Nepal: ensure justice for Nepal’s “Disappeared”
On the 30th annual International Day of the Disappeared, the ICJ urged the Nepali Government to act immediately to disclose the fate and whereabouts of “disappeared” persons and to provide...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Psychiatric detention of lawyer must be ended
The ICJ today expressed its serious concern at the continued detention of lawyer Zinaida Mukhtorova in a psychiatric facility. In its statement, the ICJ expressed concern that this detention may...
View ArticleJoint judicial colloquium on gender equality and women’s access to justice in...
The ICJ collaborated on this judicial colloquium with the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and the Thailand Office of the Judiciary. The Judicial Colloquium on Gender Equality...
View ArticleBangladesh: authorities should immediately drop their opposition to Adilur...
The ICJ expressed its disappointment over the continued arbitrary detention and refusal of bail of Secretary of human rights organization, Odhikar, and Supreme Court Advocate Adilur Rahman Khan. The...
View ArticleKyrgyz Republic: ICJ welcomes judicial decision to drop disciplinary charges...
The ICJ welcomes the decision of the Osh Regional Court to overturn an intermediate ruling to initiate disciplinary proceedings against two lawyers representing the interests of a victim of sexual...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ sends eminent jurist to observe hearing of appeal against Anwar...
Justice Elizabeth Evatt AC (photo), will be observing the hearing of the appeal of Anwar Ibrahim’s case from 17 to 18 September 2013 at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya. Justice Evatt is the first...
View ArticleSide event: promoting accountability through human rights mechanisms in Geneva
Yesterday, during the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ and TRIAL (Swiss Association against Impunity) jointly held a parallel event on promoting accountability through human rights...
View ArticleTraining on migration and human rights in Serbia
The ICJ, OSCE and Group 484 are holding a training on migration and international human rights law starting on Monday 16 September in Zlatibor (Serbia). The training has been organized by the...
View ArticleGuatemala condenado por violaciones a derechos económicos, sociales y culturales
Por primera vez, un Juzgado de primera instancia, condenó al Estado guatemalteco por diferente violaciones a derechos económicos, sociales y culturales. Estás incluyen la violación al derecho a la...
View ArticleJoint intervention in the case Abu Zubaydah v. Poland
The ICJ and Amnesty International presented a third party intervention in the case Abu Zubaydah v. Poland before the European Court of Human Rights. In the third party intervention in this case on the...
View ArticleGuatemala: encuentro de comunidades, dirigentes comunitarios, defensores de...
Los días 22, 23 y 24 de octubre se reunieron en el Departamento de Petén diferentes comunidades, dirigentes comunitarios, defensores de derechos humanos y organizaciones sociales. El objetivo de la...
View ArticleEconomic, Social and Cultural Rights: ICJ joins mission to support the...
The international NGO coalition for the OP to the ICESCR supports national initiatives to promote ratification in Africa. The International Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International...
View ArticleFalta de independencia judicial en Central America preocupa a juristas
Jueces europeos y centroamericanos expresaron en Tegucigalpa su preocupación por la falta de independencia del sistema judicial en países como Honduras, Guatemala y El Salvador. Instaron a los Estados...
View ArticleKazakhstan: ICJ welcomes release of a lawyer from psychiatric detention
The ICJ welcomes the release on 1 November of lawyer Zinaida Mukhotorova, from a psychiatric facility in Astana, Kazakhstan. The lawyer was forcibly detained in the psychiatric facility, the “Medical...
View ArticleICJ condemns Bangladesh’s alarming use of capital punishment
The ICJ condemns Bangladesh’s imposition of the death penalty in contravention of the global trend towards abolition of capital punishment. It signifies a weakening of the rule of law and respect for...
View ArticleBangladesh: immediately release human rights defender Nasiruddin Elan
The ICJ is calling on the Bangladeshi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Nasiruddin Elan, Director of the human rights group Odhikar. Odhikar is an affiliate organization of the...
View ArticleRights groups call on ASEAN to implement new Declaration on eliminating...
The ICJ and Amnesty International urge the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to increase efforts to protect the rights of women and children. ASEAN must act in light of the newly adopted...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ warns of risk to independence of lawyers
Following its mission to Tajikistan on 10-13 November, the ICJ called on the Tajikistan authorities to reconsider provisions of a draft law which could undermine the independence of the legal...
View ArticleMeaningful action needed to advance women’s access to justice in Botswana
Despite progress for many women in Botswana, access to justice remains a challenge, a new ICJ report says. Launched today, Women’s Access to Justice in Botswana: Identifying the Obstacles and Need for...
View ArticleNew ICJ study on access to justice for economic, social and cultural rights...
The new ICJ study on access to justice for economic, social and cultural rights in Morocco was presented during a 4-day mission in this country. The study welcomes the provisions of the 2011...
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