Today, 150 international lawyers from around the world adopted a Declaration on Upholding Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Combating Terrorism.
The Declaration, adopted at the close of the ICJ’s biennal conference, highlights the grave challenge to the rule of law brought about by recent excessive counter-terrorism measures and many old counter-terrorism laws that have been a problem for decades.
“This ruling is a powerful statement that the Barrier as constructed is a violation of international law,” said Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the ICJ, welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Separation Barrier.
“The Israeli Supreme Court has taken a significant first step in recognizing the disproportionate and acute hardship the Separation Barrier causes for the population in the Occupied Territories,” said Nicholas Howen, ICJ Secretary General.
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 ICJ is deeply shocked at the admission by an MI5 expert that the British intelligence service would use information extracted from tortured persons as evidence in court.
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