Jan 23, 2012
Vrinda Grover, the ICJ South Asia Advocate for India, prepared a legal opinion on the Revised 2010 Prevention of Torture Bill.
The ICJ legal opinion sets out eighteen recommendations on how India may better comply with its obligations under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) as well as the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
India-opinion prevention torture-legal submission-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
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Nov 29, 2011
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Brazil during its 13th session in June 2012.
In a submission to the Working Group, the ICJ has focused on the discrete issues of: access to justice, especially in the context of business and human rights; and Brazil’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies.
Brazil-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Nov 24, 2011
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of India during its 13th session in June 2012.
In a submission to the Working Group, the International Commission of Jurists has focused on the discrete issues of: the ratification of the Convention against Torture; and India’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.
India-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Nov 18, 2011
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Indonesia during its 13th session in June 2012.
In a submission to the Working Group, the International Commission of Jurists has focused on the discrete issues of: the recently enacted State Intelligence Law; and Indonesia’s party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treat bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.
Indonesia-ICJ submission UPR-legal submission-2011 (full text in English, PDF)
Oct 14, 2011
During its 47th session, the UN Committee against Torture will undertake an examination of the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Sri Lanka.
In preparation for this examination, and in response to Sri Lanka’s combined report, the Committee issued a list of issues to be considered during the forthcoming examination.
The ICJ has submitted a parallel report to the Committee against Torture, which includes replies to aspects of some questions in the Committee’s list of issues, and sets out concrete recommendations for Sri Lanka’s implementation of obligations under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
The ICJ’s submission addresses issues concerning: the definition of torture; the crime of enforced disappearances; rights on arrest or detention; habeas corpus; contemporary issues at the provincial level; non-refoulement; witness protection legislation; reparation mechanisms for victims; and the prohibition on the admission as evidence of information obtained by torture.
Sri Lanka-torture-analysis brief-2011 (full text, PDF)
