Oct 1, 2012 | Адвокаси, Юридические заявления
Николай Алексеев был осужден под новым запретом гомосексуальной пропаганды, и в настоящее время оспаривает конституционность закона. МКЮ подала справку Amicus.
Активист был арестован и оштрафован за одиночный пикет с плакатом, который цитировал Советскую актрису: «Гомосексуализм – не извращение. Извращение – это хоккей на траве и балет на льду».
Анализ МКЮ заявляет, что Санкт-Петербургский закон нарушает право на свободу выражения, гарантированное как МПГПП, так и Европейской конвенции о правах человека. Запрет на гомосексуальную пропаганду не только нечеткий, но не является небходимым для достижения законной цели и не соразмерен ей, и устанавливает дискриминацию на основании сексуальной ориентации.
Дело в настоящее время находится на рассмотрении. Слушание, назначенное на 27 сентября 2012 года, было отложено из-за отказа одного из судей.
Для получения дополнительной информации о запретах гомосексуальной пропаганды, см. Брифинг ILGA-Eвропа МКЮ.
Russia-homosexual propaganda ban challenged-ICJ Amicus Brief-2012-ru (полный текст, PDF)
Oct 1, 2012
Nikolai Alekseyev was convicted under the new homosexual propaganda ban and he is currently challenging the constitutionality of the law. The ICJ filed an amicus brief.
The activist was arrested and fined for holding up a sign quoting a famous Soviet era actress, who said: “Homosexuality is not a perversion. Field hockey and ice ballet are.”
The ICJ brief argues that the St. Petersburg law violates the right to freedom of expression, guaranteed by both the ICCPR and the European Convention on Human Rights. The homosexual propaganda bans are not only vague, they also fail the tests of proportionality and necessity and discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, all contrary to human rights law.
The case is currently pending. A hearing scheduled for 27 September 2012 was postponed due to the recusal of one of the judges.
For more information on the homosexual propaganda bans, see the ILGA-Europe ICJ briefing paper.
Russia-homosexual propaganda ban challenged-ICJ Amicus Brief-2012 (full text in PDF)
Russia-homosexual propaganda ban challenged-ICJ Amicus Brief-2012-ru (full text in PDF)
Sep 30, 2012
In seguito ai seminari tenuti a Milano e Roma lo scorso settembre, l’ICJ ha pubblicato il 7 dicembre 2012 una raccolta di giurisprudenza e normativa internazionale relativa ai diritti dei migranti e richiedenti asilo.
Questa opera è una raccolta di giurisprudenza internazionale, correlata dalle relative norme del diritto pattizio, e dedicata a specifici temi del diritto internazionale dei diritti umani sull’immigrazione ed il diritto di asilo. Essa permette all’operatore del diritto di accedere direttamente, direttamente in italiano, alle fonti del diritto internazionale, alle sentenze chiave dei meccanismi di protezione internazionale dei diritti umani ed alle norme relative. La traduzione è ufficiosa e si rimanda al testo originale per ogni citazione ufficiale.
Lo scopo di questo lavoro è di servire da strumento pratico per l’operatore del diritto nel lavoro di tutti i giorni. La raccolta è anche uno strumento indispensabile in seminari di formazione ed aiuta a restare al passo con la giurisprudenza internazionale in costante evoluzione. Tale collezione raccoglie argomenti mirati, relativi ai diritti dei migranti, e verrà aggiornata, e gli argomenti espansi, attraverso il tempo.
Infine, occorre ricordare che il presente compendio é un complemento della guida per operatori del diritto dell’ICJ numero 6 intitolata L’immigrazione e la normativa internazionale dei diritti umani, disponibile gratuitamente sul nostro sito.
Casescollection-training-migration-ita-2012 (scarica la raccolta cliccando sul link)
Photo credit: © Commissione Europea (la Commissione Europea non ha nessun coinvolgimento in, né sostiene questa pubblicazione)
Sep 26, 2012 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions
The ICJ and others argue that Spain should assume jurisdiction, as the US has allowed for impunity of top officials who facilitated torture.
The ICJ joined the Center for Constitutional Rights, the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights and other leading organizations and scholars, arguing that the Spanish Supreme Court should reopen the investigations for participation in or aiding and abetting torture and other human rights abuses against six senior legal officials of the Bush Administration.
The brief argues that Spain should exercise jurisdiction under Spanish law because the US itself has failed to carry out any meaningful investigations and prosecutions against the officials, who are alleged to have provided legal authorisation for torture practices against “war on terror” detainees.
The officials are David Addington (former Counsel to, and Chief of Staff for, former Vice President Cheney): Jay S. Bybee (former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); Douglas Feith (former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense (DOD); Alberto R. Gonzales (former Counsel to former President George W. Bush, and former Attorney General of the United States); William J Haynes (former General Counsel, DOD); and John Yoo (former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, OLC, DOJ).
SpainUSA-Bushlawyers-AmicusBrief-2012-eng (download third party intervention)
Sep 21, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
In an interactive dialogue with representatives of the Government of the Netherlands, the ICJ and the Dutch section of the ICJ, the NJCM, called for greater consultation with civil society.
The ICJ and NJCM also urged the Netherlands to give human rights a prominent place in civic education.
The statement was delivered today during the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of the Universal Periodic Review outcome document on the Netherlands, during the course of the 21st regular session of the Council.
HRC21-UPR-Netherlands-OralStatement-non-legal submission-2012 (download statement, in PDF)
