


Nepal: ICJ welcomes CEDAW’s recommendations on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities
On 24 February 2025, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) released its Concluding Observations following its examination of Nepal’s record under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women....
Lesotho: ICJ makes a submission to the Universal Periodic Review
On 11 October 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its consideration of Lesotho’s human rights record during the 49th session of the UPR in April and May 2025.

Lao PDR: ICJ and its partners draw attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record in advance of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
On 11 October 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of Lao PDR’s human rights review scheduled for April/May 2025. In a joint submission by the ICJ, the Extra-Territorial...