=The ICJ welcomed the draft Optional Protocol that will provide for a comprehensive protection of all substantive rights of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The ICJ today called on all governments to raise the voice and take bold measures to protect human rights wherever vigorous action is needed.
The call came after the UN Human Rights Council concluded its resumed 6th session on 14 December 2007. The ICJ is concerned at the termination of the mandate of the Group of Experts on Darfur and the Council’s failure to adopt sound measures in response to human rights crises in Myanmar and Pakistan. “The negotiations on country resolutions strove for consensus, not for real improvements in human rights protection. Human rights discourse cannot be subordinated to consensus at almost any cost”, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists.
6th Session Human Rights Council-Press releases-2007 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ in the intervention on 11 December 2007 addressed the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
It called on the Council and the international community to urge the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to allow for international human rights monitoring and protection, and to urge the Government of Pakistan to lift the state of emergency, restore fully the Constitution and all rights under it, release and reinstate the Chief Justice and other judges who have refused to take the oath of office and repeal the laws and constitutional amendments made since 3 November 2007.
Response Update High Commissioner for HR-Position letters-2007 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ third compilation on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights Law contains excerpts of jurisprudential, legislative and doctrinal references from the Council of Europe and the European Union. It is meant to frame an informed debate on the Human Rights concerns of SOGI in Europe as well as to be a resource for Human Rights defenders working on these issues. An index and keywords before each case facilitate the navigation in the numerous documents.
sexual orientation gender identity law CoE EU-publication-2007 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ welcomed the report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, and expressed again its revulsion at the extent of human rights violations during the recent crackdown on peaceful protest.
Tanzania: African CSOs Call for the Non-Recognition of the Illegitimate Government and for Transitional Justice and Fresh Elections
Türkiye: Justice Reforms Central to Fair, Durable Peace Parliamentary Commission Should Make Bold Recommendations for Change
Greece: ICJ and ECRE call the European Committee of Social Rights to ensure Greece’s compliance with migrant and refugee children’s rights
ICJ submission highlights discrimination as key obstacle to women and girls with disabilities in enforcing their human rights