La CIJ, FIDH, HRW, LDH, OMCT, REMDH, Amnesty France, s’adressent à François Fillon en vue de sa visite à Damas le 19 février prochain pour attirer son attention sur la situation des droits de l’Homme en Syrie.
Syria-deterioration-open letter-2010-fra (full text in French, PDF)
This letter is alerting the Special Rapporteur on threats to Malawian human rights defenders.
Malawi-attention rapporteur defender-open letter-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
The ICJ and the other members of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) jury are concerned over the arrest of Iranian human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi, who received the MEA in 2009.
They seek clarification of the reason of his arrest and the charges he faces. Emadeddin Baghi is arbitrarily detained for his human rights-related activities, in violation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1998, as he is imprisoned for the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedoms of expression and association.
Iran-arbitrary detention Baghi-Open Letters-2010 (full text, pdf)
The ICJ is writing to express deep concern about Article 217 of the draft Penal Code in Rwanda.
Based on the assessment of proposed legislation, ICJ believes the enactment of Article 217 would constitute a breach of Rwanda’s obligation under international law, as provided for in treaties to which Rwanda is a party.
Rwanda-letter Parliament draft-open letter-2009 (full text in English, PDF)
The ICJ sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Nepal, urging the Government to suspend the promotion of Major General Toran Bahadur Singh.
His promotion should be suspended until a credible, impartial and independent investigation is conducted into his alleged responsibility for systematic violations of human rights and humanitarian law committed by military units under his command, especially during the civil conflict in 2003‐4.
Nepal-letter Prime Minister promotion-open letter-2009 (full text, PDF)
Tunisia: Conviction of Ebru Timtik Award Laureate Ahmed Souab marks escalating repression of lawyers
ICJ Honored for Championing Refugee and Migrant Justice Worldwide
Thailand: Swift action is needed to ensure access to justice for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
Uzbekistan: ICJ and the Academy of Justice open the third cycle of the International Human Rights Law Course