Feb 16, 2007 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ sets out its views on the human rights compatibility of offences of incitement to acts of terrorism, and on the appropriate limits of such offences in European Union law and in the national laws of European states.
In its Response to the European Commission Consultation on Inciting, Aiding or Abetting Terrorist Offences, submitted on 15 February 2007, the ICJ concludes that incitement to acts of terrorism should be a criminal offence only where there is a subjective intention to incite acts of terrorism, and where the speech concerned causes the commission of an act of terrorism or an imminent risk of such an act. There is a risk that broadly-worded offences of apologie, encouragement, justification or glorification of terrorism will lead to violations of the right to freedom of expression and of the principle of legality, and will have a chilling effect in inhibiting constructive debate, in particular in minority communities. The full submission is attached below.
Europe-EC Consultation Terrorist Offences-non-judicial-submission-2007 (full text, PDF)
Dec 5, 2006 | Advocacy
Oral statement of the ICJ on the Progress reports and further discussion or decisions of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, released on Monday 4 December 2006 at the third session of the Human Rights Council.
Dec 5, 2006 | Advocacy
The “Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights” begins a sub-regional hearing in Jakarta.
Dec 5, 2006 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ, in an oral intervention before the Human Rights Council on 29 November 2006, requested reinforcement of the capacity of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide to serve as early warning in the prevention of genocide.
La CIJ somete una petición al Consejo de Derechos Humanos
La CIJ, en una intervención oral ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, solicitó que se reforzara la capacidad de alerta temprana de los procedimientos especiales con miras a la prevención del genocidio.
HRC genocide-non-judicial submission-2006-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Dec 5, 2006 | Advocacy, Position papers
Document submitted by the ICJ to the UN Human Rigths Council “Working Group on the issue of reviewing and, where necessary, improving and rationalizing all mandates, mechanisms, functions and responsibilities in order to maintain a system of special procedures, expert advice and a complaint procedure” on 1 December 2006.
Complaint procedure HRC-Advocacy-2006 (full text, PDF)
