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Lesotho: Ombudsman’s report reveals need for immediate action to deinstitutionalize persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities

Lesotho: Ombudsman’s report reveals need for immediate action to deinstitutionalize persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities

Feb 28, 2024 | Uncategorized

In response to a highly critical  report by the Lesotho Ombudsman, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Lesotho National Federation of Organizations of the Disabled  (LNFOD) is calling on the responsible Lesotho authorities to take concrete measures to end the discriminatory detention and inhumane treatment of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in the Mohlomi Mental Hospital.

ICJ and partners intervene at the UN Committee on the Rights of a Child, in a case concerning immigration detention of a child

ICJ and partners intervene at the UN Committee on the Rights of a Child, in a case concerning immigration detention of a child

Oct 6, 2023 | Cases, Uncategorized

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), the Dutch Council for Refugees and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted today a third party intervention in the Communicated case No. 193/2022, before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The case concerns immigration detention of an 11-year-old girl from Afghanistan together with her older sister and parents, pending transfer to another EU Member State according to the EU Dublin Regulation.

The interveners focus in their submission on the prohibition of immigration detention of children, including when accompanied by family members, the right to be heard, access to information and legal representation and age assessment in the migration context.

The full intervention can be read here.

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