ICJ comments on draft EU accession agreement to European human rights convention

ICJ comments on draft EU accession agreement to European human rights convention

The ICJ, Amnesty International and the AIRE Centre submitted written comments on the draft EU accession agreement to the European Convention on Human Rights.

The ICJ, Amnesty International and the AIRE Centre have submitted written observations, on the occasion of the last meeting of the 47+1 Group in charge of the negotiations on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights. The observations focussed on issues of jurisdiction, responsibility, and on the mechanism of co-respondence in cases involving the EU.

EUAccessionECHR-Paper-Joint-2013 (download the paper)

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Joint statement on asylum seekers’ right to liberty in EU asylum law

Joint statement on asylum seekers’ right to liberty in EU asylum law

The ICJ joined another 165 NGOs in an appeal to EU institutions to respect the right to liberty of asylum seekers in the negotations of the new Common European Asylum System.

The ICJ joined other 165 international, European and national NGOs in an appeal to EU institutions to to maintain the presumption against detention in EU asylum legislation and uphold as a minimum a list of essential safeguards on the detention of asylum seekers in EU asylum legislation, on occasion of the negotiations for the revision of the Common European Asylum System.

EU-jointstatement-asylum-2012 (download the joint statement)

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Joint declaration to the Brighton Conference on Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

Joint declaration to the Brighton Conference on Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

The ICJ and other NGOs delivered a joint statement at the UK Brighton Conference on the Reform of the European Court of Human Rights.

Amnesty International, the AIRE Centre, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), Human Rights Watch, INTERIGHTS, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), JUSTICE, Open Society Justice Initiative and REDRESS jointly delivered a statement on their views on the declaration on reform of the European Court of Human Rights under negotiation at Brighton (UK) under the UK Presidency of the Council of Europe.

Europe-Brightondeclaration-jointstatement-2012 (download the joint statement)

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