Dec 20, 2007
The ICJ in the intervention on 11 December 2007 addressed the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
It called on the Council and the international community to urge the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to allow for international human rights monitoring and protection, and to urge the Government of Pakistan to lift the state of emergency, restore fully the Constitution and all rights under it, release and reinstate the Chief Justice and other judges who have refused to take the oath of office and repeal the laws and constitutional amendments made since 3 November 2007.
Response Update High Commissioner for HR-Position letters-2007 (full text, PDF)
Dec 19, 2007
The ICJ third compilation on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Human Rights Law contains excerpts of jurisprudential, legislative and doctrinal references from the Council of Europe and the European Union. It is meant to frame an informed debate on the Human Rights concerns of SOGI in Europe as well as to be a resource for Human Rights defenders working on these issues. An index and keywords before each case facilitate the navigation in the numerous documents.
sexual orientation gender identity law CoE EU-publication-2007 (full text, PDF)
Nov 6, 2007 | Advocacy
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has compiled a document on the application of procedures and mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council.
It outlines its interpretation of the way in which the Council’s institutional architecture must function in order to ensure the Council can fulfill its mandate to protect and promote human rights worldwide.
Application HRC-Occasional Papers-2007 (full text, PDF)
Oct 5, 2007 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
ICJ Intervention in the General Discussion.
Oct 5, 2007
Please find attached the second edition of the Inter-American References on human rights violations on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Sexual Orientation Inter-American References-Pulications-2007 (full text, PDF)
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