Para hacer frente a la crisis generada por el COVID-19, el gobierno chileno hizo un uso inapropiado de los poderes de emergencia. Esto ilustra la necesidad de que se utilice el proceso constituyente para incorporar protecciones a los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales y limitar los poderes de emergencia, dijo la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) en un informe (en inglés) publicado hoy.
The Chilean government’s misuse of emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 crisis highlights the need to use the country’s ongoing constitutional drafting process to incorporate protections for economic, social and cultural rights and limit emergency powers, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a report published today.
The Lebanese authorities must end attempts to obstruct, intimidate and threaten Judge Tareq Bitar, including the baseless and self-serving lawsuits aimed at removing him from the investigation into the Beirut blast, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
Civil society organizations condemn and express their profound disappointment at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s decision to discontinue the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen.
Today, ICJ and nine others organizations called on the Government of Singapore to withdraw the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill (‘FICA’). FICA’s provisions contravene international legal and human rights principles – including the rights to freedom of expression, association, participation in public affairs, and privacy – and will further curtail civic space, both online and offline.
HRC62: Joint Statement Urging States to Act with Urgency to Protect Civilians in El Obeid
UN human rights experts find Egypt’s detention of activist Ahmad Assayed Suleiman (“Gika”) arbitrary and call for his immediate release
HRC62: Joint oral statement in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand