Nepal: Measures needed to address adverse human rights impacts of institutionalization of the persons with disabilities
Nepal’s practices with respect to institutionalization of persons with disabilities are detrimental to the human rights and well-being of persons with disabilities and are not compliant with international law and standards. At a consultation organized by the...
Montenegro: ICJ concludes a mission on the independence, organization and functioning of the judiciary
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Tunisia: End crackdown on journalists
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Uganda: ICJ condemns the abject and hateful Constitutional Court judgment upholding the constitutionality of the “Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023”
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Zambia: Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations
A range of Zambian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) – who early in March this year made submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) ahead of its examination of Zambia’s compliance with and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – have welcomed the Committee’s concluding observations and called on the Zambian authorities to take expeditious steps to ensure their implementation.
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