Seminar : business, human rights and access to justice
Seminar: Business, Human Rights and Access to Justice
Warsaw, 20th October 2009
Seminar business rights-agenda-2009 (full text in English, PDF)
Cambodia: tribunal must not use torture “confessions” as a legitimate source of information
What prisoners say or “confess” to under torture should never be admissible in any court proceedings, said the ICJ and other Human Rights groups.
Cambodia-torture-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
Cambodia-torture-position paper-2009 (full text, PDF)
October ICJ E-Bulletin on counter terrorism and human rights – no. 37
Read the 37th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and international levels.
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Civil Society Forum on Business and Human Rights : preparatory to the 05-06 October Consultation by OHCHR
Consultation by the OHCHR
Switzerland-forum business rights-agenda-2009 (full text in English, PDF)
A future expert body for the Human Rights Council
The ICJ believes that the Human Rights Council should retain an independent, expert and collegial body, with a mandate focused on studying unexplored, new challenges and areas of human rights.
Expert body HRC-Web stories-2006 (full text, PDF)
UN Human Rights Council: side event related to sexual orientation and gender identity
The ICJ and other NGOs are hosting a side event at the 12th Session of the Human Rights Council: the Role of International Law in the Protection of People of Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities.
Featured speakers include ICJ Commissioner Vitit Muntarbhorn, Kenya National Human Rights Commissioner Lawrence Mute, and Alternative Law Forum co-founder Arvind Narrain. The occasion is also the launch of the Practitioner’s Guide on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and International Human Rights Law.
HRC Side Event on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Events-2009 (Full text, DOC)
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