The ICJ today called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish a strong Commission of Inquiry to counter impunity for crimes under international law and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law following the agression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
On 31 January 2022, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the Human Rights Committee on Cambodia’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The ICJ has made a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its forthcoming examination of Israel’s fifth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Civil society should play an active role in the UN treaty bodies reviews of Uzbekistan’s human rights record, an ICJ event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, emphasised.
The United Nations General Assembly should act swiftly to establish an investigative mechanism to gather and preserve evidence of serious human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war in Yemen, a coalition of more than 60 organizations said today.
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