Document submitted by the ICJ to the UN Human Rigths Council “Working Group on the issue of reviewing and, where necessary, improving and rationalizing all mandates, mechanisms, functions and responsibilities in order to maintain a system of special procedures, expert advice and a complaint procedure” on 1 December 2006.
Complaint procedure HRC-Advocacy-2006 (full text, PDF)
The UN Human Rights Council adopted the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances and decided to send it to the UN General Assembly for adoption.
Mediante la sentencia C-370 de 2006, en relación con la llamada ley de “justicia y paz”, la Corte confirma que se trataba de una normatividad contraria a los derechos humanos.
During the 57th Session of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights the ICJ made an oral intervention on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism under Agenda Item Six.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s proposal of a general amnesty for human rights abuses committed in the country’s brutal internal conflict may permanently deprive victims or their families of their right to truth, justice and reparation, rights groups warned today.
Algeria-amnesty law-press release-2005-eng (full text, PDF)
Nepal: Ensure Credible Transitional Justice Appointments
South Africa: Constitutional Court’s affirmation that principles of judicial independence are fully applicable to military courts is a welcome step forward
EU: Lawyers and civil society call for mandatory humanitarian clause in anti-smuggling directive
EU: Access to a lawyer in juvenile justice proceedings remains a key concern in several EU Member States