ICJ Commissioner Van Boven appointed UN Rapporteur on Torture
The ICJ expresses its warmest congratulations to Vice-President and Commission Member Theo C. Van Boven on his appointment as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the question of Torture.
Milosevic at the Hague : a legal watershed
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today described the handing over of the Former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, to the Hague Tribunal as a legal watershed.
UN Commission on Human Rights: two significant outcomes
Advances in negotiations on a treaty on Enforced Disappearances and an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were two significant developments at the 57th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights.
Announcement by UNHCR: Mary Robinson, not to seek reappointment
The ICJ salutes Mary Robinson for her leadership and advocacy for human rights in the course of her term as UN Human Rights Commissioner.
ICJ expresses concern at Australian position on UN Treaty Bodies
The ICJ views with concern the decision of the Australian Government to review its participation in the treaty bodies of the United Nations.
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