States must fully investigate complicity in secret detentions and renditions
The ICJ today called on all states to end involvement in these systematic human rights violations perpetrated under the guise of countering terrorism.
Reject attempts to legitimize no-torture promises
The Council of Europe member states should flatly reject any proposals to establish standards for the use of diplomatic assurances in transfers of people to risk of torture, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the ICJ said in a joint submission published today.
no-torture promises-press release-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
reject regulate-web story-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Elementos para las recomendaciones de la CIDH sobre la protección de los derechos humanos en la lucha contra el terrorismo
Los estados miembros de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) adoptaron sendas resoluciones otorgándole mandato a la CIDH para que elabore recomendaciones para la protección de los derechos humanos en la lucha contra el terrorismo.
Zimbabwe: unprecedented call for UN and AU action over evictions by 200 rights groups
A coalition of more than 200 African and international NGOs today issued an unprecedented Joint Appeal to the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) to help the people of Zimbabwe.
ICJ comments on Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
The ICJ submitted its observations to the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Terrorism (CODEXTER) on the draft Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism.
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