ICJ oral statement on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Speech by Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the ICJ, on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Joint oral statement to the Human Rights Council on the draft Convention against Enforced Disappearance
Six human rights groups issued the following oral statement.
AI, FIDH, HRW and ICJ’s joint written statement to the Human Rights Council on the draft Convention against Enforced Disappearance
The ICJ and other rights groups call on Member States of the Human Rights Council to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance at its first session in June 2006 and transmit it to the General Assembly for its final adoption.
Observations on convention to protect persons from enforced disappearance and procedural arguments to prevent its adoption
The ICJ and the FIDH acknowledge various procedural arguments according to which it would be legally impossible or difficult to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance at the 62nd session of the Commission on Human Rights.
In this regard, the ICJ and the FIDH would like to make some observations.
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in English, PDF)
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in French, PDF)
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Elementos para las recomendaciones de la CIDH sobre la protección de los derechos humanos en la lucha contra el terrorismo
Los estados miembros de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) adoptaron sendas resoluciones otorgándole mandato a la CIDH para que elabore recomendaciones para la protección de los derechos humanos en la lucha contra el terrorismo.
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ICJ Australia has renewed its opposition to the introduction of draconian counter-terrorism laws that erode fundamental liberties and human rights developed over centuries of jurisprudence.
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