Jul 30, 2012
The UN’s Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations revoked the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) consultative status of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF). This was despite the presentation of an open letter by NGOs to the Member States of ECOSOC writing to express strong support for the continuation of the special consultative status with the UN granted to the KKF.
Cambodia KKF ECOSOC status-open letter 2012 (download in English)
Jun 28, 2012
In an open letter, the ICJ and other NGOs urged State delegations to the Human Rights Council to call on the Government of Bahrain to fully cooperate with UN human rights mechanisms.
Bahrein HRC Open letter 2012 (Download in English)
Mar 14, 2012
Several human rights groups express their grave concerns for the safety of Mazen Darwish, Head of the Damascus based Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and seven of his colleagues.
Feb 14, 2012
The ICJ wrote a letter to Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders about a physical attack on Caleb Orozco in Belize City as he was returning from an international LGBT human rights conference.
Belize-attention situation defenders-open letter-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Jan 19, 2012
The ICJ and other human rights groups sent an open letter to Permanent Missions in Geneva concerning a proposal by the Russian Federation on the reform of the human rights treaty system.
Russia proposed to establish an open-ended Working Group of the General Assembly to conduct negotiations on the the reform of the system.
Due to a lack of prior consultations with experts in Geneva, and the risk that Russia’s proposal might undermine the High Commissioner’s continuing process on the strengthening of the treaty bodies, the open letter calls for a delay in taking action on the proposal in order to allow proper consultation before the draft resolution of the Russian Federation is out to a vote in New York.
