The ICJ called for an independent and impartial investigation into the treatment of detainees and the whole process of arresting and detaining people in Iraq to be swiftly set up by the Coalition Forces.The call came as the first court martial of a US soldier involved in the abuse of Iraqi detainees concluded in Baghdad today.
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged today the Thai Government to conduct an urgent investigation into the disappearance of a well-known human rights lawyer.
The ICJ and Amnesty International have repeatedly expressed their concern about the incompatibility of Argentina’s Full Stop Law, Law No. 23,492 of 12 December 1986, and Due Obedience Law, Law No. 23,521 of 4 June 1987, with international law.
The Australian Section of the ICJ has criticised the US military styled tribunal set to try Australian David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib.
The 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission will meet between 15 March and April 23 2004. As in the previous years, the ICJ will continue to be active.
Libya: Authorities must promptly implement the Structured Dialogue’s human rights recommendations
Nepal: Government actions threaten judicial independence
ICJ Convenes Latin America Consultation to Strengthen Non-Criminal Justice Pathways for Redress
India: New foreign funding rules tighten control over civil society and undermine the right to freedom of association