Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) On the Universal Periodic Review outcome for Lao PDR
26 September 2025 Mr. President, Concerning the report of the Working Group, Lao PDR supported several important recommendations on combating gender-based violence (GBV) and stated it had taken steps to improve access to services and develop standard operating...
Nepal: ICJ and partners call for action on gender and disability-based discrimination
On 16 July 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with local partners – Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), KOSHISH and the Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA)- made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s...
Egypt: Accept and Implement UN Member States’ Universal Periodic Review Recommendations to Cease Serious Human Rights Violations
On 28 January 2025, during Egypt’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 137 UN Member States expressed serious concern regarding the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Egypt and urged the Egyptian authorities, inter alia, to: “Establish a...
Lesotho: ICJ makes a submission to the Universal Periodic Review
On 11 October 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its consideration of Lesotho’s human rights record during the 49th session of the UPR in April and May 2025.
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