The ICJ today made an oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council, in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, responding to her report on her visit to the Russian Federation.
The ICJ has made a stakeholder submission for the second cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Lesotho’s compliance with international human rights.
In January/February 2015, the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the UPR will consider the situation of human rights in Lesotho. Ahead of the Working Group’s review, the ICJ has made a submission in which it has identified suggested recommendations concerning:
The recommendations of the UPR Working Group will be considered, alongside Lesotho’s acceptance or otherwise of those recommendations, during the Human Rights Council’s 29th regular session in June 2015.
Lesotho-UPR21-ICJStakeholderSubmission-LegalSubmission-2014 (download the ICJ’s stakeholder submission, in PDF)
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