Sri Lanka: resumption of executions after 42 years would be unconscionable
The Sri Lankan Government should reconsider and reverse its decision to bring back the death penalty for drug related offences, the ICJ said today. (more…)
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ICJ document analyses investigation of arbitrary killings in the Philippines
The ICJ released today a briefing paper on investigation of extrajudicial executions in the Philippines. (more…)
Death penalty in Indonesia: unsupported by the facts and the law
An opinion piece by Leong Tsu Quin, ICJ Associate International Legal Adviser. (more…)
Indonesia: grant Mary Jane Veloso permanent reprieve from execution and abolish death penalty
In a letter sent this week, the ICJ urged President Joko Widodo to grant Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino national on death row in Indonesia, a permanent reprieve from execution and to impose a moratorium on executions, with a view of abolishing death penalty in the near future. (more…)
End the forced evictions of campesino
The ICJ expressed its concern today at the violent forced eviction of some 300 members of the campesino community Nueva Esperanza in the Department of Petén, Guatemala. (more…)
Violencia en Colombia
En enero de 1989, la Comision Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) y su afïliada, la Comision Andina de Juristas (CAJ), enviaron una mision a Colombia con el fin de elaborar un informe sobre la situacion de los derechos humanos. (more…)