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ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa

Nov 24, 2011 | Advocacy, Analysis briefs

Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of South Africa during its 13th session in June 2012.

In a submission to the Working Group, the International Commission of Jurists has focused on the issues of: access to justice, especially in the context of business and human rights; sexual violence, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; the protection of migrant rights; police accountability and oversight; and international human rights instruments and South Africa’s cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.

South Africa-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)

The National Transition Council must put an end to violent attacks against, and protect, Sub-Saharan africans in Libya

The National Transition Council must put an end to violent attacks against, and protect, Sub-Saharan africans in Libya

Sep 27, 2011 | News

The ICJ today expressed its deep concern at the recurrence and persistence of attacks against Sub-Saharan African migrants in Libya.

The ICJ called upon the National Transitional Council (NTC) to take swift and decisive action to condemn and put an end to these apparently xenophobic attacks, to protect all victims and to bring to justice the perpetrators of such violations

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