During the 81st session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Committee will examine the combined first to third periodic reports of Thailand.
In July 2012, the ICJ issued a legal memorandum in collaboration with the FIDH concerning economic, social and cultural rights in Tunisia.
This memorandum has been brought to the attention of the Tunisian Constituent Assembly and the Ministry for Human Rights and Transitional Justice for their consideration within the framework of the legal reform process that the country is currently undertaking.
The ICJ and the FIDH are convinced that this reform process, especially the elaboration of a new Constitution, offers Tunisia a unique opportunity to ensure the effective protection of all human rights in compliance with international law standards.
Tunisie CIJ-FIDH_NoteJuridiqueDESC-legal submission 2012 (Download in French)
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:
ICJ-SRHRDs-QuestionnaireResponse-legal submission (2012) (download PDF)
HRDs-GAReport (download the Special Rapporteur’s report)
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)
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.
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