Jan 15, 2009 | Artículos, Noticias
La CIJ anunció hoy que emprenderá una misión de observación de la elección, por parte del Congreso de la República, de los magistrados que integrarán la Corte Suprema de Justicia.
Dicha misión se enmarca dentro del proceso de acompañamiento que la CIJ comenzó en septiembre y que incluyó dos visitas al país. La misión se desarrollará entre los días 21 y 25 de enero y tendrá como objetivo observar el respeto de los estándares internacionales relativos a la administración de justicia, que requieren el nombramiento de magistrados independientes e imparciales.
Durante la visita, se llevarán a cabo reuniones con los distintos actores involucrados en el proceso, principalmente la Junta Nominadora y el Congreso, responsable último de los nombramientos. La misión estará integrada por Ramón Cadena, Director de la Oficina en Centroamérica de la CIJ, José Zeitune, Consejero Jurídico para Latinoamérica de la CIJ, y Katya Salazar, Directora de Programas de la Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF por sus siglas en inglés).
La misión se enmarca dentro de las distintas actividades de observación del proceso de nombramiento que la CIJ ha implementado desde el inicio del mismo. A tal fin, se emprendieron dos misiones de alto nivel con expertos internacionales y se realizaron distintos pronunciamientos, disponibles en el sitio web de la CIJ.
Jan 7, 2009 | News
The ICJ today called for an immediate end to the 12-day Israeli Military operations in Gaza that have claimed lives of more than 660 and wounded some 3.000 Palestinians.
Nine Israelis have also been killed during these operations. Many of the victims have been civilians.
“Palestinian civilians continue to pay the heaviest toll in operations that appear replete with violations of international humanitarian law”,” said the ICJ. “Many attacks have been indiscriminate or disproportionate, and Israel has failed in its legal obligation to take constant care to spare civilians and civilian objects from attack.
Palestine-Israeli military operations in Gaza must stop; civilians must be protected-Press releases-2009 (full text, PDF)
Dec 10, 2008 | News
The declaration has become a beacon for the development of international law, the institution of universal human rights mechanisms and procedures and a primary instrument for those who struggle for dignity.
Nevertheless, the promise of the Universal Declaration has yet to be fully realised.
“Despite the burgeoning of a culture of human rights in parts of the world, major objectives of the Universal Declaration remain unfulfilled, as the efforts to implement human rights have left many men and women behind”, said Lukas Machon, ICJ Representative to the UN.
UN-Universal declaration of human rights at its 60th anniversary-news-2008 (full text, PDF)
Dec 6, 2008 | E-bulletin on counter-terrorism & human rights, News
Read the 29th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels.
Nov 25, 2008 | News
The ICJ is urging the Constituent Assembly to adopt a series of amendments to ensure compliance of the Bill on Disappearances Act with human rights obligations.
The proposed Disappearances Bill would criminalize the act of enforced disappearance, establish a commission to investigate past cases from 1996-2006, and provide for prosecution of perpetrators and reparations for victims. However, these laudable steps could be undermined in practice by weaknesses in certain provisions.
Nepal-The ICJ urges human rights amendments-Press releases-2008 (full text, PDF)
Nepal-ICJ letter to speaker-Open letters-2008-Eng (full text, PDF)
Nepal-ICJ letter to speaker-Open letters-2008-Nep (full text, PDF)
