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Iceland: ratify the Disabilities Convention and strengthen the human rights protection system
“Iceland should ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and align its legislation and practice with international standards and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Abolishing full deprivation of legal capacity and plenary guardianship of persons...
Iceland needs comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation and an equality body
Reykjavik, 10/02/12 – "Iceland should adopt comprehensive equal treatment legislation and set up an effective and independent national equality body to promote its implementation" said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, at the end of a two-day visit to...
Visit to the Republic of Iceland
Press release by Mr Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights, on his visit to the Republic of Iceland (4-6 July 2005) CommDH(2005)10 / 14 December 2005
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