Jul 22, 2009
This report of the Eminent Jurists Panel is based on one of the most comprehensive surveys on counter-terrorism and human rights to date.
It illustrates the extent to which the responses to the events of 11 September 2001 have changed the legal landscape in countries around the world. The Panel addresses the consequences of pursuing counter-terrorism within a war paradigm, the increasing importance of intelligence, the use of preventative mechanisms and the role of the criminal justice system in counter-terrorism.
Executive Summary of the Report on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights-Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism series-2009 (full text, PDF)
Report on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights-Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism series-2009 (full text, PDF)
Jul 22, 2009
This ICJ position paper points to the necessity for EU measures to protect procedural rights in EU criminal justice co-operation.
The organizations call on the Swedish Presidency to make explicit that the adoption of these rights will be a prioritized issue during the Presidency and as a result will be included in the Stockholm Programme on justice and home affairs.
Procedural Rights and Safeguards in Criminal Proceedings-position paper-2009 (full text, PDF)
Jul 22, 2009
This Guide in Spanish presents a systematic study of the international legal principles applicable to impunity for serious human rights violations.
Jul 17, 2009 | News
The ICJ says the fight against impunity and for international justice has made positive progress in the last decade, not least with the commencement of the first cases at the International Criminal Court.
Nevertheless, international justice continues to encounter obstacles in its development. The ICJ, the legal community and all the human rights movement must continue their efforts to attain universal justice and an end to impunity.
Fight against impunity must be continued-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
May 20, 2009 | News
Emad Baghi, a leading Iranian human rights defender based in Tehran, founded the Society for the Defense of Prisoners’ Rights, and has been a vigorous and outspoken opponent of the death penalty in Iran.
His campaigning includes a scholarly examination of Islamic law (shari`a) on the subject, in which he demonstrates the absence of any doctrinal requirement for maintaining capital punishment. In addition, Baghi’s inventory of death row prisoners in Iran, including juvenile offenders, has been an important resource for UN human rights bodies as well as human rights groups outside the country.
Baghi has spent four years in prison over the past decade for his campaigning against the death penalty and other rights activities. Currently out of jail, he still faces charges relating to his work for the defense of prisoners rights. Baghi suffers from serious heart and kidney ailments; in August 2008 prison physicians declared his condition critical.
Martin Ennals Award goes again to a Human Rights Defender-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
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