International Commission of Jurists
The ICJ calls on the government of Nepal to arrest army officer accused of enforced disappearance, torture and killing

The ICJ calls on the government of Nepal to arrest army officer accused of enforced disappearance, torture and killing

Dec 10, 2009 | News

The ICJ today urged the Government of Nepal to demonstrate its commitment to end impunity by arresting Major Niranjan Basnet upon his return from a UN peacekeeping mission in Chad.

Major Basnet is one of four Nepal Army officials accused in the enforced disappearance, torture and killing of Maina Sunuwar on 17 February 2004. Maina Sunuwar’s body was exhumed in March 2007 from its clandestine burial site at the Nepal Army Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre in Panchkhal.

Nepal-army officer-press release-2010-eng (full text, pdf)

Nepal-army officer-press release-2010-nep (full text, pdf)

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan

Feb 19, 2008 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

The ICJ raised in its submission the Government of Pakistan’s failure to fully and effectively ensure and protect human rights and the rule of law in the fight against terrorist acts and to protect people against terrorism.

The ICJ also addressed the issue of the Government’s attacks on the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, and the legal profession over the last nine months, and especially since 3 November 2007. These concerns should be addressed as a matter of priority in the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan.

Pakistan-UPR-advocacy-2008 (full text, PDF)

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