Jan 8, 2010
The ICJ and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) published their submission to contribute in the examination of the 6th periodic report of Poland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
This submission addresses the consequences for Poland’s obligations under the Covenant of allegations of CIA-run secret detentions in Poland, and of renditions of suspects to and from this centre, established with a high degree of probability to have taken place between 2003 and 2005.
Poland-Human Rights Committee-non-legal submission-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 2, 2009
The ICJ draws attention to the absence of prosecutions related to Swedish involvement in renditions, and to a few other other issues.
These include: the potential of a new law on interception of communications to violate privacy rights; and issues related to deportation proceedings and administrative detention of migrants.
Sweden-ICJ submission on the universal periodic review-non-legal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Dec 2, 2009
This submission addresses the frequent violations of human rights in Belarus.
These include: violations of freedom of expression, assembly, and association; violations of the right to liberty and security of person through the practice of arbitrary detention; and violation of the right to a fair trial, in the context of executive control of the judiciary and the legal profession.
The submission also recalls the obligation of Belarus to cooperate with international human rights mechanisms.
Belarus-ICJ Submission Universal Periodic Review-2009-eng (full text, PDF)
Belarus-ICJ Submission Universal Periodic Review-2009-rus (full text, PDF)
Sep 16, 2009
The ICJ welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) Universal Periodic Review of Egypt.
Egypt was elected to HRC in May 2007 after pledging to fully promote and protect human rights, including by lifting the current state of emergency and preserving the independence of the judiciary. Despite these commitments, numerous serious human rights violations continued to be committed with impunity in Egypt. These violations have been largely committed under the decades-old state of emergency and the “war on terror” paradigm.
Egypt-ICJ submission UPR-non-jegal submission-2009 (full text, PDF)
Sep 11, 2009
The ICJ welcomes the opportunity to submit its comments to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Kazakhstan.
