Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
Apr 17, 2025 | Advocacy, Events, News, Special Procedures, Web Stories, Work with the UN
The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers emphasized the fundamental importance of the independence of judges and lawyers in the protection of human rights and the rule of law. In a social media post issued on 13 April 2025 after meeting...
Apr 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Work with the UN
On Friday last week, the 58th session of the main UN human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), came to an end after six weeks of intense work, from 24 February to 4 April 2025. This intensity illustrates the importance of the HRC’s work, including in...
Apr 3, 2025 | Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Work with the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council 58th Regular Session Agenda Item 10 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists in the General Debate on Item 10 1 April 2025 Mr. President, The International Commission of Jurists shares the great concerns expressed...
Mar 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, News, Statements, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32nd Session Day of General Discussion The International Commission of Jurists’ statement on the participation of persons with disabilities in public office during the Committee on the Rights of Persons with...
Mar 21, 2025 | Advocacy, Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Work with the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council 58th Regular Session Agenda Item 4 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the General Debate on Item 4 Mr. President, The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls for more robust action by States...
