Swaziland: training on public interest litigation for lawyers and human...
The ICJ, Lawyers for Human Rights Swaziland (LHR(S), Lawyers for Human Rights South Africa (LHR), and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) organized a training on strategic litigation for lawyers...
View ArticleICJ condemns Paris attacks
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) deplores the devastating criminal attacks carried out in Paris on 13 November, leading to the loss of at least 129 lives and many serious injuries. The...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ profundamente preocupada por la impunidad en la que...
Cij demanda a las autoridades guatemaltecas terminar con la impunidad que rodea el caso Siekavizza. La CIJ ante la impunidad prevaleciente en el caso Siekavizza expresa: El llamado “caso Siekavizza”...
View ArticleLa CIJ urge al Estado de Guatemala a detener criminalización de la protesta...
Desde el año 2004, la CIJ ha señalado casos en los que el Estado de Guatemala dirige su poder punitivo en contra de defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos por su asociacion a actos pacíficos en...
View ArticleTraining on migration and human rights in the Western Balkans
The ICJ, OSCE and Group 484 are holding a training on migration and international human rights law starting on Tuesday 17 November in Vrnjačka Banja (Serbia). The training has been organised by the...
View ArticleBangladesh: stay the imminent executions of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and...
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid should stay the imminent executions of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the ICJ said today. Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a leader of the...
View ArticleSpain: ICJ and others intervene in case of push backs of asylum seekers
Today, the ICJ, the AIRE Centre, Amnesty International and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles jointly intervened before the European Court of Human Rights in a case against Spain on the denial...
View ArticleRussian Federation: the legal profession requires reform to become stronger
Today, the ICJ released a report calling for reform of the legal profession in the Russian Federation. “The legal profession in Russia presents a complex picture. It includes obvious achievements and...
View ArticleThailand: The ICJ and Human Rights Watch express concerns over detentions
The ICJ and Human Rights Watch have expressed concerns regarding the detention of non military persons in a military base facility and the deaths of two detainees held there. In an open letter to the...
View ArticleGuatemala: promotion of indigenous people’s rights through strategic...
Inauguration of the 5th International Seminar on Strategic Litigation in Guatemala City. On 25th November, Ramon Cadena, Director of the ICJ Regional Office in Central America, together with Alberto...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Supreme Court engages in High Level Dialogue with the ICJ on...
The ICJ, the UNDP and the Office of the Supreme Court of the Union (OSCU) held a High Level Dialogue on “Drafting and Implementing a Code of Judicial Ethics” in Nay Pyi Taw on 24-25 November 2015. This...
View ArticleLegal practitioners and Judges discuss challenges that affect access to...
The ICJ co-hosted the Joint Zimbabwe Judicial-Legal Practitioners Colloquium in Zimbabwe. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) and the Judicial Services Commission...
View ArticlePakistan: ICJ denounces hangings following secret trials by military courts
The ICJ today denounced the execution of four individuals convicted for their involvement in terrorism in secret trials by military courts. Four civilians, namely Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali,...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ and German Embassy mark Human Rights Day
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand and the ICJ held an event at the German Residence in Bangkok to mark Human Rights Day. In his welcome speech, the Ambassador, Peter Prügel,...
View ArticleAfrica: Measures needed to enable women’s access to justice for gender based...
On 10-11 December, the ICJ gathered leading jurists and human rights defenders in Harare, Zimbabwe to discuss measures needed to implement legal reform and change attitudes to eliminate sexual and...
View ArticleSingapore: decision against blogger Roy Ngerng constitutes a huge setback for...
The decision of the High Court of Singapore ordering blogger Roy Ngerng to pay damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong following a civil defamation suit brought in 2014 constitutes a major blow for...
View ArticleTajikistan: the ICJ holds a round table discussion on the independence of the...
Today the ICJ held a round table “Organisation and operation of the Legal Profession: International Comparative Perspective” in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The ICJ invited experts to speak about comparative...
View ArticleSomchai Neelapaijit verdict important test of Thailand’s treatment of cases...
The upcoming Supreme Court verdict in the case of Somchai Neelapaijit is an important test of Thailand’s treatment of cases of enforced disappearance, the ICJ said today. The Supreme Court is expected...
View ArticleMeeting with the Faculty of Law of the University of Zimbabwe
The ICJ supported the convening of a three-day meeting of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zimbabwe. The meeting reviewed the content of the courses offered at the University with the view of...
View ArticleIndia: ray of hope from Supreme Court for LGBTI rights
Yesterday’s decision of the Indian Supreme Court to refer to a larger bench of the same Court the petition challenging Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), offers the opportunity to undo the...
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