At the end of a four-day mission to Nepal, the ICJ today expressed deep concern that human rights violations will escalate if the political turmoil in the country increases.
Durante las cuatro últimas décadas, Colombia ha sido el escenario de graves y persistentes violaciones de derechos humanos y de derecho humanitario.
En septembre 2005, le CIJ a conseillé le gouvernement français pour l’organisation de son séminaire d’experts de haut niveau sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels.
Environ 150 experts, diplomates, universitaires et représentants d’ONG du monde entier ont assisté au séminaire. Ce document résume une sélection des idées principales soulevées lors du séminaire d’experts de haut niveau sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels tenu à Nantes en septembre 2005.
Expert Seminar ESC Rights Nantes-conference report-2005 (full text, PDF)
As the Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists it gives me great pleasure to be here in Nantes at this High Level Expert Seminar on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
opening speech-event-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
For over 15 years now, Kenyans have been agitating for a new constitutional dispensation.
This was out of a realization that we as a people needed to define our existence as a nation and craft a structure of government that would unify and serve us for posterity.
In seeking to develop a way forward towards the achievement of the above ideals, ICJ Kenya organized a workshop with representation from members of parliament, civil society, government agencies and the academia to interrogate the issues in the month of June 2005. Five options on the way forward emerged.
Kenya-constitution referendum-position paper-2005 (full text in English, PDF)
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