Jan 6, 2010
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)
Nov 19, 2009
The ICJ and other NGOs condemned the decision of the Damascus Section of the Syrian Bar Association to prohibit lawyer and human rights defender Muhannad Al-Hassani from practicing law for the rest of his life.
Among the grounds upon which the disbarment was ordered was that Muhannad Al-Hassani is “the President of an unauthorised organisation (the Syrian Organization for Human Rights)”.
The above-mentioned organisations called on the Syrian Bar Association to seriously reconsider the charges against Muhannad al-Hassani and the decision to permanently disbar him when it hears the case on appeal.
Syria-Persecution and Intimidation of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders-Position Papers-2009 (full text, PDF)
Nov 1, 2009 | News
This year, the prize in memory of Per Anger is being awarded to the human rights activist Brahim Dahane, defender of human rights in Western Sahara.
Sep 16, 2009
The ICJ welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) Universal Periodic Review of Egypt.
Egypt was elected to HRC in May 2007 after pledging to fully promote and protect human rights, including by lifting the current state of emergency and preserving the independence of the judiciary. Despite these commitments, numerous serious human rights violations continued to be committed with impunity in Egypt. These violations have been largely committed under the decades-old state of emergency and the “war on terror” paradigm.
Egypt-ICJ submission UPR-non-jegal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Sep 15, 2009 | News
The ICJ welcomed today the release of the report by the Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict presented to the Human Rights Council.
