The Review - International Commission of Jurists - 1999/ No. 61

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Recent ICJ/CIJL Publications
Report of a Regional Seminar on Economic^ Social and Cultural Rights^ Abidjan^ Côte d'Ivoire
Published by the ICJ in English and Frenchy 239 pp. Geneva 1998, 17 Swiss jTancs(US$l 1,50), plus postage
This is the report of the regional seminar which was organised in Abidjan from 9-12 March 1998. The seminar was designed as a follow-up to the 1995 Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Role of Lawyers organised by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in Bangalore, India.-For most African countries the guarantee of economic, social and cultural rights, as contained in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), has not been matched with concrete action. Neither the obstacles to the realisation of these norms nor the role of the different actors at the national and regional levels in their implementation have been clearly defined.... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Recent ICJ/CIJL Publications
Report of a Regional Seminar on Economic^ Social and Cultural Rights^ Abidjan^ Côte d'Ivoire
Published by the ICJ in English and Frenchy 239 pp. Geneva 1998, 17 Swiss jTancs(US$l 1,50), plus postage
This is the report of the regional seminar which was organised in Abidjan from 9-12 March 1998. The seminar was designed as a follow-up to the 1995 Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Role of Lawyers organised by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in Bangalore, India.-For most African countries the guarantee of economic, social and cultural rights, as contained in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), has not been matched with concrete action. Neither the obstacles to the realisation of these norms nor the role of the different actors at the national and regional levels in their implementation have been clearly defined. The aim of the seminar was thus to identify more clearly, the obstacles to the realisation of ESCRs, strategies to overcome them and determine the role of difTerent actors, particularly jurists, in promoting these rights to ensure equitable and sustainable development in Africa. Participants, whose papers are reproduced in this Report, were drawn from the African Commission, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, intergovernmental institutions such as the ECOWAS and SADEC, multilateral development banks and financial institutions, national and regional NGOs, some members of the legal profession and academia. This report is expected to be of use, inter alia, to the various national and regional actors and to the OAU mechanism which will be charged with the implementation of the African Economic Treaty.
Derechos Humanos en México - Misión de la CIJ Human Rights in Mexico - An ICJ Mission
Published by the ICJ in Spanish and English, 72 pp. Geneva 1999, 12 Swiss francs (US$8.00), plus postage
In response to reports from various Mexican and intergovernmental human rights organisations, the ICJ, in agreement with the Government of Mexico, undertook a mission to Mexico in March 1999. The aim was to gather information on the human rights situation, particularly in the Federal District of Mexico and the States of Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca, and at the same time to ensure follow-up on the ICJ mission to Chiapas in February 1994. Although the ICJ mission and report commend Mexico for its efforts to correct situations which violate human rights, they nonetheless denounce the perpetration of multiple human rights violations which affect the right to life, liberty, physical integrity and the. security of persons. The active presence in Chiapas of paramilitary groups is also identified by the ICJ as extremely disturbing, paramilitaries harass and target civilians and enjoy widespread impunity for their actions. The Report's conclusions and recommendations were presented to the UN Commission on Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee and the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights in 1999. Vissza