’Etat du Mali et de ses trente deux coaccusés.
Laïty Kama est Avocat Général près la Cour de Cassation du Sénégal et Expert du Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire de la Commission des Droits de l’Homme des Nations Unies.
A l’issue de sa mission, l’observateur a établi le présent rapport qui s ’articulera autour des points suivants :
Mali-trial Moussa Traore-trial observation report-1993-fra (Texte complet en PDF)
The position of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the legal order of the European Communities has been the subject of debate among legal scholars and politicians for at least 25 years.
One solution could be the adoption of a specific Community Charter of Human Rights. Another – a complementary approach – would be to make use of existing international instruments for the protection of human rights. As far back as 1979, the Commission of the European Communities proposed that the EC accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a proposal which was repeated in a Notice of November 1990.
With this position paper, the ICJ hopes to make a contribution to the current debate on accession of the Communities to the ECHR. Therefore, the scope of this paper will be limited to the protection of civil and political rights…
Europe-European Communities accession ECHR-position paper-1993-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Strong push back against US sanctions on the International Criminal Court at UN Human Rights Council
ECtHR Grand Chamber Ruling in Semenya v. Switzerland: Joint Statement of Third-Party Interveners
UN Human Rights Council struggles to fulfil its mandate in the midst of global attacks on human rights, the rule of law and multilateralism
South Africa: ICJ urges high court to apply international law protecting migrants and refugees from discrimination and xenophobia in case involving vigilante attacks