Nov 20, 2007
The ICJ made written submissions to the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review of Poland, as part of the first round of Universal Periodic Review.
This submission focused on an issue which should be central to the Council’s review of human rights in Poland: the existence of at least one CIA-run secret detention centre in Poland, and of renditions of suspects to and from this centre, between 2003 and 2005. In addition, the ICJ drew the attention of the Council to recent difficulties in the judicial appointments process in Poland, which raise concerns regarding judicial independence.
Poland-ICJ Submission UPR-Analysis briefs-2007 (full text, PDF)
Aug 13, 2007
La CIJ presentó ante la Corte de Constitucionalidad su análisis del “secreto de Estado” bajo el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos, con especial atención en la obligación de erradicar la impunidad por crímenes internacionales.
Jul 12, 2007
In a letter submitted to the Council of State, the ICJ set out its concerns about Thailand’s proposed Internal Security Act.
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.
