Nov 11, 2008 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
In this review, the Working Group on the UPR and the Council should address the violations or risks of violations of Malta’s human rights obligations resulting from its immigration law, policy and practice.
In particular, the ICJ draws attention to measures of administrative detention and expulsion of migrants in light of the right to liberty and security of the person and of the right to non-refoulement where there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or other serious violations of human rights.
Malta-ICJ Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Malta-non-legal submission-2008 (full text, PDF)
Sep 30, 2008 | News
The ICJ today reminded the international community and in particular the Member States of the Human Rights Council of their responsibility to meaningfully respond to human rights violations in individual countries.
The Human Rights Council gradually loosens its grip-Press releases-2008 (full text, PDF)
Jul 28, 2008 | News
The ICJ called on the Palestinian Government to abolish the death penalty, to commute the executions of the death sentences imposed by the military courts in Gaza and the West Bank.
Jul 28, 2008 | News
The ICJ welcomed the nomination of the South African judge Ms. Navanethem Pillay by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the UN’ next High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Jul 15, 2008 | News
The ICJ is pleased with the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to present a case to the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC against the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir.
