“Homosexual propaganda” bans: analysis and recommendations
The ICJ and ILGA-Europe provide information and guidance on laws banning “homosexual propaganda”.
Malta: not here to stay
The result of an ICJ study mission in September 2011, the report highlights serious shortcomings in expulsion procedures, detention policy and conditions, and living conditions of migrants in reception centres.
Malta-migrants-detention-Mission Report 2012 (download in English)
Malta: not here to stay
Malta should abandon its policy of mandatory detention of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers and dedicate resources to significantly improve their reception conditions, says a new ICJ report.
ICJ and ECRE submission on the implementation of M.S.S. judgment
The ICJ and ECRE presented a joint detailed submission on the situation of detention, application procedures and remedies for asylum seekers in Greece to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The ICJ and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) presented a joint submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in occasion of a meeting on the implementation by Greece of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece. The submission highlighted legal and practical shortcomings in the Greek system on detention of asylum seekers, conditions of detention, judicial review and access to an effective remedy, living conditions of asylum seekers, access to information and non-refoulement.
Greece-ICJECRE-MSSSubmission-2012 (download the joint submission)
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Report on appeal hearing of the case # 1-553/10; # 22-2154/2011 at the Saint Petersburg City Court on April 21, 2011 by a mission of the ICJ
The report provides a general overview of the pre-trial investigation and the court of appeal hearing in a criminal case in St. Petersburg (Russia) and offers some recommendations based on the main findings.
Having received credible information about possible violations of fair trial principles in a criminal case in St. Petersburg, the ICJ took a decision to send a Mission of observation at the appeal hearing on case # 1-553/10; # 22-2154/2011 at the Saint Petersburg City Court against Gurgen Stepanyan, Vardan Sakanyan, Tigran Arutyunyan. The report provides a general overview of the pre-trial investigation and the court of appeal hearing. As explained below, the appeal hearing was held in camera and despite a request by the ICJ request that it be open for observers, it was closed.
Nevertheless the ICJ observers were able to meet with the Deputy President of the Court and with lawyers involved in the case, and to study documents in the case. The observers express their gratitude to all who met with them and who assisted in the Mission.
Russia-appeal hearing Saint Petersburg-trial observation report-2012-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Russia-appeal hearing Saint Petersburg-trial observation report-2012-rus (full text in Russian, PDF)
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