Modernisation de la Charte arabe des droits de l’homme: régressions inquiétantes selon la CIJ
La CIJ considère qu’en son état actuel, la Charte arabe des droits de l’homme est entachée de défaillances fondamentales.
Arab Charter on Human Rights must meet international standards
Today the ICJ calls upon Members of the League of Arab States to make a political commitment to protect the human rights of all the people in the Arab region.
Responses to States’ concerns with regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the proposed Optional Protocol
The ICJ has authored a series of user friendly fact sheets to further clarify the legal content of economic, social and cultural rights and to emphasise the value of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
ICJ oral intervention on the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of te world
United Nations Commission on Human Rights 59th Session 17 March-25 April 2003 (oral intervention delivered on 1 April 2003).
Report of the Expert’s Roundtable on issues central to the proposed Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
On 26-27 September 2002, the ICJ convened a roundtable of experts to discuss issue areas mandated to the Optional Protocol independent expert by the 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights, to report on during the Commission’s 59th session.
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