The ICJ is pleased with the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to present a case to the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC against the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir.
The ICJ, in an oral intervention before the Human Rights Council on 29 November 2006, requested reinforcement of the capacity of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide to serve as early warning in the prevention of genocide.
La CIJ somete una petición al Consejo de Derechos Humanos
La CIJ, en una intervención oral ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, solicitó que se reforzara la capacidad de alerta temprana de los procedimientos especiales con miras a la prevención del genocidio.
HRC genocide-non-judicial submission-2006-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
The ICJ today expressed concern at the continuing detention of lawyer Behane Mogese and called for his immediate and unconditional release.
The ICJ said today that the UN should extend the mandate of the International Tribunal on the former-Yugoslavia to the crimes now being committed in Rwanda.
The ICJ regrets yesterday’s resolution of the UN Security Council concerning the tragic situation in Rwanda.
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