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ICJ seminar on business and child rights

ICJ seminar on business and child rights

Jun 15, 2014 | Events

On 14 June 2014, the ICJ convened an international seminar on the rights of the child, the business sector and the international legal framework.

The one-day seminar took place in the context of the efforts by the ICJ and other organisations to assist in the implementation of General Comment No 16 of the Committee of the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights. Participants included members of the Committee, staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNICEF, the ILO and NGO representatives in the domain.

A summary of the seminar and main interventions is now available.

ICJ Seminar on Business and Children’s Rights – June 14 (download in PDF)

ICJ participation in discussion on challenges in addressing violence against women

ICJ participation in discussion on challenges in addressing violence against women

Jun 11, 2014 | Events

The ICJ’s Senior Legal Adviser on women’s human rights participated in a panel discussion on ‘Gains, gaps and challenges in addressing violence against women’, convened on 10 June 2014 in the margins of the Human Rights Council’s 26th regular session in Geneva.

The event was co-sponsored by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Permanent Missions of Canada and Chile and was moderated by Jane Connors, Chief of the OHCHR Special Procedures Branch. Panelists included Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women; Her Excellency Elisa Goldberg, Ambassador of Canada; Her Excellency Marta Maurás Peréz, Ambassador of Chile; and Leah Hoctor, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser.

The ICJ’s intervention focussed on remaining challenges, including the lack of prompt and effective investigations into allegations of violence against women (VAW); systemic failures in some States’ implementation of their due diligence obligations; and a series of disconnects at the international level pertaining to the link between VAW and other forms of discrimination and rights violations that women face, the lack of a holistic conceptualisation and treatment of VAW, and the insufficient integration of legal and normative progress in the discussions and approach of international fora.

Joint NGO statement for the annual meeting of Treaty Body Chairpersons

Joint NGO statement for the annual meeting of Treaty Body Chairpersons

Jun 10, 2014 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

The ICJ joined other non-governmental organisations in issuing a joint statement ahead of the 2014 annual treaty body chairpersons meeting, to be held on 24-27 June 2014.

The statement, made by NGOs that regularly contribute to the work of the treaty bodies, broadly welcomed the outcome of the UN General Assembly process to strengthen the treaty bodies. It, in particular, highlights a number of priority areas for consideration by treaty body chairpersons as critical to implementation of the General Assembly resolution and the ongoing process of strengthening the UN treaty bodies.

UNTBs-AnnualChairpersonsMeeting-JointStatement-Non-LegalSubmission-2014 (download full statement in PDF)

High-level meeting on business and human rights standards

High-level meeting on business and human rights standards

Jun 2, 2014 | Events

The ICJ, with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), will be convening a high-level lunch meeting on ‘Business and Human Rights: Enhancing Standards and Ensuring Redress’ on 4 June 2014.

The meeting will discuss the needs and options for enhancing international law and standards pertaining to the transnational operation of business enterprises, with a particular emphasis on ensuring redress for victims of human rights abuses.

The meeting will be moderated by Geneviève Paul, Head of Globalisation and Human Rights for FIDH. Speakers will be Bertrand Swiderski, Sustainability Director for the Carrefour Group; Regine Barth, Head of Environmental Law & Governance Division at the Oko-Institut; Debbie Stothard, FIDH Secretary-General and Coordinator of the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma; and Carlos Lopez, Senior Legal Adviser at the International Commission of Jurists.

FIDH-ICJ-BHRStandardsAndRedress-Event-2014 (download flyer in PDF)

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