Jan 6, 2012
A group of experts – including the ICJ – has urged the British Government to remedy key shortcomings in the way the Inquiry will operate to ensure an effective and transparent process in which victims can participate.
In an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the Government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism, with the seventeen distinguished international human rights experts stating that “the powers currently given to the Inquiry are seriously deficient and that it will be unable to properly fulfil the UK’s human rights obligations.
UK-detainee inquiry-open letter-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Nov 1, 2011
The ICJ and other human rights groups wrote a letter to the Canadian Attorney General in support of the private prosecutions against former US President George W. Bush.
These were lodged on behalf of three former Guantánamo detainees and one current detainee, who allege that they were subjected to torture and ill-treatment by U.S. Officials.
Canada-letter private prosecution-open letter-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Canada-letter private prosecution-open letter-2011 (full text in French, PDF)
Sep 16, 2011
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, transmitted to the President of the UN Human Rights Council the report of his Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka.
The report includes various conclusions and recommendations, including those directed to the Human Rights Council itself.
A coalition of non-governmental organisations has, by open letter, called on the President of the Council to issue a President’s Statement inviting the Government of Sri Lanka and the UN Secretary-General to present to the Council the Panel of Experts report and the Government’s own investigations during the 19th regular session of the Human Rights Council in March 2012.
Sep 2, 2011
In an open letter, the ICJ and other human rights groups are urging the government of Nepal to ensure that perpetrators of human rights abuses are held accountable. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai of Nepal and his government should honor commitments, both by the government and by the Maoist party, to ensure that perpetrators of human rights abuses during and after the country’s armed conflict are held accountable before courts of law, Advocacy Forum, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists said today in an open letter.
Nepal-withdrawing criminal cases-open letter-2011 (full text,PDF)
Nepal-withdrwing criminal cases-prime minister-open letter-2011 (full text, PDF)
Jul 25, 2011
ICJ and other human rights groups call on the President of Malawi to immediately launch an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into the use of firearms against protestors.
Malawi-violence-against-protestors-open letter-2011 (full text, PDF)
