Jun 1, 2001
Memorial en derecho de la CIJ sobre la imprescriptibilidad de los crímenes de lesa humanidad y la irretroactividad de la ley penal, dirigido a las ONGs peruanas en el marco del proceso Barrios Altos c. Perú ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
¿La ratificación por parte de un Estado, como Perú, de la Convención sobre la imprescriptibilidad de los crímenes de guerra y de los crímenes de lesa humanidad entraría en contradicción con el principio de irretroactividad de la ley penal? Responder afirmativamente a esta pregunta resultaría, por lo menos, insólito y supondría desconocer de tajo principios elementales del derecho penal y del derecho internacional. Algunas previas consideraciones podrían ser de utilidad para dar una respuesta.
Peru-imprescriptibility-position paper-2001-spa
Aug 1, 1995
The ICJ published a new position paper seeking to build on its previous work on this issue, in several ways.
First, it provides a thorough discussion of the ILC’s approach to the issues that the Ad Hoc Committee focused upon at its first meeting. Second, the paper summarises the discussions of the Ad Hoc Committee concerning these issues. Third, it offers the ICJ’s comments and suggestions on several of the issues, continuing and expanding upon the themes developed in the ICJ’s earlier papers.
This comparison of the approaches taken by the ILC and the Ad Hoc Committee offers a useful insight into the issues that must be addressed in establishing a permanent Court. The ILC is a body of independent legal experts charged with the task of drafting the Statute of the Court. The Ad Hoc Committee is composed of governmental delegations from many of the world’s nations. Certainly, some of the criticisms of the Statute made during the Ad Hoc Committee meeting reflect this difference in background.”
The paper focuses on:
- Establishment and composition of the ICC
- Applicable law and jurisdiction of the Court
- Exercise of jurisdiction
- Due process
- Relationship between States Parties, non-States parties and the ICC
- Effects of judgements
- Budget and administration
International Criminal Court-position paper-1995-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Jan 1, 1993
The position of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the legal order of the European Communities has been the subject of debate among legal scholars and politicians for at least 25 years.
One solution could be the adoption of a specific Community Charter of Human Rights. Another – a complementary approach – would be to make use of existing international instruments for the protection of human rights. As far back as 1979, the Commission of the European Communities proposed that the EC accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a proposal which was repeated in a Notice of November 1990.
With this position paper, the ICJ hopes to make a contribution to the current debate on accession of the Communities to the ECHR. Therefore, the scope of this paper will be limited to the protection of civil and political rights…
Europe-European Communities accession ECHR-position paper-1993-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Jan 1, 1968
Open call to governments to support the establishment of a U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights which was adopted by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights on March 22, 1967.
The ICJ, together with other NGOs interested in the field of human rights, hopes that one day the United Nations will adopt machinery for the protection of human rights that goes much further that this unassuming step. It would like to see a body empowered to receive individual complaints of violations of human rights and to issue binding orders to governments.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights-call for support-advocacy paper-1968-eng (full text in English, PDF)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights-call for support-advocacy paper-1968-fra (full text in French, PDF)
