ICJ campaign to prevent torture
In November / December 2002, the United Nations General Assembly will take action on a resolution to adopt a new international treaty to prevent torture world-wide.
UN Sub-Commission: intervention on economic, social and cultural rights
The ICJ urges the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to dedicate efforts towards the realization of economic, social and cultural rights through an Optional Protocol the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
An introduction to economic, social and cultural rights
Despite having the same binding legal force as civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights are not so perceived.
Economic, social and cultural rights in practice: the right to health
On 11 April 2002, the ICJ, in co-operation with the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Chile convened a parallel meeting to the Commission on Human Rights.
Informe en derecho sobre la represion del crimen de genocidio por medio del ejercicio del principio de jurisdicción universal por tribunales extranjeros
Conclusiones de AI y la CIJ.
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