The proposed dissolution of the High Judicial Council by presidential decree must be abandoned as it would constitute a fatal and irreversible blow on the independence of the judiciary, the separation of powers and the rule of law, said the International Commission of Jurists today.
The ICJ has made a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its forthcoming examination of Israel’s fifth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Today’s conviction in Germany of a former Syrian regime official for crimes against humanity is a considerable stride in the path towards justice in Syria, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said.
Les autorités tunisiennes doivent immédiatement libérer les opposants politiques, Noureddine el-Bhiri et Fathi Baldi, actuellement détenus, et mettre fin à l’abus des pouvoirs d’exception pour soumettre des membres de l’opposition politique à des arrestations arbitraires et à d’autres violations des droits humains, a déclaré la CIJ aujourd’hui.
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