International Commission of Jurists
ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan

Apr 19, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Pakistan during its 14th session.

In a submission to the Working Group, the ICJ has focused on the discrete issues of:

  1. independence of the judiciary;
  2. business and human rights, concerning safety and security for miners;
  3. protection of the rights of the child; and
  4. Pakistan’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.

Pakistan-UPR14-StakeholderSubmission-legal submission (2012) (download in PDF)

Pakistan-Comparison-FirstAndSecondCycle-advocacy-2012 (full text in English, PDF)

ICJ’s and AI’s intervention in the case El Masri v. the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

ICJ’s and AI’s intervention in the case El Masri v. the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Apr 17, 2012 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions

The ICJ and Amnesty International presented a third party intervention in the case El Masri v. the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

In the third party intervention, the ICJ and AI outlined developments on the principle of non-refoulement, on enforced disappearances, on the international law of state responsibility and on the right to truth.

Macedonia-written submission-legal submission-2012 (full text in English, PDF)

Joint declaration to the Brighton Conference on Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

Joint declaration to the Brighton Conference on Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

Apr 16, 2012 | Advocacy, Analysis briefs

The ICJ and other NGOs delivered a joint statement at the UK Brighton Conference on the Reform of the European Court of Human Rights.

Amnesty International, the AIRE Centre, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), Human Rights Watch, INTERIGHTS, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), JUSTICE, Open Society Justice Initiative and REDRESS jointly delivered a statement on their views on the declaration on reform of the European Court of Human Rights under negotiation at Brighton (UK) under the UK Presidency of the Council of Europe.

Europe-Brightondeclaration-jointstatement-2012 (download the joint statement)

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