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ICJ submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Tunisia

Nov 23, 2007 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

This is the ICJ Submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Tunisia, published on 20 November 2007.

ICJ submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Morocco

Nov 23, 2007 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

This is the ICJ Submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review on Morocco, published on 20 November 2007.

NJCM submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of the Netherlands

Nov 20, 2007 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

NJCM, the Dutch section of the ICJ, as part of a coalition of Dutch NGOs, made written submissions to the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review of the Netherlands.

The submission addressed the legal status of UN human rights instruments in Dutch law; the role of the Netherlands in setting international human rights law standards; issues in reporting under UN human rights treaties; national processes for assessing compliance with human rights; gender policy and mainstreaming; counter-terrorism policy; rights of aliens; and rights to health and education.

Netherlands-Dutch NGOs-UPR-non-judicial submission-2007 (full text, PDF)

The application of procedures and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council

Nov 6, 2007 | Advocacy

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has compiled a document on the application of procedures and mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council.

It outlines its interpretation of the way in which the Council’s institutional architecture must function in order to ensure the Council can fulfill its mandate to protect and promote human rights worldwide.

Application HRC-Occasional Papers-2007 (full text, PDF)