ICJ calls on Senate to amend counter-terrorism bill
The ICJ today urged members of the Philippine Senate not to adopt a new counter-terrorism bill without significant amendments to ensure compliance with international human rights law.
Eminent Jurists hold hearing on Southern Cone
The “Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights” holds a sub-regional hearing in Buenos Aires today.
Nepal : ICJ calls for immediate release of lawyers and lifting of ban on public gatherings
The ICJ today called for the immediate release of 14 arbitrarily detained lawyers and the lifting of the blanket ban on public gatherings in Kathmandu centre and Lalitpur.
Suisse: la CIJ exige du Conseil Fédéral qu’il soutienne l’appel du Secrétaire Général de l’ONU à la fermeture de Guantánamo
La section suisse de la CIJ a demandé au Conseil fédéral de manifester publiquement son soutien au Secrétaire général des Nations Unies qui appelle à fermer le camp de détention de Guantanamo.
Eminent jurists begin global inquiry into human rights and counter-terrorism
The fight against terrorist acts has led to repeated allegations of torture, indefinite and secret detentions often without charge or trial, the reduction of defence rights and threats to freedom of expression around the world.
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