Joint oral statement to the Human Rights Council on the draft Convention against Enforced Disappearance
Six human rights groups issued the following oral statement.
AI, FIDH, HRW and ICJ’s joint written statement to the Human Rights Council on the draft Convention against Enforced Disappearance
The ICJ and other rights groups call on Member States of the Human Rights Council to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance at its first session in June 2006 and transmit it to the General Assembly for its final adoption.
International Convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
ICJ and other human rights groups call on the Human Rights Council to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and transmit it to the General Assembly.
Observations on convention to protect persons from enforced disappearance and procedural arguments to prevent its adoption
The ICJ and the FIDH acknowledge various procedural arguments according to which it would be legally impossible or difficult to adopt the draft International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance at the 62nd session of the Commission on Human Rights.
In this regard, the ICJ and the FIDH would like to make some observations.
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in English, PDF)
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in French, PDF)
observations convention enforced diappearance-analysis brief-2006 (full text in Spanish, PDF)
ICJ calls on UN member states to establish a strong Human Rights Council
The ICJ calls on UN Member States to adopt the draft resolution issued by the President of the General Assembly on the establishment of a new Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights.
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