International Commission of Jurists
Tunisia: authorities must protect the civilian population and establish the rule of law

Tunisia: authorities must protect the civilian population and establish the rule of law

Jan 18, 2011 | News

The ICJ today called on the Tunisian authorities to take immediate measures, compliant with human rights, to protect the civilian population against ongoing attacks, including extrajudicial killings.

Most of the attacks are believed to have been carried out by the Presidential guard, other services of the Tunisian police, and militia loyal to former President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.

Tunisia-attackscivilians-news-2011 (full text, PDF)

ICJ and others submit amicus to the US Supreme Court urging access to remedy in rendition case

ICJ and others submit amicus to the US Supreme Court urging access to remedy in rendition case

Jan 17, 2011

The ICJ and other human rights groups submitted an amicus curiae brief to the US Supreme Court in the leading rendition case of Mohamed and Others v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

The defendant is a private company accused of providing flight services to facilitate the US rendition program involving the unlawful transfer of detainees to situations of arbitrary and secret detention, torture and enforced disappearance.

The brief supports review by the Supreme Court with the view to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals dismissing the case for reasons of state secrecy and addresses the obligations under international human rights law on the right to an effective remedy and reparations for torture, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations.

The brief is also joined by Swiss Senator Dick Marty, former Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe inquiry on Alleged Secret Detentions and Unlawful Inter-State Transfers of Detainees involving Council of Europe Member States, Professor Manfred Nowak (former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (2004-2010)), Professor Robert Goldman (former UN Independent Expert on Terrorism and Human Rights) and Professor Stefan Trechsel, (Judge ad litem at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)).  Professor Goldman and Professor Trechsel served on the ICJ’s Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter Terrorism and Human Rights.

USA-amicuscuriae-advocacy-2011 (full text, PDF)

 

Call for applications: Trial Observation Seminar in Nizhniy Novgorod

Call for applications: Trial Observation Seminar in Nizhniy Novgorod

Jan 17, 2011 | Events

The ICJ is organizing two-day trial observation training seminars on 14-15 March in Nizhniy Novgorod.

The seminar will aim to provide practical skills on how to conduct trial observations, assess and analyze information and data obtained, and draft a final trial observation report.

The seminar will address general legislative frameworks within which courts operate; the compliance with international rule of law and human rights standards; the components and guarantees of the right to fair trial; observing proceedings within the courtroom and the conduct of meetings with the relevant authorities and other advocacy work outside the courtroom.

Eligibility criteria:

  • Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in the rule of law and human rights law;
  • Applicants must have an interest in international standards of fair trial;
  • Applicants must demonstrate an interest in observing trials or working on trial observation projects;

Closing date for applications: 15 February 2011.

Application forms can be downloaded below.

For further information please contact Temur Shakirov at temur.shakirov@icj.org

seminar-trialobservation-news-2011 (full text, PDF)

seminar-trialobservation-news-2011-rus (full text in Russian, PDF)

seminar-trialobservation-application-2011 (full text, PDF)

seminar-trialobservation-application-2011-rus (full text in Russian, PDF)

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