Apr 19, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Pakistan during its 14th session.
In a submission to the Working Group, the ICJ has focused on the discrete issues of:
- independence of the judiciary;
- business and human rights, concerning safety and security for miners;
- protection of the rights of the child; and
- Pakistan’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.
Pakistan-UPR14-StakeholderSubmission-legal submission (2012) (download in PDF)
Pakistan-Comparison-FirstAndSecondCycle-advocacy-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Mar 8, 2012 | News
The ICJ today condemned the misrepresentation of international human rights law by some member States of the UN Human Rights Council.
Sep 16, 2011 | News
The ICJ ended its six-day High-Level Mission to Pakistan today after studying the role of the judiciary and the separation of powers.
The High-Level Mission, consisting of Judge Stefan Trechsel (Chair) and Graham Leung, visited Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad between September 7-8 and September 12-15, 2011. The Mission was a follow up to an earlier ICJ Mission which took place in 2007during the height of the constitutional crisis that was occurring at the time.
Pakistan-independence of the judiciary since the lawyers`movement-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)
Sep 9, 2011 | News
The ICJ announces the beginning of a six-day High-Level Mission to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad to examine the role of the judiciary and the separation of powers in Pakistan.
Oct 29, 2010 | News
The ICJ congratulates Ms. Asma Jahangir on her election as President of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
