Economic, social and cultural rights in practice: the right to health
On 11 April 2002, the ICJ, in co-operation with the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Chile convened a parallel meeting to the Commission on Human Rights.
US unsigning of ICC Treaty threatens grave consequences for international law
The ICJ expresses its profound dismay at the announcement by the United States that it is to remove its signature from the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court (ICC Treaty).
UN Commission fails to uphold human rights in fight against terror
Amnesty International, FIDH, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ expressed dismay at the Commission on Human Rights’ failure to adopt measures to protect human rights in the fight against terror.
UN Human Rights Commission: major setbacks in monitoring and some advances in law making
The ICJ today said that the integrity of the UN human rights framework had been seriously impugned by this year’s session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR).
ICJ lauds adoption by Human Rights Commission of protocol to prevent torture
Today the ICJ welcomed with enormous satisfaction yesterday’s decision by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to adopt a new international instrument to prevent torture.
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