The ICJ welcomes the endorsement today by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of the Tshwane Principles on National Security and the Right to Information. (more…)
The Tshwane Principles on National Security and the Right to Information seek to protect the right to information and to ensure public access to information held by governments, without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to protect people from security threats. (more…)
The ICJ presented a case-law note as a contribution to the ongoing negotiations on the recast of the Dublin Regulation. (more…)
La CIJ presentó ante la Corte de Constitucionalidad su análisis del “secreto de Estado” bajo el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos, con especial atención en la obligación de erradicar la impunidad por crímenes internacionales. (more…)
In a report released today entitled ‘Power to Silence: Nepal’s new media ordinance’, the ICJ said that Nepal’s Media Ordinance is in violation of Nepal’s international human rights obligations and the Nepali Constitution and called on the Government immediately to repeal it. (more…)
Long before the OJ Simpson murder trial, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers recognised that freedom of information and speech must be properly balanced with the needs of the proper administration of justice. (more…)
