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Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its fifth session (27 and 28 November 2012), A/HRC/22/60, 28 December 2012

Dec 28, 2012

II. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 16. In their efforts towards effective implementation of the Declaration, all actors should recognize and address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against persons belonging to minorities, including on the basis of sex, age,...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, A/HRC/22/54, 24 December 2012

Dec 24, 2012

III. Protection of children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism C. Responses to combat child sex tourism 3. Protection and support of child victims 64. In some countries, where detention is still being regarded as an appropriate way of protecting child...

Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/22/44, 24 December 2012

Dec 24, 2012

II. ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP 2012 B. Country visits 2. Follow-up to country visits of the Working Group Malta 35. The Government provided information on various cases in which the Ombudsman effectively assisted in the protection of various rights, including...

General Comment No. 3: Implementation of article 14 by States parties, CAT/C/GC/3, 13 December 2012

Dec 13, 2012

8. Restitution is a form of redress designed to re-establish the victim’s situation before the violation of the Convention was committed, taking into consideration the specificities of each case. The preventive obligations under the Convention require States parties...

ICJ adopts Declaration on Access to Justice and Right to a Remedy

Dec 12, 2012 | Multimedia items, News, Video clips

The ICJ 17^th World Congress closed today with the adoption of a landmark Declaration on Access to Justice and Right to a Remedy in international human rights systems.

In his final speech at the closing of the Congress, Sir Nigel Rodley, the new ICJ President (photo above, on the right, with Pedro Nikken, outgoing ICJ President) said:

“The ICJ has always been the world’s leading organization of lawyers working for the Rule of Law and human rights. At the ripe young age of 60, it is at the height of its prestige and authority.”

“Led by one of the world’s most experienced international human rights lawyers, Wilder Tayler, of Uruguay, the ICJ is now on a firm footing with a strong secretariat in Geneva – the city of human rights – and an increasing number of offices in key countries and regions of the world.”

“So, the ICJ is well-placed to make an even more significant contribution meeting such challenges as the serious problem of assaults on the independence of judges, lawyers, and prosecutors.”

“There is no justice if people don’t have access to it. The ICJ Congress, with its vast range of eminent expertise, from the ICJ Commissioners, national sections representatives, and guests, adopted a landmark Declaration on Access to Justice and Right to a Remedy in international human rights systems.”

“The focus was how to make international regional human rights systems more able to respond to the needs of those who cannot secure justice at home. There was special urgency bearing in mind the attempts of governments to weaken the systems’ ability to call these same governments to account.”

Sir Nigel Rodley, ICJ President, talks about the Declaration:

To download the text of the full declaration click on the links below:

ICJ 17th World Congress-Declaration and opening speeches-2012 (full text in pdf)

ICJ 17th World Congress-Declaration-2012 (full text in pdf)

ICJ 17th World Congress-Declaration-2012-FR (full text in pdf)

Photo by David Rouge