During the 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ delivered an oral statement on remedies and reparations for women who have been subjected to violence.
ICJ-HRC20-VAW Panel-Oral statement-non-legal submission 2012 (Download in English)
The ICJ and Justice for Peace Foundation (JPF) held a multi-stakeholder roundtable dialogue on women’s access to justice in Bangkok, Thailand on 19 and 20 March 2012.
The event marked an important stage in the ongoing ICJ-JPF initiative on women’s access to justice in Thailand.
It convened a group of experts from accross Thailand to discuss and review a draft ICJ-JPF report on the obstacles to justice women continue to face in Thailand.
Participants included women human rights defenders, lawyers, representatives of NGOs and academic experts.
When released the ICJ-JPF will capture and explore the accounts of barriers received from stakeholders accross Thailand through extensive field research accross the country during 2011.
It will identify a series of responsive recommendations endorsed by roundtable participants.
At the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the President of the Council is to appoint five independent human rights experts to serve as the Working Group on Discrimination against Women.
UN-wgwomencriteria-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ conducts Training on CEDAW and a Roundtable on ICCPR in Maldives.
The ICJ intervened with President Pervez Musharraf requesting that police inaction in the case of the gang-rape of a woman and her very young brother be investigated.
Kenya: The ICJ’s new Report calls for an End to Discriminatory Laws Restricting Persons with Disabilities’ Access to Justice
African Region: Regional Launch of Practitioners’ Guide on a Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law to Decriminalize Poverty and Status
Nepal: Failure to Address the Rights of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Survivors in Transitional Justice Process
Nepal: ICJ and partners call for action on gender and disability-based discrimination