ICJ submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Morocco
This is the ICJ Submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review on Morocco, published on 20 November 2007.
ICJ intervention on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab Territories
ICJ Intervention on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, in follow-up to OM/1/2 of 19 June 2007.
Human Rights Council’s follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon
The ICJ welcomes the he report and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry.
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.
Submission by the ICJ on the impact of the draft Law on counter-terrorism of Bahrain
On 10 May, the ICJ made a submission to the Committee against Torture (CAT) on the recently introduced draft law on counter-terrorism in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This law – if adopted – would greatly reduce safeguards against torture, cruel or inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and negatively affect the implementation of the Convention against Torture in Bahrain. The ICJ invited the Committee to assess the impact of this draft law on the implementation of Bahrain’s obligations under the Convention and make recommendations to Bahrain to ensure that the law complies with international human right standards.
Bahrain-impact law counter-terrorism-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
Bahrain-impact law counter-terrorism-non-judicial submission-2005 (full text in Arabic, PDF)
Lebanon: disciplinary proceedings against lawyers must be stopped
In a letter addressed today to the President of Lebanon, the ICJ requested that the Government stop all disciplinary proceedings against two lawyers who represented a well-known human rights lawyer.
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