International Commission of Jurists
Human Rights Council: ICJ parallel event on the ASEAN human rights declaration

Human Rights Council: ICJ parallel event on the ASEAN human rights declaration

Jun 28, 2012 | Events

On Tuesday 3 July from 13h-15h in room XI, the ICJ is co-sponsoring a parallel event on the ASEAN human rights declaration, along with other human rights groups.This event will provide delegations and civil society with a forum to discuss the production of the ASEAN declaration being developed by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights. Expert panellists include Mr Yap Swee Seng, FORUM-ASIA Executive Director, Mr Ian Seiderman, ICJ Legal and Policy Director, and Ms Kulachada Chaipipat, Southeast Asian Press Alliance. Attendance is open to all delegations and members of civil society with access to the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of The Republic of Korea

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of The Republic of Korea

Apr 13, 2012 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions

Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of the Republic of Korea during its 14th session.

In a submission to the Working Group, the ICJ has focused on the discrete issues of the implementation by South Korea of its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its party status to international human rights instruments and its cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.

Korea-ICJ submission UPR-non-judicial submission-2012 (full text in English, PDF)

Korea-Comparison second cycle-advocacy-2012 (full text in English, PDF)

ICJ oral intervention on the adoption of the outcome document of the Universal Periodic Review of Zimbabwe

ICJ oral intervention on the adoption of the outcome document of the Universal Periodic Review of Zimbabwe

Mar 30, 2012 | Advocacy

During the 19th session of the Human Rights Council, the ICJ made an oral statement during the Council’s consideration and adoption of the outcome document in the Universal Periodic Review of Zimbabwe.

The statement focussed on the lack of human rights protection and respect for the rule of law in the country, particularly as this affects lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders more broadly, and called on the Government of Zimbabwe to halt the repression of legitimate peaceful protests and undertake reforms necessary for the conduct of independent and effective investigations into gross human rights violations and crimes under international law.

Zimbabwe-oral intervention UPR-advocacy-2012 (full text in English, PDF)

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