ICJ welcomes historic UN decision on economic, social and cultural rights
The United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday approved by consensus an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
States should strengthen judicial independence, develop a legal framework for businesses on human rights and tackle the crisis in Zimbabwe, Tibet and Myanmar
The ICJ said today at the Human Rights Council that all States should use their interaction with experts on extra-judicial executions, independence of judges and lawyers, torture and business and human rights.
This is not just to review their mandates to better address the major rights’ challenges, but also to demand accountability and end impunity for the perpetrators of persistent human rights violations in Zimbabwe, Tibet and Myanmar, the ICJ added.
HRC-States should strengthen judicial independence-Press releases-2008 (full text, word)
Business and Human Rights: NGO proposals for the future within the Human Rights Council
In defining the scope of a follow-on mandate the ICJ urges the HRC to broaden the focus beyond the elaboration of the “protect, respect, and remedy” framework.
The HRC must also include an explicit capacity to examine situations of corporate abuse, the ICJ says.
HRC-statement-advocacy-2011 (full text, PDF)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, A/HRC/8/4, 13 May 2008
ACCESS TO JUSTICE B. Content and scope of the right of access to justice 6. Positive obligations of the State 23. The State should refrain from any action that hinders access to justice or makes it impossible for those working in the judicial system – judges,...
ICJ World Congress 2008
On 2 and 3 December 2008, the ICJ will hold its World Congress in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of the Congress will be the Judiciary in Times of Crisis.
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