Jan 6, 2012
A group of experts – including the ICJ – has urged the British Government to remedy key shortcomings in the way the Inquiry will operate to ensure an effective and transparent process in which victims can participate.
In an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the Government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism, with the seventeen distinguished international human rights experts stating that “the powers currently given to the Inquiry are seriously deficient and that it will be unable to properly fulfil the UK’s human rights obligations.
UK-detainee inquiry-open letter-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Dec 9, 2011
Three years after its adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has been signed by thirty-nine States.
Nov 29, 2011
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Brazil during its 13th session in June 2012.
In a submission to the Working Group, the ICJ has focused on the discrete issues of: access to justice, especially in the context of business and human rights; and Brazil’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies.
Brazil-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Nov 24, 2011
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of India during its 13th session in June 2012.
In a submission to the Working Group, the International Commission of Jurists has focused on the discrete issues of: the ratification of the Convention against Torture; and India’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.
India-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Nov 10, 2011
During its 47th session, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will undertake an examination of the third periodic report of Israel.
The ICJ has submitted a parallel report to the Committee, which focuses on the legal framework and applicability to the oPt of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; violations of international human rights law; and violations of international humanitarian law.
submission committee ESCR-legal submission-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
