International Panel holds hearing on Southeast Asia
The “Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights” begins a sub-regional hearing in Jakarta.
ICJ statement to the Human Rights Council on the prevention of genocide
The ICJ, in an oral intervention before the Human Rights Council on 29 November 2006, requested reinforcement of the capacity of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide to serve as early warning in the prevention of genocide.
La CIJ somete una petición al Consejo de Derechos Humanos
La CIJ, en una intervención oral ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, solicitó que se reforzara la capacidad de alerta temprana de los procedimientos especiales con miras a la prevención del genocidio.
HRC genocide-non-judicial submission-2006-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Establishing a complaint procedure in the Human Rights Council: moving beyond the ‘1503 procedure’
Document submitted by the ICJ to the UN Human Rigths Council “Working Group on the issue of reviewing and, where necessary, improving and rationalizing all mandates, mechanisms, functions and responsibilities in order to maintain a system of special procedures, expert advice and a complaint procedure” on 1 December 2006.
Complaint procedure HRC-Advocacy-2006 (full text, PDF)
Submission to European Parliament Temporary Committee on Alleged Use of European countries by the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners (TDIP)
In its November 2006 written submission to this instance, the ICJ analyses the international law obligations of the United States in relation to renditions.
The ICJ also analyses the human rights obligations of European states which actively co-operate in renditions or secret detentions, or fail to take adequate steps to protect against them.
It concludes that, in light of the systematic nature of the breaches of norms of higher international law, including the prohibition against torture, involved in the system of renditions and secret detentions, there are obligations on European states, not only to refrain from co-operation with or recognition of this system, but to take co-operative measures to bring the situation to an end. The full submission is attached below.
Europe-European Parliament-CIA transportation detention prisoners-non-judicial submission-2006 (full text, PDF)
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
ICJ contribution to Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Amicus Brief in Secretary for Justice vs William Roy Leung
The ICJ is submitting the following contribution to an Amicus Curiae brief of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in the case of Secretary for Justice v William Roy Leung – CACV 317/2005.
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