Annual report of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on violence against children, A/HRC/19/64, 13 January 2012
Council of Europe Policy Guidelines on Integrated National Strategies for the Protection of Children from Violence adopted by the Committee of Ministers, November 2009 – Recommendation CM/Rec (2009)10 2. Aims, scope, definitions and principles 2.3 Principles...Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, A/HRC/19/53, 26 December 2011
III. GENDER-SENSITIVE HOUSING LAW, POLICY AND PROGRAMMING: THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING FROM A GENDER-EQUALITY PERSPECTIVE Accessibility 50. In order to ensure that housing is accessible to all groups of women, it is similarly important for housing law, policy and...
Child rights NGOs welcome the decision of the United Nations to provide an international remedy for children
ICJ and other NGOs welcome the adoption of the an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide an international remedy to children who are victims of human rights violations.
NGOs welcome decision-press release-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
US President Obama must veto bill allowing for indefinite detention without trial
The ICJ today deplored the passage of legislation by the US House of Representatives that would allow for the indefinite imprisonment of terrorism suspects, detained anywhere in the world, without charge or trial.
The ICJ considers the legislation to be incompatible with international law, including human rights principles, and calls on US President Barack Obama to veto it.
Obama veto bill-press release-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
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