The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has consultative status with the United Nations (UN) since 2007.
IHRC’s work with the UN is related to human rights, it works with Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council which encompasses Special Rapporteurs of various thematic and country mandates, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) which reviews the human rights record of UN member states and various treaty bodies like the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Committee against Torture (CAT and the UN Human Rights Council. IHRC focuses on countries as well as issues like racism, discrimination, islamophobia, shrinking space for civil society, the Uighurs, the Rohingya, arbitrary detention of Sheikh Zakzaky of Nigeria and ex-president of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and recently attacks on NGOs rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean.
IHRC has submitted reports to the special rapporteurs, UPR and the treaty bodies. The reports have often been based on research done by the research department at IHRC. IHRC also does advocacy work by organizing side events during the UN human rights council sessions or meeting with Special Rapporteurs and other UN officials to see what can be done or to alleviate a situation or for the UN Human Rights Council to be made aware of a situation or to express concern.
Attacks on the follow-up world conference against racism ‘Durban II’ Al-Jazeera: On Riz Khan, live from New York City, the participants debate the Durban II world conference set up to fight racism and racial discrimination. Patricipants: Hillel Neuer, the executive director of UN Watch, who
IHRC raises its concerns on the right to fair trial in terms of incommunicado detention, torture, women’s health right, and about the work of international agencies and co-operation of Saudi Arabia with the UN human rights.
Pakistan faces a number of human rights challenges which relate to Pakistan’s internal struggles in the process of democratisation, questions of gender equality, empowerment of women as well as the fight against terror that since its launch in 2001 has become a central point for human rights violations.
We are deeply concerned that in Pakistan women’s health rights appear to be neglected.
We believe that secure society cannot be built on compromising on due process on human rights and civil rights.
Concerns over treatment of minorities and women’s rights in India.
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