Children’s access to justice for violence: UN Statement
Today at the UN Human Rights Council the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) expressed concerns about violence and other wrongs against children in times of armed conflict and peacetime. The ICJ...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ calls for South Africa to stay in the ICC
Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a brief opposing the current efforts by South Africa to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Court. The brief was submitted...
View ArticleThailand: Prioritize the amendment and passage of legislation on torture and...
Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) regret the decision of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to further delay the passage of essential legislation...
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 ArticlePakistan: withdraw proposal to revive and expand military trials for civilians
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urged the Pakistan government to withdraw its proposal to reinstate and widen the scope of military trials for civilians. “Bringing back military courts is...
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 ArticleZimbabwe: case management consultation for national prosecuting authority
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) held a consultation conference on case and docket management system in Harare on 21 March 2017. The ICJ provided technical support. The consultation conference...
View ArticleWomen’s profiles: Imrana Jalal
The ICJ continues its series of women’s rights defender profiles with an interview with Imrana Jalal, an ICJ Executive Committee member, focussing on her motivations for women’s rights work. Imrana...
View ArticleBotswana: arrangement among judges and executive brings hope for restoration...
The ICJ expressed its hope today that an arrangement reached between four judges of the High Court and Botswanan President Ian Khama along with Chief Justice Dibotelo would serve to restore the...
View ArticleTunisia: amendments to the High Judicial Council law would weaken the...
The ICJ today called on the Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi, to refrain from signing into law amendments to the law that regulates the country’s High Judicial Council (HJC). The amendments were...
View ArticleSwitzerland: victims of torture abroad should have their day in court, argue...
The ICJ and Amnesty International intervened before the European Court of Human Rights to promote access to justice in Switzerland for a victim of torture at the hands of the former Tunisian...
View ArticleRussian Federation: ICJ intervenes before European Court in a case of alleged...
The ICJ has intervened before the European Court of Human Rights in a case of alleged abduction of a Tajik national and transfer to his country of origin where he could be at risk of torture or...
View ArticleSouth Africa appears before ICC for failure to arrest Sudanese President...
South Africa is to appear before a scheduled hearing at the International Criminal Court on 7 April 2017 (ICC) in The Hague for a hearing on its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad...
View ArticleZambia: support International Criminal Court, ICJ and other groups say
Zambia should reaffirm its membership in the International Criminal Court to best advance justice for victims of atrocities, a group of African organizations and international nongovernmental...
View ArticleThird party intervention on detention of unaccompanied children: H.A. and...
On 6 April, the ICJ, ECRE, the AIRE Centre and the Dutch Council for Refugees have submitted a third party intervention in the case of H. A. and Others v. Greece, which relates to the detention of nine...
View ArticleTraining in Athens on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and Greek Council for Refugees are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Athens. The training aims to...
View ArticleHuman rights-based approach key to effectively countering phenomenon of...
An expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw focused on the human rights-compliant implementation of legislation and policies to counter...
View ArticleMalaysia: reverse Siti Noor Aishah’s conviction for possessing books said to...
The ICJ today condemned the conviction and sentencing of Siti Noor Aishah Atam for possessing twelve books allegedly associated with terrorist groups, an act which is criminal under Malaysia’s Penal...
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