Jan 1, 2001 | Incidencia
Amnistía Internacional y la CIJ someten a consideración el presente Informe en derecho sobre la incompatibilidad del decreto ley N° 2191 de 1978 con el derecho internacional.
El informe en derecho aborda las obligaciones internacionales del Estado en materia de derechos humanos (Punto I), la obligación de juzgar y castigar a los autores de violaciones a los derechos humanos (Punto II), la incompatibilidad de las amnistías para violadores de los derechos humanos con el derecho internacional (Punto III), el principio depacta sunt servanda (Punto IV) y la no aplicación de la amnistía por tribunales nacionales (Punto V).
Chile-decree law-analysis brief-2001-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Dec 1, 2000 | Incidencia
AI y la CIJ quieren con este Amicus Curiae demostrar la incompatibilidad de los Decretos-Leyes N° 26479 y 26492 con las obligaciones internacionales adquiridas por la República de Perú en materia de enjuiciamiento y sanción a los responsables de violaciones a los derechos humanos .
El memorial en derecho Amicus Curiae aborda las obligaciones internacionales del Estado en materia de derechos humanos (Punto II), la obligación de juzgar y castigar a los autores de violaciones a los derechos humanos (Punto III), la incompatibilidad de las amnistías para violadores de los derechos humanos con el derecho internacional (Punto IV), el principio de pacta sunt servanda (Punto V) y la no aplicación de la amnistía por tribunales nacionales y el Ministerio Público (Punto VI).
Conclusión:
La obligación internacional del Estado de investigar, procesar y sancionar a los autores de violaciones a los derechos humanos se realiza a través de la actividad judicial. Así que los tribunales están en el deber de ejecutar tal obligación, de lo contrario comprometen la responsabilidad del Estado. Igual deber les atañe a los representantes del Ministerio Público, en el marco de su competencia. En consecuencia, un tribunal no solo debe abstenerse de aplicar una ley de amnistía incompatible con las obligaciones internacionales del Estado y violatoria de derechos humanos internacionalmente amparados, sino que debe asimismo proceder a investigar, procesar y sancionar a los autores de violaciones a los derechos humanos.
Feb 1, 1995 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The time is right for an International Criminal Court, and the momentum is strong, says the ICJ.
The General Assembly of the United Nations will convene an Ad Hoc Committee at the U N Headquarters in New York from 3 to 13 April 1995, and, if necessary, from 14 to 25 August 1995, to discuss the establishment of such a court.
In June 1994, the International Law Commission (ILC) finalised its consideration of the issue and proposed a Revised Draft Statute to the General Assembly. During the last General Assembly meeting, States were requested to comment on the Statute by 15 March 1995.
The ICJ has some concerns on what is overall an excellent and realizable framework for an International Criminal Court.
ICJ Campaign International Criminal Court-non-legal submission-1995-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Campaign International Criminal Court-non-legal submission-1995-fra (full text in French, PDF)
Feb 1, 1994 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
A group of 40 distinguished legal experts and media representatives, convened by the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and the Spanish Committee of UNICEF, met in Madrid, Spain, between 18 – 20 January 1994.
The objectives of the meeting were
- to examine the relationship between the media and judicial independence as guaranteed by the 1985 UN Basic Principles on the Independence of Judiciary;
- to formulate principles addressing the relationship between freedom of the expression and judicial independence.
The Basic Principle is as follows:
- Freedom of expression (including freedom of the media) constitutes one of the essential foundations of every society which claims to be democratic. It is the function and right of the media to gather and convey information to the public and to comment on the administration of justice, including cases before, during and after trial, without violating the presumption of innocence.
- This principle can only be departed from in the circumstances envisaged in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as interpreted by the 1984 Siracusa Principles on the Limitation and Derogation Provisions in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (U.N. Document E/CN.4/1984/4).
- The right to comment on the administration of justice shall not be subject to any special restrictions.
The document contains the Principles, an Annex: Strategies for Implementation, the List of Participants at the Seminar and extracts from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and from the Syracusa Principles on the Limitation and Derogation Provisions in the ICCPR.
Madrid Principles Media Judicial Independence-non-legal submission-1994-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Feb 1, 1994 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The document consists of three parties. The first is a general review of the basic rules regarding reservations to treaties. The second part contains a country-by-country review, outlining the reservations made by Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand. The third part contains conclusions, focusing on the best strategies for NGO advocacy with regard to these reservations to the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Asia-Convention Rights of the Child-non-legal submission-1994-eng (full text in English, PDF)
