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Today, the ICJ presented an oral statement to the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection on Human Rights.
Study on non-discrimination as enshrined in article 2, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/24, June 18, 2004
Working paper prepared by Emmanuel Decaux 2. Gender discrimination 22. The same is true of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. But that Convention fails to address all the issues related to discrimination “on the basis of...
Referencias sobre la prohibición de la discriminación con base en la orientación sexual en el sistema internacional de protección de los derechos humanos
El presente documento fue preparado por la CIJ en apoyo a la importante iniciativa de Brasil para tratar el tema de la no discriminación basada en la orientación sexual durante la 60ma. sesión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas.
Este documento contiene extractos de decisiones de los órganos de vigilancia de los tratados, de procedimientos especiales de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, así como mecanismos regionales de derechos humanos que explícitamente se refieren a la orientación sexual. Este documento tiene el objetivo de compilar aquellas decisiones relevantes que pudieran coadyuvar a enfocar el debate y a promover la adopción de decisiones informadas por parte de los estados miembros durante esta sesión de la Comisión.
sexualorientation-advocacy-2004-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
ICJ president Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and Deputy Chief Justice Langa honored with prestigious human rights award
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