Jun 15, 2012
The ICJ today submitted a report to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, ahead of her report to the UN General Assembly in October 2012.
Responding to a questionnaire prepared by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, the ICJ’s report focusses on the following thematic and country issues:
- Global issues relevant to laws affecting judges and lawyers;
- Global issues relevant to laws affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and organisations;
- Laws in South Africa;
- Laws in Ethiopia; and
- Laws in Zimbabwe.
ICJ-SRHRDs-QuestionnaireResponse-legal submission (2012) (download PDF)
HRDs-GAReport (download the Special Rapporteur’s report)
May 20, 2012
The ICJ and ECRE presented a joint detailed submission on the situation of detention, application procedures and remedies for asylum seekers in Greece to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The ICJ and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) presented a joint submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in occasion of a meeting 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 on detention of asylum seekers, conditions of detention, judicial review and access to an effective remedy, living conditions of asylum seekers, access to information and non-refoulement.
Greece-ICJECRE-MSSSubmission-2012 (download the joint submission)
Photo credit: © Stabilisation Unit/DFID (the DFID has no involvement in nor does support this submission)
May 15, 2012
During the 60th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Geneva, the CRC will undertake an examination of Australia’s fourth periodic report under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Focussed primarily on the issue of the business and child rights, the International Commission of Jurists has made a submission to the CRC addressing issues concerning: (1) the Tobacco Packaging Bill and its potential impact on children’s rights; (2) mining companies and children’s rights; (3) children in migration detention centres; (4) the operation of investment and export credit agencies; (5) the operation of internet service providers; (6) the situation of working parents; and (7) the exploitation of workers’ and children’s rights.
Australia-4th report CRC-legal submission-2012
Apr 19, 2012
In this submission, the ICJ highlights the failure of the Syrian authorities to comply with the Committee’s previous recommendations.
By letter of 23 November 2011 to the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to UNOG, the Committee against Torture requested Syria to present a special report, prompted by by the Committee’s deep “concern at numerous, consistent and substantiated reports and information, from various reliable sources, about the widespread violations of the provisions of the Convention by the authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic since the adoption of the Committee’s Concluding Observations on the State Party’s initial report to the Committee (CAT/C/SYR/CO/1), in May 2010”.
In response to this special reporting procedure, the ICJ is highlighting the Syrian authorities failures to: incorporate into Syrian domestic legislation the crime of torture as defined in the Convention; reform the Syrian legal framework in accordance with international human rights standards; investigate thoroughly all cases of torture and ill-treatment committed in Syrian prisons and detention facilities; and address the pressing issue of impunity for acts of torture and other serious human rights violations in Syria.
Syrian Arab Republic-Special report Torture- non-legal submission-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Apr 17, 2012
The ICJ presented a third party intervention in the case of Kudeshkina v. the Russian Federation before the European Court of Human Rights.
The third party intervention focuses on issues of jurisdiction of the Court, on the right to reparation, and on freedom of expression and the judiciary.
Russian Federation-Written submission-legal submission-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
