Jun 28, 2012 | Events
On Tuesday 3 July from 13h-15h in room XI, the ICJ is co-sponsoring a parallel event on the ASEAN human rights declaration, along with other human rights groups.This event will provide delegations and civil society with a forum to discuss the production of the ASEAN declaration being developed by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights. Expert panellists include Mr Yap Swee Seng, FORUM-ASIA Executive Director, Mr Ian Seiderman, ICJ Legal and Policy Director, and Ms Kulachada Chaipipat, Southeast Asian Press Alliance. Attendance is open to all delegations and members of civil society with access to the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Jun 28, 2012
In an open letter, the ICJ and other NGOs urged State delegations to the Human Rights Council to call on the Government of Bahrain to fully cooperate with UN human rights mechanisms.
Bahrein HRC Open letter 2012 (Download in English)
Jun 25, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ drew attention on various issues related migrants and asylum seekers.
Jun 21, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ statement draws attention to recent laws that threaten the right to freedom of expression of LGBT persons, noting examples that fail the tests of certainty, necessity and non-discrimination.
Jun 14, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ, together with 21 other nongovernmental organisations, today participated in the 19th Annual Meeting of the Human Rights Council Special Procedures.
Following up on a joint NGO statement from the 18th Annual Meeting of the Special Procedures in 2011, the group of NGOs welcomed recent positive developments and raised certain issues for particular attention and discussion regarding the work and functioning of the Special Procedures.
HRC-SpecialProcedures-NGOJointLetter-non-legal submission (2012) (download joint letter in PDF)
ICJ-SP-AM19-OralStatement-non-legal submission (2012) (download ICJ oral statement in PDF)
