Nepal: prosecute army killings and end climate of impunity!
The ICJ has urged the Government of Nepal to prosecute the Royal Nepal Army personnel responsible for the summary killings on 17 August of at least 19 unarmed persons in Ramechhap District.
The ICJ has urged the Government of Nepal to prosecute the Royal Nepal Army personnel responsible for the summary killings on 17 August of at least 19 unarmed persons in Ramechhap District.
“A high degree of politicization infringes upon the proper functioning of the Honduran judiciary and legal profession”, stated a team of legal experts sent by the ICJ Centre on a fact-finding mission to Honduras.
In accordance with international law, the ICJ urges the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to further press for the regulation or prohibition of military courts.
This is essential for the proper administration of justice, respect of the right to fair trial and the eradication of impunity.
UN intervention justice-non-judicial submission-2003 (full text in English, PDF)
In striving to guarantee the protection of human rights and the rule of law, judges and lawyers are often attacked or persecuted for nothing more than the lawful discharge of their professional duties.
The ICJ condemns the United States for pressing states to sign bilateral agreements which would preclude them from transferring US nationals to the International Criminal Court (ICC).