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Thailand: Laws and practices do not meet international obligations to address gender-based violence, ICJ tells UN Committee

Thailand: Laws and practices do not meet international obligations to address gender-based violence, ICJ tells UN Committee

May 21, 2025 | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Web Stories, Work with the UN

On 19 May, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with the Thai NGO SHero Thailand, submitted an alternative report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) ahead of its upcoming review of...
CRPD: Joint third-party intervention on comprehensive assessment of displaced persons with disabilities

CRPD: Joint third-party intervention on comprehensive assessment of displaced persons with disabilities

Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN

On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.

Lao PDR: ICJ and its partners draw attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record in advance of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Lao PDR: ICJ and its partners draw attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record in advance of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Oct 14, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, Legal submissions, News, Universal Periodic Review, Web Stories, Work with the UN

On 11 October 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of Lao PDR’s human rights review scheduled for April/May 2025. In a joint submission by the ICJ, the Extra-Territorial...
Thailand: ICJ draws the UN Committee Against Torture’s attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record under the Convention Against Torture

Thailand: ICJ draws the UN Committee Against Torture’s attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record under the Convention Against Torture

Oct 10, 2024 | Committee against Torture, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Web Stories, Work with the UN

On 30 September 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions ahead of the Committee Against Torture’s examination of Thailand’s second periodic report under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, scheduled for 5 and...
Lao PDR: ICJ and its partners draw attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record in advance of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Lao PDR: ICJ submits report to CEDAW Committee on discriminatory laws and practices related to gender-based violence

Sep 18, 2024 | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Work with the UN

On 9 September 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in preparation for its upcoming review of Lao PDR’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention on the...
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