In its crusade for legal reforms, the ICJ and Haryana & U.T. Chandigarh Section & High Court Bar Association organized a discussion on ‘Enhancing the efficacy of Habeas Corpus’ in the Punjab & Haryana High Court.
In October 2004, the ICJ submitted a written opinion to the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights, in which it outlined its position on the question of corporate accountability.
In its submission, it expressed support for the Norms on Transnational Corporations adopted by the Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and its view that consultations should be held with all stakeholders to obtain a legal instrument on business and human rights.
Submission to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [full text, PDF]
Concerned by allegations of arbitrary arrests and summary executions in Rwanda, the ICJ launched an appeal to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to urgently send a fact-finding mission.
The ACHPR is presently meeting in Banjul (The Gambia). The ICJ which has been granted an observer status with the African Commission is prepared to assist the Commission within the limits of its competence and resources.
Summary: Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, Vice-President of the International Commission of Jurists and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. Address given at the ASEM Seminar on Human Rights Series in Suzhou, People’s Republic of China.
International Migration and Human Rights [full text, PDF]
The ICJ today called on the Government of Nepal to reverse its decision to allow government officials to put people in preventive detention without charge or trial or supervision by the courts for up to one year.
Tunisia: Conviction of Ebru Timtik Award Laureate Ahmed Souab marks escalating repression of lawyers
ICJ Honored for Championing Refugee and Migrant Justice Worldwide
Thailand: Swift action is needed to ensure access to justice for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
Uzbekistan: ICJ and the Academy of Justice open the third cycle of the International Human Rights Law Course