Dec 21, 2011 | News
The ICJ today deplored the passage of legislation by the US House of Representatives that would allow for the indefinite imprisonment of terrorism suspects, detained anywhere in the world, without charge or trial.
The ICJ considers the legislation to be incompatible with international law, including human rights principles, and calls on US President Barack Obama to veto it.
Obama veto bill-press release-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Dec 20, 2011
The ICJ welcomes the release of the first ever United Nations report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity.
The mandate for the report came from a UN Human Rights Council resolution introduced by South Africa last June. The report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by LGBT people worldwide, and calls on States to apply the international legal framework to end these human rights violations. The findings of the report are due to be presented and discussed by governments at an expert-led panel at the Human Rights Council in March 2012.
laws acts individuals-UN report-2011 (download the UN report in English, PDF)
Dec 9, 2011
Three years after its adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has been signed by thirty-nine States.
Dec 7, 2011
The 2nd ICJ Geneva Forum of Judges and Lawyers took place on 5-6 December 2011. This year’s theme was “Strengthening the Rule of Law in Times of Transition – The “Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations”.
2nd CIJL Geneva Forum-Workshop Report-2011
Dec 5, 2011 | News
The ICJ Condemns Nigeria’s “Same-Sex Marriage” bill and urges house, president to reject it.
Nigeria-same-sex bill-press release-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
