ICJ highlights need for UN action on impunity in Sri Lanka
At the Human Rights Council, the ICJ highlighted deepening impunity for gross human rights violations in Sri Lanka, and the need for a UN investigative mechanism. (more…)
UN Bodies Archives: Special Rapporteur on Truth Justice Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence
India: investigation of extrajudicial killings and the right to truth and justice
Today at the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ emphasised the importance of effective investigations capable of leading to truth and justice, highlighting recent developments in Manipur, India as an example. (more…)
Transitional justice, prevention, and the obstacle of impunity: the example of Nepal (UN Statement)
The ICJ today delivered an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, on transitional justice, prevention and impunity, highlighting the continuing problem of impunity in Nepal. (more…)
UN: ICJ oral statement in the General Debate on item 3 (judicial accountability) at the Human Rights Council
The ICJ today delivered an oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council in the General Debate on item 3, concerning judicial accountability, and on the link between ESC rights and enforced or involuntary disappearances. (more…)
Resolutions on sexual orientation, civil society, adopted as Human Rights Council session ends
As the UN Human Rights Council approached the conclusion of its 27th regular session tonight, it adopted resolutions including on the topics of violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and the protection of civil society space. (more…)
Criteria for the use and operation of truth commissions
The ICJ calls on members of the Human Rights Council, collectively and individually, to ensure that the establishment of truth commissions fully complies with the internationally recognized right of victims and society to know the truth. (more…)