Feb 7, 2011 | Plaidoyer
Les plaintes du procureur général du canton de Genève pour ouvrir une enquête préliminaire et des poursuites contre M. Bush à son arrivée en Suisse.
Nous, les organisations non gouvernementales de défense des droits de l’Homme et les particuliers soussignés, formulons cette déclaration pour soutenir les deux plaintes au pénal déposées à l’encontre de l’ancien président des États-Unis George W. Bush.
Les plaintes ont été formulées en vertu de l’article 6, paragraphe 1 du Code pénal suisse et requièrent que le procureur général du Canton de Genève ouvre une enquête préliminaire et/ ou engage des poursuites contre M. Bush à son arrivée en Suisse, pour violations substantielles de la Convention contre la torture des Nations unies.
Les plaintes présentent des motifs sérieux de croire qu’une personne qui entrera prochainement sur le territoire suisse est coupable de torture.
USA-Bush-torture-advocacy-2011-fra (Lettre complète en PDF)
Feb 7, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
With the strong risk that escalating repression, violence and instability in Egypt could lead to an unprecedented deterioration in the human rights situation, it is critical that the international community take up this issue.
On 3 February 2011, the ICJ joined a call by NGOs urging the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the “human rights situation in the Arab Republic of Egypt.” The Human Rights Council should use the Special Session to foster concrete measures to prevent further violations of international human rights and protect those already suffering from such violations.
Egypt-humanrightsviolations-HRC-advocacy-2011 (full text, PDF)
Jan 17, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
In June 2011, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on transnational corporations and other business enterprises (SRSG), Prof. John Ruggie, will present his final report to the UN Human Rights Council.
This report will include Guiding Principles for the operationalization of the “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework as well as options for UN mechanisms on business and human rights to follow the SRSG.
humanrights-business-advocacy-2011 (full text, PDF)
Dec 16, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other NGOs submitted written comments to the informal group on accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights on the occasion of its meeting of 6-8 December 2010.
The NGO paper addressed the proposed co-respondent mechanism of the European Court of Human Rights and consultation with civil society on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
EU-accessionECHR-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 15, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other human rights groups published a paper raising concerns at proposals being considered in the Council of Europe to impose fees on applicants to the European Court of Human Rights.
ECHR-fees-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
