Central Asia: ICJ Regional Conference on the Legal Profession
Today the ICJ, in partnership with the National Collegium of Advocates of Kazakhstan, hosts a major regional conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on the role and independence of the legal profession in...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: ICJ intervenes before European Court of Human Rights in defence...
The ICJ intervened today before the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of three human rights lawyers who had been denied Bar membership because of their human rights activity. The cases...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: European Court finds authorities hindered access to the Court
The ICJ welcomes the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Schukurov v Azerbaijan, finding that the right to petition the Court had been violated by the search of a lawyer’s premises and...
View ArticleJudges, lawyers and prosecutors Practitioners’ Guide N°1 now available in...
The ICJ has published a translation of its Practitioner’s Guide N°1 International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors. This is the first comprehensive...
View ArticleUzbekistan: ICJ holds a round table discussion on judicial ethics
Today, the ICJ holds a round table discussion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on “Comparative Perspectives on Judicial Ethics”. The event takes place as part of the Central Asian Forum Expert Forum organized...
View ArticleSingapore must be transparent in implementation of executions
The ICJ condemned Singapore’s execution of two people today and is concerned over the Singapore government’s lack of transparency with regards to its implementation of executions. The government does...
View ArticleGlobal meeting of jurists aims for better protection of the rights of...
Forty distinguished judges and lawyers from around the world have reaffirmed the essential role of judges and lawyers in securing the rule of law and human rights in relation to large movements of...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic
The ICJ has launched a new women’s rights defenders profile series, beginning with ICJ Commissioner and Justice of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic. The monthly profile series,...
View ArticleSingapore: Solidarity for families of executed prisoners
The ICJ, along with a number of other NGOs, issued a joint statement expressing solidarity for the families of executed prisoners in Singapore. The statement was issued following the execution of a...
View ArticleICJ and others call on the EU to protect refugee and migrant children’s rights
The ICJ and 77 other civil society organizations and UN agencies called today on the EU institutions and Member States to do more to protect the rights of refugee and migrant children. The call came in...
View ArticlePhilippines: Congress should block effort to reintroduce death penalty
The Philippines House of Representatives must immediately cease efforts to rush through legislation restoring the death penalty, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. On 29 November...
View ArticleTraining in Italy on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Pisa (Italy). The training...
View ArticlePhilippines: Congress should block effort to reintroduce death penalty
A joint statement calls on members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines to stop further attempts to reintroduce the death penalty and to block any legislation that subverts human rights....
View ArticleTurkey: emergency measures have gravely damaged the rule of law
Nearly five months after the failed coup attempt in Turkey, the country remains locked in an acute rule of law crisis. The government must take urgent steps to restore the rule of law, the ICJ said...
View ArticleUN Committee asks multiple questions on Pakistan’s human rights record
The ICJ and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urge the Pakistani authorities to fully engage with the UN human rights body by answering its questions comprehensively. The call follows the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: training of senior prosecutors on fair trials standards and human...
The ICJ and the Judicial College of Zimbabwe (JCZ) have assisted senior prosecutors in their role in strengthening the rule of law and protection of human rights in the country. The Zimbabwe National...
View ArticleZimbabwe: workshop on clinical legal education
The ICJ jointly convened a two-and-a-half day training workshop with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. The meeting congregated lecturers from the four law schools from around the country to look into...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Hina Jilani
The ICJ continues its profile series of women’s rights defenders with ICJ Commissioner Hina Jilani. Hina Jilani is a human rights activist and an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, she has...
View ArticleICJ appoints five new Commissioners
Mr Reed Brody (United States), Ms Roberta Clarke (Barbados/Canada), Professor Juan Mendez (Argentina), Mr Alejandro Salinas Rivera (Chile) and Justice Kalyan Shrestha (Nepal) have recently been elected...
View ArticleICJ announces a call for applications for its Third International Human...
The objective of the programme is to enhance knowledge of international human rights law of lawyers practicing in the area of criminal justice, and to equip them to apply this knowledge in their...
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