International Contact Group (Basque politics)

The International Contact Group (ICG) is a group promoted by Brian Currin To expedite, facilitate and enable the achievement of political normalization In the Basque Country The members of the Group were presented on 14 February in Bilbao and are Silvia Casale, Pierre Hazan, Raymond Kendall, Nuala O'Loan and Alberto Spektorowski.

The 29 March 2010 Brian Currin presented in Brussels the Statement by International Leaders in Conflict Resolution and Peace Processes asking ETA for a permanent and internationally verifiable cease-fire.

After ETA's announce of cessation of offensive armed activities on the 5th Spemtember 2010 Brian Currin visited the Basque Country and announced that should ETA give a positive response to the Brussels Declaration the ICG will begin its work.

Their Mandate and Role was presented by Brian Currin on 12 November 2010 after successfully engaging with the major stakeholders on the ongoing conflict.

The ICG's mandate includes:

Independent consultant to HM Prisons Inspectorate, England and Wales since 1991; Northern Ireland Sentence Review Commissioner since 1998. Adviser to the Council of Europe Project on National Preventive Mechanisms since 2010.

Member in respect of the United Kingdom of the CPT (European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) 1997-2009 and President from 2000 to 2007.

Member in respect of the United Kingdom and Chairperson of the SPT (United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) 2007-2009.

Former member of the Parole Board for England and Wales. Trustee of the Prison Reform Trust and the Prisoners Advice and Care Trust.

Pierre Hazan is teaching Transitional Justice in Sciences-Po Paris and in Geneva University. He is also the author of many books on International Criminal Justice ando n Truth Commissions, including the acclaimed Judging War, Judging History, Behind Peace and Reconciliation, Stanford University Press, 2010 (PrizeGeorges Dreifuss). He also has collaborated in different capacities with theOffice of the UN High Commissionner for Human Rights.

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