Mar 1, 2005
Nepal is in the midst of a dire human rights and rule of law crisis that requires urgent action by the authorities in Nepal and the international community.
By assuming direct power on 1 February 2005, suspending almost all rights in a new state of emergency and removing most of the last democratic checks and balances on the Army, King Gyanendra has effectively decreed an end to the rule of law in Nepal. The King’s far-reaching action has added a new layer
of human rights violations to the existing patterns of gross and systematic violations suffered by the Nepali people at the hands of both the government security forces and the Maoist insurgents.
Nepal-rule of law abandoned-analysis brief-2005-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Aug 28, 2004
On 28 August 2004, 160 lawyers from around the world, meeting at the ICJ biennial conference in Berlin, adopted a Declaration on Upholding Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Combating Terrorism.
Jul 6, 2004
ICJ’s Legal Analysis of Israel’s Separation Barrier in the Occupied Territories considers pertinent legal issues under international human rights and humanitarian law raised by the construction and operation of the Barrier.
Jul 6, 2004
ICJ’s Legal Analysis of Israel’s Separation Barrier in the Occupied Territories considers pertinent legal issues under international human rights and humanitarian law raised by the construction and operation of the Barrier.
Jun 2, 2004
The ICJ welcomes the decision on 30 June 2004 of the Israeli Supreme Court to declare invalid a number of orders under which land was seized to construct the Separation Barrier in the Occupied Territories.
