Jun 15, 2014
The ICJ has made a stakeholder submission for the second cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Lao’s compliance with international human rights.
In January/February 2015, the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the UPR will consider the situation of human rights in Lao’s People’s Democratic Republic. Ahead of the Working Group’s review, the ICJ has made a submission in which it has identified suggested recommendations concerning:
- Lao’s failure to implement its obligations under international law in cases of enforced disappearances; and
- Lao’s party status to and engagement with international human rights instruments and mechanisms.
The recommendations of the UPR Working Group will be considered, alongside Lao’s acceptance or otherwise of those recommendations, during the Human Rights Council’s 29th regular session in June 2015.
Lao-UPR21-ICJStakeholderSubmission-LegalSubmission-2014
Jun 15, 2014
The ICJ has made a stakeholder submission for the second cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Lesotho’s compliance with international human rights.
In January/February 2015, the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the UPR will consider the situation of human rights in Lesotho. Ahead of the Working Group’s review, the ICJ has made a submission in which it has identified suggested recommendations concerning:
- The competence, independence and impartiality of the judiciary;
- The right to freedom from torture and other ill-treatment; and
- Lesotho’s party status to and engagement with international human rights instruments and mechanisms.
The recommendations of the UPR Working Group will be considered, alongside Lesotho’s acceptance or otherwise of those recommendations, during the Human Rights Council’s 29th regular session in June 2015.
Lesotho-UPR21-ICJStakeholderSubmission-LegalSubmission-2014 (download the ICJ’s stakeholder submission, in PDF)
Jun 13, 2014
The ICJ has submitted information to the Human Rights Committee in advance of the Committee’s examination of the fourth periodic report of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The ICJ submission draws the Committee’s attention to concerns related to access to safe and legal abortion in Ireland.
The Committee will examine the fourth periodic report of Ireland during its 111th session held in July 2014, following which it will adopt Concluding Observations setting out recommendations to the Government of Ireland.
Ireland-HRCttee111-LegalSubmission-2014 (download ICJ submission in PDF)
Jun 1, 2014
The ICJ has provided a further submission to the Human Rights Committee in response to the Committee’s second draft General Comment on the right to liberty and security of the person and freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention.
The ICJ’s submission focusses on issues concerning the extraterritorial application of the ICCPR; arbitrary detention and unlawful detention; judicial supervision of all forms of deprivation of liberty; and non-refoulement.
The work of the Human Rights Committee will continue throughout 2014 towards the eventual adoption of General Comment No 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – the right to liberty and security of the person and freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention. This General Comment will replace the Committee’s earlier General Comment No 8 of 1982.
ICJ-HRCtteeGeneralCommentArticle9-LegalSubmission-2014 (download, in PDF, the ICJ’s latest submission to the Committee)
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May 22, 2014
The ICJ and ECRE presented a third joint detailed submission on the new asylum service and appeals system and the situation of detention of asylum seekers in Greece to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The submission was presented on the occasion of a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the implementation by Greece of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece. The submission highlighted legal and practical shortcomings in the Greek system with regard to the new asylum service and appeals, on detention of asylum seekers, conditions of detention, access to an effective remedy and non-refoulement.
Greece-ICJECRE-MSS-CommitteeMinisters-3rdsubmission-legal submission-2014 (download the submission)
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