CRPD: Joint third-party intervention on comprehensive assessment of displaced persons with disabilities
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
CRPD32: ICJ statement on barriers to political participation for persons with disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32nd Session Day of General Discussion The International Commission of Jurists’ statement on the participation of persons with disabilities in public office during the Committee on the Rights of Persons with...
Thailand: On the second anniversary of the Anti-Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, victims continue to call for justice and remedies, despite UN recommendations.
On 28 February 2025, the ICJ co-hosted a roundtable consultation with 26 victims and families of victims of torture, ill-treatment and enforced disappearance in Thailand. Two years after the adoption of the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced...
Nepal: ICJ welcomes CEDAW’s recommendations on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities
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