ICJ and human rights groups submitted it before the US Court of Appeal for the third circuit, to establish that the US government should not rely on Egypt’s assurances that Mr Khouzam would not be tortured upon his return.
Egypt-USA-Joint brief of Amicus Curiae of Petitioner-appellee-Analysis briefs-2008 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ in its intervention of 14 March 2008 welcomed the recent political settlement in Kenya and urged all parties to implement the agreement.
In Sri Lanka, the ICJ urged the establishment of the OHCHR’s monitoring and assistance field presence. To heal the wounds to the rule of law in Pakistan, the Government must repeal the amendments to the Constitution and laws passed during the State of Emergency, as well post-Emergency laws that reaffirm or extend emergency measures. In Zimbabwe, a genuine electoral process will require that the Government allow the accreditation of independent election observers and put an end to political violence.
ICJ Intervention under Item 4 on Human Rights Situations-Open letters-2008 (full text, PDF)
The Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by consensus the Draft Optional Protocol.
The document will be transmitted to the Human Rights Council.
The ICJ in its intervention of 10 March 2008 appreciated the Working Group’s recent revision of its working methods to better assist families in determining the fate or whereabouts of their family members who are reportedly disappeared.
The ICJ in its intervention of 7 March 2008 welcomed the OHCHR’s initiatives for the protection of human rights through defence and strengthening of the rule of law.
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