The ICJ intervened at the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights stressing the need for a Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories.
Article by Niall MacDermot, Secretary-General of the ICJ, who first outlines the contents and history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He then describes the contribution of NGOs to the United Nations and regional mechanisms, in terms of standard-setting and interventions on violations.
Reprint from the book “Human rights in the changing world”, published by the International Law Association Regional Branch (India) and edited by E.S. Venkataramiah.
Role NGOs human rights-non-legal submission-1988-eng (full text in English, PDF)
En este boletín: casos sobre Guatemala, Bolivia y Argentina.
CIJL Bulletin-6-1980-spa (Boletín en Español, PDF)
En este boletín: casos sobre Guatemala, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay y Argentina.
CIJL Bulletin-5-1980-spa (Boletín en Español, PDF)
On March 6, 1980 the government of the Republic of Costa Rica formally submitted to the UN Commission on Human Rights the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture which is published in this pamphlet.
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GUATEMALA: International organizations express concern over the detention of lawyer Ramón Cadena