Thailand: end prosecution of Phuketwan journalists and repeal criminal...
The Thai government must end proceedings against two journalists who were today acquitted of charges of defaming the Royal Thai Navy and immediately repeal the country’s criminal defamation laws, the...
View ArticleICJ Mission on the legal profession to the Kyrgyz Republic
Today, the ICJ has started its mission to the Kyrgyz Republic on organisation and functioning of the legal profession. During the mission, which will last from 21 to 25 September, the ICJ will assess...
View ArticleCambodia must stop refoulement of Montagnard asylum seekers to Viet Nam
The ICJ and ten other civil society organizations are concerned about the possible refoulement by the Cambodian government of more than 100 Montagnard asylum seekers to Viet Nam and call on Cambodia...
View ArticleRights groups convene regional conference on freedom of religion or belief in...
From 30 September to 1 October 2015, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and Boat People SOS (BPSOS) will jointly organize a...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ concerned at arrest of lawyer
The ICJ is alarmed at the arrest of Buzurgmehr Yorov, a lawyer practicing in Tajikistan. Mr Yorov’s arrest may be related to his representation of thirteen leaders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of...
View ArticleFaith-based and other groups commit to strengthen freedom of religion or...
At a two-day conference held in Bangkok, and first of its kind, committed to working to enhance the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Southeast Asia. For the first time, approximately 70 human...
View ArticleUkraine: lawyer Andriy Visnevsky wrongfully disbarred for exercising freedom...
The ICJ is concerned at the recent disbarment of lawyer Andriy Vishnevsky, Director of the Coordination Centre of Legal Aid of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The ICJ considers that his disbarment,...
View ArticleZimbabwe: prosecutors training of trainers on regulation, code of ethics and...
With support from the European Union (EU) and ICJ, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) held the first of two training of trainers in Bulawayo from 2-4 October 2015. The training focused on...
View ArticleRights groups and the Indonesian Supreme Court convene regional judicial...
Judges and representatives of judicial training institutions from 9 countries across Southeast Asia gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss how judicial decision-making can be further strengthened...
View ArticleMartin Ennals Award: Emirati blogger Ahmed Mansoor is the 2015 Laureate
Selected by a jury of 10 Global Human Rights organizations, including the ICJ, Ahmed Mansoor could not come to Geneva to collect the 2015 Award, as he has been banned from travelling. Robert Sann Aung...
View ArticleICJ inaugurates the Third Regional Conference on judicial independence and...
In coordination with the Norwegian Judges’ Association and the Guatemalan Mayan Bar Association, the ICJ inaugurated today a two-day Conference in Guatemala City. The Conference was inaugurated by Jan...
View ArticleVietnam: grant Le Van Manh permanent reprieve from death penalty and...
In a letter to the President of the Socialist Republic, the ICJ today called on Vietnam to immediately halt the execution of 32 year-old Le Van Manh scheduled on 26 October 2015 and to promptly and...
View ArticleSingapore: halt the execution of Kho Jabing
The Singaporean government should halt the imminent execution of Kho Jabing and commute his death sentence, said the ICJ today. In 2010, Kho Jabing was convicted and sentenced to death, after having...
View ArticleBangladesh: foreign donations regulation bill is a further effort to restrict...
The Government of Bangladesh should withdraw the Foreign Donations Regulation Bill 2015 (FDRB), the ICJ said today. The provisions of the FDRB are unduly restrictive and inconsistent with Bangladesh’s...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ attends Universal Periodic Review Pre-Session in Geneva
Myanmar’s human rights record for the past four and a half years will be under scrutiny at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC), as the country goes up for its Universal Periodic Review...
View ArticleVietnam: ICJ concerned over draft Law on Religion
The ICJ and 26 other civil society organizations called today upon the Vietnamese government to comprehensively revise the draft Law on Religion to conform with the country’s obligations under...
View ArticleIndia: repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act immediately
On the 15th anniversary of Irom Sharmila’s hunger strike, the International Commission of Jurists calls on the Indian government to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act without further delay....
View ArticleThird-party intervention in the case of Bagirov v. Azerbaijan
The ICJ submitted a third-party intervention in the case of Bagirov v Azerbaijan before the European Court of Human Rights. In this intervention the ICJ argues that the special role of lawyers in the...
View ArticleUK: ICJ and others intervene in UK rendition complicity case before Supreme...
The International Commission of Jurists, together with JUSTICE, Amnesty International and REDRESS, filed a third party intervention with the Supreme Court in the case Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Other v....
View ArticleRights groups and the Indonesian Supreme Court convene regional judicial...
Judges and representatives of judicial training institutions from 9 countries across Southeast Asia gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss how judicial decision-making can be further strengthened...
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