Business & Human Rights : an event in Copenhagen
On 21 September 2005, the Danish Section of the International Commission of Jurists will host an event on Business & Human Rights.
21 September 2005
ICJ oral intervention on human rights and the fight against terrorism
During the 57th Session of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights the ICJ made an oral intervention on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism under Agenda Item Six.
Maldives : ban on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be lifted immediately
The ICJ today called on the Government of Republic of Maldives to lift immediately a ban on the possession of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Rights must be restored: lifting of state of emergency is not enough
Following the lifting of the state of emergency in Nepal by King Gyanendra, the ICJ and other human rights groups called for the restoration of all fundamental rights formally suspended under the state of emergency.
UN Commission on Human Rights: erratic political will despite rhetoric for change
At the end of an erratic Commission on Human Rights, the ICJ said that structural reform of the UN human rights system must be built on the foundation of political will to tackle the worst human rights situations around the world.
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