Sep 21, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome document of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Belgium.
The ICJ made a statement during this adoption process, urging the implementation of recommendations accepted by Belgium related to protecting the rights of asylum seekers.
It also called for the formal abolition by Belgium of mechanisms of automatic expulsion that fail to take into consideration the principle of non-refoulement, and urged Belgium to reconsider its decision to reject the recommendation of the UPR Working Group that Belgium accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families.
Belgim-ICJ oral interventipn-non-judicial submission-2011
Sep 20, 2011 | Advocacy, Legal submissions
It is expected that the draft General Comment will be considered by the Committee during its 47th session in November 2011.
Comment concerning implementation of article 14 on rights to redress- legal submission-2011 (full text, PDF)
Sep 20, 2011 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ made an intervention in the Human Rights Council during the Interactive Dialogue with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights following her update report on the situation in Syria.
Sep 19, 2011 | Events
The ICJ and the Transitional Justice Law Committee of the Nepal Bar Association are organizing a High–Level Interaction Program on general amnesty, case withdrawal and pardon.
Sep 14, 2011 | Advocacy, Legal submissions
The ICJ published today its observations on the 1 June 2011 recast of the European Union “Directive on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection”.
