10/10/10: world day against the death penalty
On 10 October 2010, the 8th World Day Against the Death Penalty is dedicated to the US which executed 52 people and handed down 106 death sentences in 2009.
Sri Lanka : the ICJ shares the UN High Commissioner´s concern at the situation in the country
The ICJ expressed concern at the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and welcomed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ emphasis on countering discrimination, including on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The ICJ also called on the Council to consider establishing a dedicated mandate – such as the Early-warning Commission – to identify the emergence of human rights violations in crisis situations and make recommendations to the UN to prevent human rights violations and ensure accountability of their perpetrators.
SriLanka-humanrightsviolations-web story-2010 (full text, PDF)
UN: ICJ statement in support of a complaints procedure for the rights of the child
The ICJ addressed the UN Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, meeting on a potential communications procedure for children claiming to be victims of violations.
UN-complaints procedure for the rights of the child-statement-2011
Amicus Curiae – in the case of campo Algodonero : Claudia Ivette González, Esmeralda Herrera Monreal and laura Berenice Ramos Monárrez against the United Mexican States.
Amicus Curiae: presented by the International Commission of Jurists before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Campo Algodonero: Claudia Ivette González, Esmeralda Herrera Monreal and Laura Berenice Ramos Monárrez against the United Mexican States.
The United Mexican States-case-2009 (full text, PDF)
ICJ briefs members of UN Security Council on the need to integrate human rights in counter-terrorism
The ICJ yesterday briefed the members of the UN Security Council on the impact of counter-terrorism policies on human rights and on ways to re-affirm and integrate human rights into the UN.
UN-integrate human rights in counter-terrorism-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
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