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: Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
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…)
ICJ sends letter to Philippine Congress on draft law against torture
The ICJ transmitted today a letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the House of Representatives of the Philippines responding to the position taken by the Philippines’ Department of Justice (DOJ) on House Bill No. 2401. (more…)