In this document Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) provide comments at the outset of the work of DH-PS. The organisations support in principle the proposal to create a Statute or simplified amendment procedure including certain organisational provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. In their view, the overriding purpose of any such reforms must be to facilitate flexibility of amendments to the organisational and operational procedures of the Court to respond effectively and quickly to address changes in its work load.
