Aug 1, 1976 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
In response to the request contained in Resolution 7 (XXVII) of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities the ICJ circulated to members of the Commission at their meeting in 1975 a Memorandum relating to “The human rights of persons in detention or imprisonment”.
By Resolution 4 (XXVIII) the Sub-Commission requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations to invite (inter alia) non-governmental organisations to furnish information, in particular about the matters referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Resolution.
The ICJ respectfully draws the attention of the Sub-Commission to the information already contained in its 1975 Memorandum.
In addition, it circulates herewith a further Memorandum consisting mainly of statements made by victims of torture and other ill-treatment in various parts of the world, relating to the matters referred to in the above Resolution.
violations of human rights of persons in detention-non legal submission-1976-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Jul 1, 1976
This report shows the ICJ, as a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe, has continued to play an active part in the various U.N. bodies and NGO committees dealing with human rights.
The headquarters of the ICJ in Geneva has continued to act as a centre for information about legal and other developments concerning the Rule of Law and the protection of human rights. Many requests for information have been received from governments, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organisations, law professors and individual lawyers and other interested persons in matters relating to human rights.
ICJ-annual report-1976-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Jun 18, 1976
The following report contains the statement made by Niall MacDermot, Secretary General of the ICJ to the Annual General Meeting of the Catholic Institute for International Relations on the role of churches in the promotion and protection of human rights.
Jun 1, 1976
The purpose of the Review is to focus attention on the problems in regard to which lawyers can make their contribution to society in their respective areas of influence and to provide them with the necessary information and data.
This edition features articles on:
- Human rights in the world:
-Inter-American Human Rights Commission
-UN Human Rights Commission
-Dakar conference on Namibia
-Conference on humanitarian law – phase III, by S. Suckow
ICJ Review-16-1976-eng (full text in English, PDF)
ICJ Review-16-1976-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Mar 1, 1976
These Draft Principles were originally recommended in 1975 for incorporation in the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.
Most violations of the hum an rights of arrested persons – particularly the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment – occur before a person is charged with a crime and while he is under interrogation or preventive detention. The International Commission of Jurists therefore recommended that the Standard Minimum Rules be broadened to protect such persons as well as form ally charged prisoners.
In response to the recommendation of the Fifth United Nations Congress and the United Nations General Assembly however, the Commission re-cast these principles as a separate instrum ent and subm itted it to the 32nd session of the United Nations Commission on H um an Rights, held at Geneva in February, 1976.
These principles, published here through the generosity of the J.M . Kaplan Fund, are still under consideration by the Human Rights Commission and its subordinate bodies.
