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ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa

ICJ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of South Africa

Nov 24, 2011 | Advocacy, Analysis briefs

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 South Africa during its 13th session in June 2012.

In a submission to the Working Group, the International Commission of Jurists has focused on the issues of: access to justice, especially in the context of business and human rights; sexual violence, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; the protection of migrant rights; police accountability and oversight; and international human rights instruments and South Africa’s cooperation with the UN treaty bodies and the Council’s Special Procedures.

South Africa-ICJ submission UPR-analysis brief-2011 (full text in English, PDF)

The ICJ welcomes the first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity

The ICJ welcomes the first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity

Jun 17, 2011 | News

The ICJ welcomes the first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The resolution, introduced by South Africa and Brasil with 39 additional co-sponsors, expresses concern about violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and calls for the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to prepare a study to document discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, in all regions of the world, and how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The study will be followed by a panel discussion at the Human Rights Council at its 19th Session.  The ICJ congratulates South Africa and Brasil on this historic achievement.

HRC Resolution Sexual Orientation Gender Identity-web story-2011 (Full text, PDF)

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