Nov 12, 2009
The IACtHR issued its seminal decision in Gonzalez et al v. Mexico: the State has failed to discharge its international obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and prosecute disappearances and deaths of several women in Ciudad Juarez.
The ICJ submitted an Amicus brief.
Mexico-Amicus IACtHR Campo Algodonero-legal submission-2009
For a copy of the Court judgment click here
Sep 10, 2009
It was submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, in relation to that Committee’s consideration of the Case of Alyne da Sliva Pimentel v. Federative Republic of Brazil.
Brazil-CEDAW-ICJ-legal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Aug 15, 2003 | News
The ICJ conducts Training on CEDAW and a Roundtable on ICCPR in Maldives.
Jul 31, 2003
This report documents the ICJ’s legislative reform project on India jointly held with the Indian Social Institute (ISI).
The Government of India proposed the Protection from Domestic Violence Bill, 2001 (the Bill). There was serious criticism of the bill by the NGO community because the the NGO community felt that the Bill was seriously flawed and would not provide effective remedies to the victims of domestic violence.
The Government of India then referred the Bill to a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (the Standing Committee).
The Standing Committee made some positive suggestions to amend the bill and submitted its 124th Report on the Protection from the Domestic Violence Bill, 2002.
The Bill including the Standing Committee recommendation was introduced in the Parliament on 22 December 2002. There was widespread concern that the Bill may be adopted by Parliament without sufficient debate.
Despite the Standing Committee recommendations remained, the women’s rights community continues to be concerned that it still falls short of providing remedies to the victims.
India-gender injustice-workshop report-2003 (full text, PDF)
Jul 26, 2002 | Advocacy, Open letters
The ICJ intervened with President Pervez Musharraf requesting that police inaction in the case of the gang-rape of a woman and her very young brother be investigated.
