ICJ oral intervention on the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of te world
United Nations Commission on Human Rights 59th Session 17 March-25 April 2003 (oral intervention delivered on 1 April 2003).
Report of the Expert’s Roundtable on issues central to the proposed Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
On 26-27 September 2002, the ICJ convened a roundtable of experts to discuss issue areas mandated to the Optional Protocol independent expert by the 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights, to report on during the Commission’s 59th session.
Submission of the ICJ on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
This document considers the wealth of information available to the working group that will be established at the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.
Human rights defenders under attack
In an intervention jointly addressed to the President and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Peru, the ICJ condemned the recently reported attack and threats made by supporters of ex-President Fujimori against human rights lawyer Gloria Cano and the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos.
Final report on Afghanistan’s legal system and its compatibility with international human rights standards
This report examines the Afghan legal system established under and since the 1964 Constitution against the benchmark of international human rights standards.
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