ICJ welcomes adoption of United Nations Convention on enforced disappearances and calls on states to ratify
The ICJ welcomed the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances
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.
ICJ Commissioner appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture
The ICJ welcomes the appointment of Manfred Nowak as United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture.
La política de seguridad democrática acentúa la discriminación racial en Colombia
Un llamado urgente a superar el racismo en Colombia formuló el Relator Especial de Naciones Unidas, señor Doudou Diène, en un informe rendido ante la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.
The ICJ welcomes the appointment of new Special Rapporteur on Judges and Lawyers
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers today welcomed the appointment of Mr. Leandro Despouy, from Argentina, as the new Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.
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