Training in Bulgaria on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and Legal Clinic for Refugees and Immigrants are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Sofia. The...
View ArticleKyrgyz Republic: ICJ condemns failure to remedy violations of the human...
The decision by the Chuy Regional Court of Kyrgyzstan on 24 January 2017 to uphold the life sentence of human rights defender Azimzhan Askarov constitutes a miscarriage of justice, and has compounded...
View ArticleThe ICJ mourns its President Professor Sir Nigel Rodley
The ICJ President Professor Sir Nigel Rodley passed away today in Colchester (UK) at the age of 75, following a short illness. Elected President of the ICJ in 2012, he was serving his third term as...
View ArticleLoss of Honorary Member Lord William Goodhart QC
It is with great sadness that the ICJ mourns the loss of Honorary Member Lord William Goodhart QC who passed away on 10 January at the age of 83. Lord Goodhart, from the United Kingdom, was a...
View ArticleKilling of lawyer U Ko Ni must be promptly and impartially investigated
It is with great sadness that the ICJ has learned of Lawyer U Ko Ni’s death at Yangon International Airport today. An armed man in the crowded airport reportedly shot him in the head at close range,...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Michèle Rivet
The ICJ continues its series of profiles of ICJ’s women Commissioners with an interview with ICJ Vice-President Michèle Rivet. Michèle Rivet was a judge for 30 years. Previously a Children’s Judge, she...
View ArticleICJ launches global redress and accountability initiative
The ICJ today launched a new global initiative focussed on redress and accountability for gross human rights violations. In all regions of the world, perpetrators of gross human rights violations enjoy...
View ArticleTurkmenistan: the ICJ holds a seminar on judicial ethics
Today, the ICJ in cooperation with the the Supreme Court of Turkmenistan holds a seminar on Comparative Approaches to Judicial Ethics. The seminar, supported by the European Union, will be attended by...
View ArticleNepal: extending transitional justice commissions without granting real...
Extending the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons (COID) without accompanying legal amendments to the TRC Act, 2014, in line...
View ArticleHow businesses can make right their wrongs: the ICJ establishes advisory...
The ICJ today announces the establishment of an expert panel of jurists to study and provide guidance on the effectiveness of grievance procedures provided by businesses to address and remedy harms...
View ArticleTraining in Malta on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and Aditus are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Valetta. The training aims to support the...
View ArticleAn ICJ international mission visits Guatemala to evaluate the situation of...
On Monday 20 February 2017, the ICJ Commissioner Belisário Dos Santos Júnior and the lawyer, Jaime Araíújo Rentería commenced an international mission in Guatemala. The ICJ Commissioner Belisário Dos...
View ArticleProfessor Robert Goldman appointed as Acting-President of the ICJ
Following the death of ICJ President Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, Professor Robert K. Goldman has been appointed Acting-President of the ICJ. Professor Goldman, from the United States, was appointed by...
View ArticleICJ welcomes developments in The Gambia and South Africa in support of the...
The ICJ has welcomed the decision by The Gambia to rescind their notice of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as a decision of the South African High Court to nullify a...
View ArticleGuatemala: concluye una misión de alto nivel para evaluar la situación del...
La visita se enmarcó dentro de los esfuerzos que la CIJ lleva a cabo en distintos países para acompañar procesos de fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho y respeto de los derechos humanos....
View ArticleWomen profiles: Sanji Monageng
The ICJ continues it’s monthly profile series on women’s rights defenders with an interview with ICJ Commissioner and International Criminal Court Justice Sanji Monageng. Justice Monageng told the ICJ...
View ArticlePhilippines: stop politically-motivated persecution of Senator De Lima
The ICJ condemns the arrest and detention of Senator Leila De Lima and calls for her immediate release. The ICJ believes that the charges brought against Senator De Lima are fabricated and thus...
View ArticlePhilippines: death penalty bill must not be passed by Congress
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today urged the Philippine Congress to bring a halt to the Government’s attempt to bring back capital punishment. The Philippine Congress’s attempt to...
View ArticlePhilippines: the ICJ condemns approval of the death penalty bill
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today condemned the move of the Philippines’ House of Representatives to reintroduce the death penalty for drug-related crimes. The ICJ has called on the...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ welcomes dropping of charges against human rights defenders but...
The ICJ welcomes Thailand’s decision to drop spurious criminal defamation complaints against three prominent human rights defenders who had raised allegations of torture by security forces in...
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