The Indonesian government is “blaming the victims” of a November 1991 massacre in East Timor in which Indonesian security forces killed between 100 and 200 persons, according to the ICJ.
On 12 November 1991, Indonesian Security forces fired automatic weapons at a crowd gathered at Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor, killing and injuring scores of people.
At the first meeting of the ICJ, one of the participants, Walter Linse, was kidnapped and never seen again.
Following three missions in 1985, 1987 and 1992 to study the human rights of psychiatric patients in Japan, the ICJ published the conclusions and recommendations.
The recommendations set forth in the report address these issues and are intended to promote more flexible and coordinated mental health care through the mobilization of community resources as well as the provision of adequate budgetary support. Legal reforms are needed to transform the PRB system into an independent procedure in accordance with principles 17 and 19 of the UN principles.
Japan-psychatric patients-mission recommendations-1992-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Practical guide on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and its procedures.
Following the 1991 NGO Forum in Banjul, the ICJ published this guide to enhance the understanding of African NGOs on the ACHPR. This guide is aimed at individuals, groups and NGOs who wants to use the communications procedure. This guide also includes themes such as: the African Commission and its role in promoting and protecting human rights, how to obtain an observer status to the Commission, who can address communications, admissibility conditions, the role of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and what to do in case of emergency.
Africa-ACHPR communications-guide-1992-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Africa-ACHPR communications-guide-1992-fra (full text in French, PDF)
Africa-ACHPR communications-guide-1992-ar (full text in Arabic, 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