International Commission of Jurists

Submission to the Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by the People’s Matrix, the Seinoli Legal Centre and the International Commission of Jurists

Feb 7, 2026

This Joint Submission is responding to the “Call for input to thematic report to HRC62: Violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women”, in preparation for the thematic report on violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian,...
Joint Position Paper: Advancing Child Rights in the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Joint Position Paper: Advancing Child Rights in the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

May 12, 2022

Save the Children and the International Commission of Jurists have prepared a joint statement on the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which has the potential to have a substantial impact on the conduct of businesses incorporated in and/or with operations in the European Union and the ability of these businesses to respect, protect and promote human rights and protect the environment, particularly if it embeds a more robust human rights and rights of the child approach.

ICJ and other groups present a position paper calling for a stronger treaty body system

ICJ and other groups present a position paper calling for a stronger treaty body system

Oct 18, 2019

The ICJ, Amnesty International, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights have presented a position paper ahead of the review of the human rights treaty body system.

Thefour NGOs are committed to ensuring the effectiveness of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies as critical institutions charged with strengthening the protection of human rights around the world.

General Assembly resolution 68/268 on Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system mandates a review of the “effectiveness of the measures taken in order to ensure their sustainability, and, if appropriate, to decide on further action to strengthen and enhance the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system” no later than April 2020.

The goal of the four organizations is for the outcome of the 2020 review to support a treaty body system that strengthens the realization of human rights at the domestic level, including by assisting States to give effect to their treaty obligations and by making the system more accessible to rights-holders to exercise and enjoy their human rights.

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