Oral statement on the need for the ACHPR to develop periodic reporting guidelines under the African Disability Protocol
Oral statement delivered by the International Commission of Jurists at the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on the need for the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights to develop guidelines on periodic reporting under the African Disability...
CRPD: Joint third-party intervention on comprehensive assessment of displaced persons with disabilities
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
CRPD32: ICJ statement on barriers to political participation for persons with disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32nd Session Day of General Discussion The International Commission of Jurists’ statement on the participation of persons with disabilities in public office during the Committee on the Rights of Persons with...
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On 24 February 2025, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) released its Concluding Observations following its examination of Nepal’s record under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women....Recent News
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