Nov 4, 2014
The ICJ has submitted information to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of its examination of Nepal’s third periodic report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
The ICJ submission draws the Committee’s attention to issues concerning Nepal’s failure to comply with certain obligations under ICESCR as a result of the fact that Nepal has undermined the independence and effective functioning of the National Human Rights Commission. The submission also voices concern over Nepal’s failure to provide a) an effective remedy for forced displacements during the armed conflict, and b) adequate rehabilitation support and compensation for human rights abuses during the armed conflict.
The Committee will examine Nepal’s third periodic report during its 53rd session in November 2014, following which it will adopt Concluding Observations setting out recommendations to the Government.
Nepal-CESCR53-LegalSubmission-2014-EN (download full ICJ submission in PDF)
Nov 3, 2014 | News
The ICJ deplores that in less than a week, Bangladesh courts ordered the death penalty in three cases. All three condemned men are leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party and an ally of the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Oct 30, 2014 | News
The UN Human Rights Committee today emphasized the need for Sri Lanka to take legislative and other measures to address concerns for the independence of the judiciary in the country.
Oct 15, 2014 | News
The Malaysian government must ensure a rally tomorrow by lawyers protesting the country’s stifling Sedition Act can proceed peacefully, without undue interference by the police, who must take lawful measures to prevent violence from counter protesters, said the ICJ today.
Oct 15, 2014 | News
Judges and representatives from judicial institutes from across Southeast Asia are attending a regional workshop to discuss how they can help counter gender-based violence and gender stereotypes.
The workshop, organized by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Office of the Thai Judiciary and the ICJ is held in Bangkok on 15 and 16 October 2014.
This Regional Workshop for Judicial Training Institutions on Good Practices in Promoting Women’s Human Rights Compliant Justice Delivery will focus on using the CEDAW Convention and on eradicating gender stereotypes, especially in cases related to violence against women.
It also aims to improve the progress of the implementation of the CEDAW Convention and strengthen the regional network of judicial training institutions in eight Southeast Asian countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.
Speakers at the opening session include Hon. Justice Pattarasak Vannasaeng, Secretary-General of the Office of the Thai Judiciary; H.E. Mr. Philip Calvert, Ambassador of Canada for Thailand; Ms. Roberta Clarke, Regional Director of the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific; and Sam Zarifi, ICJ’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific.
Thailand-Women Judicial training-News-web story-2014-ENG (full text in PDF)
