NGO statement on meeting of UN treaty body chairs
A Joint NGO Statement was issued on the occasion of the Twenty-ninth meeting of UN treaty body chairs 27-30 June 2017, New York (more…)
UN Bodies Archives: Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
States must adopt protection measures in cases of reprisals against Treaty Body petitioners
NGOs, including the ICJ, have sent an open letter to the OHCHR Petitions Unit and Treaty Bodies chairs on threats and assaults against Treaty Body petitioners. (more…)
Improving access to justice through UN human rights mechanisms
The ICJ is helping human rights lawyers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Lao PDR, to understand how United Nations human rights mechanisms can help improve access to justice. (more…)
UN Treaty Bodies: guide to the CRC’s General Comment on business and children’s rights
The ICJ and Child Rights (CRIN) launched today a practical guide on how to use the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s 16th General Comment to make its recommendations and guidance a reality. (more…)
ICJ and UNICEF publish Guide for States on children’s rights and business
Jointly elaborated by the ICJ and UNICEF, at the request of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, this Guide offers to States practical examples and best practices on how to protect and ensure the realization of the rights of the child in the context of business operations. (more…)
Brunei: ICJ submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Today, the ICJ submitted a briefing to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in view of the Committee’s preparation of a List of Issues for the examination of Brunei Darussalam’s Second and Third Periodic Reports under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (more…)