ICJ expresses concern at Australian position on UN Treaty Bodies
The ICJ views with concern the decision of the Australian Government to review its participation in the treaty bodies of the United Nations. (more…)
Themes Archives: United Nations
UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights: ICJ assessment
Today the ICJ assessed the work of the 52nd session of the United Nations Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held from 31 July-18 August 2000 in Geneva. (more…)
Sierra Leone War Crimes Tribunal : operational concerns
The ICJ congratulates the United Nations Security Council for unanimously adopting Resolution 1315 (2000), which calls for an independent special court to try perpetrators of international law crimes in Sierra Leone. (more…)
ICJ welcomes decision to uphold immunity of UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur decided to strike out one of the four defamation suits brought against United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy. (more…)
ICJ welcomes few advances at the UN Commission on Human Rights
The ICJ issued today its evaluation of the 56th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, which ended on 28 April 2000. (more…)
ICJ member B. G Ramcharan appointed Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The ICJ welcomed today the appointment by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, of Bertrand G. Ramcharan (Guyana), ICJ Member since 1991, as UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, under the leadership of Mary Robinson. (more…)