UN: Sub-Commission on the administration of justice – ICJ oral intervention
The ICJ urged the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights to further press for the regulation or prohibition of military courts.
This is essential for the proper administration of justice, respect of the right to fair trial and the eradication of impunity, the ICJ said.
UN Sub-Commisssion-administrration justice-non-legal submission-2011 (full text, PDF)
ICJ contribution to the consultation on extreme poverty and Human Rights
The ICJ commends the Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty. Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona (picture above) has made consistent efforts to pursue and strengthen the work on the issue of poverty and human rights that had been initiated by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the ICJ says.
In particular, the ICJ welcomes the progress report (HRC/15/41) prepared by the Independent Expert that entails substantial recommendations for the improvement of the Draft Guiding Principles (DGPs) on extreme poverty and human rights.
The ICJ hopes that the consultation process including the present questionnaire, and the upcoming consultation meeting organized by the OHCHR on 22 and 23 June 2011, will give the opportunity to progress towards the finalization of the DGPs and towards their eventual adoption in 2012.
ICJ contribution to the consultation on extreme poverty and human rights-non-legal submission-2011 (full text, PDF)
UN ‘disappearances’ treaty a major advance: countries should push for treaty’s worldwide adoption and ratification
The adoption of an international treaty against forced disappearances at the United Nations is a great step forward in the fight against this crime, said human rights groups.
Speech by Nicholas Howen, ICJ Secretary-General, delivered at the ‘Business and Human Rights’ conference organized by the Danish section of the ICJ
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