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Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued this early warning to France in response to a complaint submitted by indigenous communities about a gold mining project on their land. The early warning asked France to seek free and informed consent of the indigenous communities affected by the mining project, or suspend it.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
In a joint submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), LRC, GI-ESCR and ISHR outlined the dangerous situation of economic, social and cultural rights defenders in South Africa, and provided a range of suggestions relating to the first review of South Africa by this Committee.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2012
This General Comment explains and clarifies to States parties the content and scope of the obligations under Article 14 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2020
In this submission to the Committee against Torture, ISHR presents the complaint of Burundian lawyers who were disbarred in reprisal for their participation in the CAT's 2016 special review of Burundi.
Type of Resource: Report, Sample document
Publication Date: 2012
This document contains the decision of the Committee against Torture in the case of Gerasimov v. Kazakhstan, finding that Kazakhstan had violated petitioner's rights.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2011
This document of the Open Society Justice initiative replies to Kazakhstan's response to the allegations of torture in the Gerasimov case before the Committee against Torture.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2011
This document contains Kazakhstan's response to the allegations of torture submitted to the Committee against Torture by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Alexander Gerasimov.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2010
In this communication to the Committee Against Torture, the Open Society Justice Initiative presents the case of Alexander Gerasimov, who had been detained and tortured by Kazakh authorities.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2016
In this General comment, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) underlines the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in areas such as equal access to education, economic opportunities, social interaction and justice, and equal recognition before the law.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2015
In this submission, the Center for Reproductive Rights provides comments on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ draft General Comment on women with disabilities. The Center argues there are specific areas where States’ obligations could be further strengthened in respect to the reproductive health and rights of women and girls with disabilities.
