La CIJ, TRIAL, FIACAT, ACAT-France et CFDA ont présenté cette observation écrite sur le respect par la France de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées.
France-UNCED-JointSubmission-2013-FRE (télécharger le document au format PDF)
La CIJ, TRIAL, FIACAT, ACAT-France et le CFDA ont présenté au Comité des Nations Unies contre les Disparitions Forcées une soumission sur le respect par la France de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées.
Le document se concentre autant sur la législation actuellement en vigueur en France et ses pratiques que sur le projet de loi (Projet de loi No.250) en instance face à la législature d’Etat qui vise à mettre le système légal français en conformité avec les obligations inscrites dans la Convention.
France-UNCED-JointSubmission-2013-français (Téléchargez le document complet en français)
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The ICJ presented its views on corruption and the rule of law at a hearing of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of PACE, on 19 March.
The ICJ presentation, supported by a written submission, addressed in particular the importance of a strong and independent judiciary in combating corruption, and the need to prevent judicial corruption through legislative, organisational and educational measures that promote and support an independent and impartial judiciary.
The hearing, before the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, was in preparation for a report by the Committee on Corruption as a threat to the Rule of Law in Europe.
Corruption as a Threat to the Rule of Law (Full text, PDF)
The ICJ today welcomed the recent deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Noting that the entry into force of the Optional Protocol (OP) on 5 May 2013 will mark an historic boost to the international protection of economic, social and cultural rights, the ICJ called on the Human Rights Council and its members to become party to the OP and other individual communications procedures of the treaty bodies.
The ICJ’s statement was made during the General Debate under Item 8 of the Human Rights Council’s agenda (follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action) during the 22nd regular session of the Council (25 February to 22 March 2013).
HRC22-Item8GD-OPICESCR-NonLegalSubmission-2013 (download full statement in ODF)
The ICJ’s Director of the International Law & Protection Programmes today addressed an international conference on strengthening cooperation in preventing terrorism, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In a session focussed on measures to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism, Alex Conte emphasised that it is only by avoiding the creation or maintenance of conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism – including human rights violations and lack of the rule of law – that a sustainable international effort can be achieved to combat terrorism.
Identifying numerous negative trends in the national implementation of counter-terrorism obligations, Dr Conte made concrete proposals towards international cooperation aimed at ensuring that national law and practice complies with human rights and the rule of law.
ICJ-BakuConference-Statement-2013 (download full statement in PDF)
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