Dec 22, 2010 | Events
El seminario del 16-17 de diciembre es co-organizado por la Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Costa Rica y la Comisión Internacional de Juristas.
El seminario busca brindar una plataforma de reflexión, intercambio y actualización entre magistrados de órganos jurisdiccionales en materia constitucional a nivel centro americano, en diálogo con magistrados y expertos de la región y de nivel internacional.
En ese sentido, los objetivos buscados incluyen:
- Un mejor conocimiento de los avances y desafíos actuales en el área de protección constitucional de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales en América Central
- Un mejor conocimiento y comprensión de la normativa internacional mas reciente en materia de derechos económicos y sociales, en especial el nuevo Protocolo Facultativo al PIDESC, y su impacto potencial en el derecho nacional interno.
CostaRica-seminar-news-2010-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
CostaRica-seminar-program-news-2010-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Dec 16, 2010
The ICJ and six other NGOs made written comments on a paper on implementation of the Interlaken Declaration on the future of the European Court of Human Rights.
They include comments on the Final Report of the CDDH to the Committee of Ministers on measures that result from the Interlaken Declaration that do not require amendment of European Convention on Human Rights.
Councileurope-interlaken-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 16, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other NGOs submitted written comments to the informal group on accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights on the occasion of its meeting of 6-8 December 2010.
The NGO paper addressed the proposed co-respondent mechanism of the European Court of Human Rights and consultation with civil society on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
EU-accessionECHR-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 15, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other human rights groups published a paper raising concerns at proposals being considered in the Council of Europe to impose fees on applicants to the European Court of Human Rights.
ECHR-fees-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 15, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other human rights groups submitted their comments to the Steering Committee on Human Rights (CDDH) at its meeting in November 2010.
Europe-guidelines-impunity-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
