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The Dalai Lama honours ICJ
The Dalai Lama honoured ICJ Secretary General Wilder Tayler with the Light of Truth Award in recognition of ICJ’s consistent support of the Tibetan cause over six decades. The Award was presented to...
View ArticleICJ condemns Taiwan’s imposition of the death penalty
The ICJ today condemned the execution by the Government of Taiwan of six prisoners, convicted on charges of murder, on 19 April 2013. It follows the earlier execution of six convicted persons in...
View ArticleICJ condemns death threats against Tunisian judge
Today, the ICJ sent a letter to the Tunisian Minister of Interior and the Minister of Justice requesting them to take immediate action in order to ensure the security and physical integrity of Justice...
View ArticleThe ICJ warmly welcomes the entry into force of new instrument of protection...
The ICJ warmly welcomes the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR that will be effective on Sunday, 5 May, 2013. As noted in previous statements, the ICJ considers that the entry into...
View ArticleUruguay: informe sobre la misión mas reciente de la CIJ
La CIJ publica el informe sobre su misión en Uruguay en el mes de marzo pasado. El objeto de la misión de la CIJ fue conocer las razones y fundamentos que tuvo la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Uruguay...
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Russian Federation: ICJ comments on draft law on judicial discipline
The ICJ today published its recommendations on a draft law introducing changes to the disciplinary system for judges in the Russian Federation. The ICJ considers that the Draft Law amending Articles...
View ArticleHong Kong: the ICJ welcomes court’s decision to permit transgender woman to...
On 13 May, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal granted W, a transgender woman, the right to marry her male partner. The ICJ, which made submissions in the case, applauds this decision. W is a resident...
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Bulgaria: ICJ and Rechters voor Rechters observe appeal against dismissal of...
On 16 May, the ICJ and Rechters voor Rechters (Judges for Judges) observed an appeal hearing at the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) in a case against the dismissal of Judge Miroslava Todorova. Judge...
View ArticleRussia: lawyers threatened with death in Dagestan need urgent protection
The ICJ today expressed its grave concern at death threats received by lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov. The authors of the threats demanded that the lawyers cease their involvement in a...
View ArticleICJ launches two innovative legal databases
Today the ICJ launches two new innovative legal tools: the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity UN Database and the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Legislative Database. The UN Database...
View ArticleICJ urges Maltese Government not to expel Somali nationals to Libya
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today called on the Government of Malta to refrain from forcibly transferring a number of Somali nationals to Libya, where they are alleged to be at real...
View ArticleMalta’s migration detention system breaches human rights, rules European Court
The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that the 17-month administrative detention of Ibrahim Suso Musa, a Sierra Leone national asylum seeker, pending his asylum application and following its...
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ICJ addresses the UN on the issue of protecting the rights of persons in...
On 16 July, the ICJ addressed a UN panel on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. The panel took place during the first session of the open-ended intergovernmental working...
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Three new Commissioners join the ICJ
The ICJ is delighted to announce that three new Commissioners were elected in July: Ms Hina Jilani (Pakistan), Dr Jarna Petman (Finland) and Professor Olivier de Schutter (Belgium). The new members of...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ condena amenazas y intimidaciones en contra de varias...
La CIJ condena acciones de intimidación en contra del Relator de las Naciones Unidas sobre Libertad de Expresión y del Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios para la Democracia Social (DEMOS). El día...
View ArticleBangladesh: immediately release human rights defender Adilur Rahman Khan!
The ICJ is calling for the immediate release of Adilur Rahman Khan, a prominent Supreme Court lawyer and human rights defender in Bangladesh. Mr Khan is the Secretary of Odhikar, a Bangladeshi human...
View ArticleWomen judges from Africa meet in ICJ Colloquium
Women judges from across Africa participated in the first ICJ Colloquium on Women and the Judiciary on 12 and 13 August in Arusha, Tanzania. The Arusha Colloquium, was opened by the Chief Justice of...
View ArticleBangladesh: drop charges of contempt of court against Human Rights Watch
The ICJ is calling on the Bangladesh authorities to immediately withdraw contempt of court charges against Human Rights Watch. “Bangladesh must not impose contempt of court charges to restrict the...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ condena los ataques en contra de defensores de derechos...
También la CIJ solicita audiencia temática a la comisión interamericana de derechos humanos. La CIJ condenó los ataques que se han venido dando en contra de defensores de derechos humanos en Guatemala....
View ArticleNepal: justice for Krishna Adhikari and all victims of the conflict
The ICJ is highly concerned by the deteriorating health of Nanda Prasad and Gangamaya Adhikari who are on hunger strike, protesting the failure of the state to investigate and prosecute the 2004...
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