«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
31st session
March 2016
[Extract from the statement]
The Special Procedures have an important role to play in the promotion promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. It is crucial to avoid politicization in the appointment of mandate-holders mandate-holders and to safeguard their proper functioning.
In this respect, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM) wish to draw your attention to the serious allegations recently made by the most senior representatives of the United Kingdom government concerning the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
