Apr 13, 2010
The ICJ welcomed the second joint report of seven UN human rights experts on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
It called on the Government of the DRC to take prompt measures against impunity for gross and systematic violations of human rights, prevailing due to the weak law enforcement institutions and an apparent lack of political will to arrest and prosecute high-profile suspects.
DRC-report experts situation-analysis brief-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
Apr 9, 2010
=The Supreme Court of the Philippines granted Ang Ladlad’s petition for accreditation to join the upcoming May elections. The ICJ had submitted an amicus curiae in this case.
The court overturned the decision of the Commission on Elections which had denied Ang Ladlad accreditation based on public morality and religion.
Philippines-Ang Ladlad Party-legal submission-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
Apr 7, 2010 | E-bulletin on counter-terrorism & human rights, News
Read the 42nd issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels.
Apr 4, 2010
This briefing paper was prepared by the ICJ at the request of the European Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
Three years after the European Parliament’s Resolution on the transfer and illegal detention of prisoners, the paper assesses progress on the key external policy issues raised and recommendations made by the 2007 Resolution
Counter terrorism-thematic report-2010 (full text, PDF)
Apr 1, 2010
The Legal Opinion addresses the international obligation on Bangladesh to ensure that no one within its jurisdiction be subject to torture,cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The opinion is provided for use by the petitioners in the matter before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (High Court Division) concerning the imposition in Bangladesh, by order of traditional village tribunals, of extra-legal penalties amounting to beating and whipping.
Bangladesh-infliction of extra-legal penalties involving corporal punishment-legal submission-2010 (full text, PDF)
