Mar 20, 2012
The ICJ and other human rights groups have commented the second draft of the Brighton Declaration on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights.
Amnesty International, the AIRE Centre, 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 and REDRESS commented on the continuing negotiations on the draft of the Brighton Declaration on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights. While welcoming many of the proposals in the Draft Declaration, designed to improve national implementation of the ECHR and to enhance the effectiveness of the Court, the NGOs express concern at two proposals on admissibility and codification of the principles of subsidiarity and margin of appreciation, that could seriously undermine the effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights in protecting the Convention rights.
Europe-BrightonDeclaration-Submission-2012 (download the NGOs’ comments)
Feb 29, 2012
The ICJ presented today its response to the European Commission’s Green Paper on the right to family reunification of third-country nationals living in the European Union.
The ICJ addressed questions, which relate to its expertise on international law, and in particular international human rights law and international refugee law.
family reunification EU-analysis brief-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Feb 1, 2012
The ICJ and other human rights groups have presented comments on the follow-up to the Interlaken and Izmir Declarations on future reforms of the European Court of Human Rights.
This document focuses in particular on the various reform proposals which are currently being discussed in the context of the preparation of the Steering Committee for Human Rights’ (CDDH) Final Report to the Committee of Ministers on measures requiring amendment of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The organizations raised concerns about new proposals raised at a late stage in the work of the CDDH by a number of states.
future European court-analysis brief-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Dec 9, 2011
Three years after its adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has been signed by thirty-nine States.
Nov 29, 2011
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Brazil during its 13th session in June 2012.
In a submission to the Working Group, the ICJ has focused on the discrete issues of: access to justice, especially in the context of business and human rights; and Brazil’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies.
Brazil-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
