Mar 12, 2013
The ICJ today called on the Human Rights Council to establish a Council-mandated Commission of Inquiry on accountability in Sri Lanka for gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law.
The ICJ delivered its statement today during the General Debate under Item 4 of the Council’s agenda (human rights situations that require the Council’s attention) as part of the Human Rights Council’s 22nd regular session (25 February to 22 March 2013).
Also noting the deteriorating situation of human rights and the rule of law in Sri Lanka, the ICJ pointed to the inaction of the Government of Sri Lanka as showing that it is unwilling to comply with its international obligations to undertake prompt, independence and effective investigations into credible allegations of gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law.
SriLanka-HRC22-Item4GD-LegalSubmission-2013 (download full statement in PDF)
Mar 12, 2013 | Artículos, Noticias
La CIJ llevará a cabo una misión a Uruguay (12-16 marzo de 2013) para interiorizarse de los acontecimientos que recientemente interesaran aspectos de la independencia del poder judicial en el país.
También se evaluará su impacto sobre el ejercicio del derecho de las víctimas a contar con remedios efectivos para las violaciones de los derechos humanos.
La delegación de la CIJ ha solicitado reuniones con la Suprema Corte de Justicia, ex magistrados, el Poder Ejecutivo, el Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y defensores de los derechos humanos, representantes de los partidos políticos, y otros actores relacionados con la administración de justicia y la independencia del poder judicial.
La visita se enmarca dentro de los esfuerzos que la CIJ lleva a cabo en distintos países con el objetivo de velar por e impulsar la primacía, coherencia e implementación del derecho internacional de los derechos humanos a través de la vigencia del Estado de Derecho, y promover el respeto a la independencia judicial.
Integrarán la misión los siguientes delegados:
Belisario dos Santos Junior (foto) – Jurista brasileño, Comisionado de la Comisión Internacional de Juristas. Secretario de Estado de Justicia y Defensa de la Ciudadanía del Estado de San Pablo (1995 – 2000) y ex Presidente de la Asociación de Abogados Latinoamericanos para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos.
Alejandro E. Salinas Rivera – Jurista chileno, Asesor del Centro para la Independencia de Jueces y Abogados. Ex director de la Dirección de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile y ex asesor de la Comisión Presidencial para Políticas de Derechos Humanos de la Presidencia de la República de Chile.
Mar 12, 2013 | News
The ICJ is undertaking today a five-day mission to Uruguay to gather information concerning recent developments affecting the independence of the judiciary in the country.
The mission members will meet with a broad group of stakeholders in Uruguay.
The mission will also look at the impact that these developments have on the exercise of the right of victims to effective remedies for human rights violations.
The two-member mission will consist of ICJ Commissioner Belisário dos Santos Junior (picture) and Alejandro E. Salinas Rivera, member of the Advisory Committee of the ICJ Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.
Uruguay-CIJL mission-Nota de prensa-2013-Spa (full text, pdf)
Mar 11, 2013
The ICJ again called on the Human Rights Council to request the Security Council to immediately refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court and urgently take effective humanitarian measures.
Taking into account the continued and rapidly deteriorating situation in Syria, the ICJ noted the systematic and widespread attacks against the civilian population by Government forces, as well as serious human rights abuses and IHL violations by anti-Government forces.
The statement was delivered today during an interactive dialogue with the Council-mandated Commission of Inquiry on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic as part of the Human Rights Council’s 22nd regular session (25 February to 22 March 2013).
Syria-HRC22-Item4-SyriaCOI-LegalSubmission-2013 (download full statement in PDF)
Mar 11, 2013
The ICJ has brought to the attention of the UPR mechanism issues concerning migration and asylum, criminalization of abortion and recognition of gender identity and marriage in Malta.
The ICJ’s submission comes ahead of the consideration of the human rights situation in Malta by the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (21 October to 1 November 2013). It includes suggested recommendations to be taken up in the UPR of Malta.
Malta-UPR17-StakeholderSubmission-LegalSubmission-2013 (download full submission in PDF)
Malta-UPR17-AdvocacyNote-LegalSubmission-2013 (download short advocacy note in PDF)
Malta-UPR17-ComparisonChart (download comparison of ICJ suggested recommendations against UPR first cycle recommendations)
