Jul 5, 2012
This paper addresses the deteriorating Rule of Law and human rights situation in Egypt.
Major examples of this situation include the consolidation of the powers of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), free from any civilian oversight, the control of the SCAF over the constitution-making process, the de facto extension of the 30-year state of emergency through the expansion of military power and the military justice system, and the continuation of widespread human rights violations under the rule of the SCAF.
Egypt HR situation Position Paper 2012 (download in English)
Apr 19, 2012
In 2009, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights initiated the “Dublin Process” to encourage all stakeholders in the treaty monitoring process to provide suggestions for strengthening of the treaty body system.
In November 2011, following a serious of national, regional and international consultations, a group of treaty body experts and other stakeholders convened to elaborate an outcome document, known as the Dublin II Statement (available below).
The International Commission of Jurists has endorsed a 15-point summary of Dublin II outcome document, prepared by Amnesty International (available below). The High Commissioner for Human Rights will in June 2012 publish a report compiling the various proposals made during the Dublin process.
Building on the Dublin Process, the General Assembly adopted resolution 66/254 in February 2012, through which an open-ended intergovernmental process has been initiated to conduct open, transparent and inclusive negotiations on how to strengthen and enhance the effective functioning of the treaty body system.
A group on non-governmental organizations that regularly contribute to the work of the treaty bodies, including the ICJ, have identified a list of seven issues and corresponding recommendations that in their view should be addressed in the inter-governmental process (available below)
Effective functioning system-position paper-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Dublin II outcome document-publication-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Dublin II document 15 points-publication-2012 (full text in English, PDF)
Dec 23, 2011
In this paper, the ICJ addresses questions relating to its support of the establishment of World Court of Human Rights to provide remedies for international human rights violations.
Universal-World court-Position paper-2011 (full text in pdf)
Jul 7, 2011
The ICJ and other human rights groups welcomed the ground-breaking judgment issued by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Byatayan v. Armenia on 7 July. It affirms that states have a duty to respect individuals’ right to conscientious objection to military service as part of their obligation to respect the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The organizations had submitted a third-party intervention in the case.
Photo by Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia
Jun 23, 2011
Pakistan must withdraw obstructive and legally impermissible reservations to core international human rights treaties, Amnesty International and the ICJ said today.
