“Despite efforts by the Government in the early years of independence to reform its justice system, the rule of law suffers serious shortcomings that must be addressed,” concluded a report issued today by the ICJ.
On 24-25 May 2004, the Government of Portugal and the ICJ convened the European Roundtable on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Lisbon, Portugal.
The European Roundtable was designed to both prepare for and assist the work of the United Nations Working Group, mandated by the 60th session of the United Nations Commission of Human Rights to further consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.
Report of the European Roundtable on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [full text, PDF]
Summary: Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, Vice-President of the International Commission of Jurists and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. Address given at the ASEM Seminar on Human Rights Series in Suzhou, People’s Republic of China.
International Migration and Human Rights [full text, PDF]
Summary: This manual was prepared by the International Commission of Jurists (hereinafter “ICJ”) as a means of assisting a wide-range of non-governmental organisations in producing effective civil society reports for submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereinafter “Committee”), the body charged with monitoring State party compliance with the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereinafter “ICESCR” or “Covenant”).
Submissions to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : A step-by-step manual for non-governmental organisations [full text, PDF]
This document summarizes an analysis undertaken by the ICJ of Israel’s Separation Barrier (hereafter: Barrier) in light of international law, in particular international human rights and humanitarian law.
Israel-separation barrier-thematic report-2004 (full text in English, PDF)
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