European Union – United States Summit: set clear plan of action to close Guantánamo
At their summit in Washington DC, European leaders must press the United States government to take steps to end the unlawful detentions at Guantánamo Bay, leading human rights groups said today.
Joint intervention by the ICJ and HRW on disappearances in various countries
The human rights groups welcome the update by the Chair of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
IV Session of the Human Rights Council: ICJ’s oral intervention
On 15 March 2007, the ICJ made an oral intervention during the interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the fourth session of the Human Rights Council.
Joint submission to prepare a Draft Inter American Convention against racial discrimination and all other forms of discrimination and intolerance
The submission was co-authored by Global Rights, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( IGLHRC), the ICJ, Mullabi – Espacio Latinamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos and others.
The authors suggest that in the text, the words “gender identity and expression” are added after the word “gender”.
The text of the submission is available in both Spanish and English and it is the last contribution in this document.
Americas-OAS Convention against Racism-non-judicial submission-2006
Intervention orale sur le racisme, la discrimination raciale, la xénophobie et toutes les formes de discrimination
À la 60ème session de la Commission des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, la CIJ et la FIDH sont intervenues lors du débat sur le racisme, la discrimination raciale, la xénophobie et toutes les formes de discrimination.
Colombia-discrimination-advocacy-2004-fra (full text in French, PDF)
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En el marco del debate sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Colombia, la CIJ presentó una declaración oral conjuntamente con la Comisión colombiana de juristas y Amnistía Internacional.
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