Uzbekistan: ICJ begins a research mission on access to justice for economic,...
From April 16 to 20, the ICJ is conducting a research mission to Uzbekistan to identify the priority ESC rights issues which will be the focus of its project on access to the economic, social and...
View ArticleSpain: ICJ and others intervene in case of push backs of asylum seekers
The ICJ and other NGOs jointly intervened before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in a case against Spain on the denial of entry of asylum seekers in the enclave of Melilla. The...
View ArticleRule of law, facing global assault, remains crucial for protecting the...
International commitment to the rule of law is under assault around the world, said a global panel of eminent academics, diplomats, and jurists. The panelists, speaking at a public event by the ICJ and...
View ArticleEgypt: immediately release Hisham Geneina, quash his conviction
The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to quash the conviction of, and immediately release Hisham Geneina, a former judge and former head of the Central Auditing Authority in Egypt. A Cairo...
View ArticleTunisia: addressing the legacy of gross human rights violations
On 2 and 3 May 2018, the ICJ is holding a conference on the role of Tunisia’s Specialized Criminal Chambers (SCC) in addressing the legacy of gross human rights violations. The ICJ’s report, Achieving...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Human Rights lawyers Asabali Mustafayev and Nemat Karimli must be...
The ICJ today denounced the decision of the Presidium of the Azerbaijan Bar Association, of 23 April 2018, to suspend the licences of two Azerbaijan human rights lawyers Asabali Mustafayev (photo, on...
View ArticleThe Philippines: legal aid providers commit to help eliminate discrimination...
Today, the ICJ and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) concluded a two-day workshop on eliminating gender discriminatory attitudes and behaviors towards women with a commitment to step up...
View ArticleICJ holds seminar at Chiang Mai University Thailand on the right to life and...
On 5 June 2018, the ICJ co-organized an academic seminar addressing the right to life under international law and the State’s duty to effectively investigate alleged violations. The event happened on...
View ArticleGuatemala: the ICJ condemns proposal to introduce amnesty measures in cases...
The ICJ strongly condemns the draft bill of the Congressional Commission on Legislation and Constitutional Affairs to propose reforms to the Law of National Reconciliation (Congressional Decree 145-96)...
View ArticleHungary: National Assembly must reject law criminalizing assistance to migrants
The ICJ today called on the Hungarian National Assembly to reject Bill No. T/333 that, if approved, would risk criminalizing the work of civil society, lawyers and other human rights defenders and lead...
View ArticleICJ holds Side Event on Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly in...
Today, the ICJ held a joint side event at the 38th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council on freedoms of expression, association and assembly in the context of elections in Asia. The event was...
View ArticleSouth Korea: individual independence of judges must be upheld and protected
The ICJ is deeply concerned with the allegations that the former Chief Justice and other officials infringed the freedom of expression and freedom of association of individual judges in South Korea....
View ArticleGuatemala: ICJ Latin American Commissioners condemn attacks against judicial...
“Judges from the High Risk Tribunals in Guatemala, including Ericka Aifán, Yassmín Barrios, Miguel Ángel Gálvez and Pablo Xitumul, are facing unjustified disciplinary hearings,” nine Latin American...
View ArticleThailand: end prosecution of Chiang Mai academics
Today the ICJ called on Thai prosecutorial authorities to immediately end the prosecution of five persons associated with academic activities in Chiang Mai. The five have been made subject to...
View ArticlePoland: ICJ calls for immediate reinstatement of forcibly retired Supreme...
The ICJ condemned today the forced retirement of 27 out of 72 judges of the Supreme Court of Poland in defiance of the most basic principles on the independence of the judiciary. “The forced retirement...
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UN Committee against Torture: ICJ and IHOP’s joint submission on Turkey
On 25 June, the ICJ and Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) filed their joint submission to the UN Committee against Torture (Committee). The Committee will consider it during the adoption of a list of...
View ArticleExtrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Latin America: ICJ...
On 24-25 June, ICJ Commissioners from the Latin America region came together in Bogotá, Colombia, to consider and enhance ICJ strategies to combat past and resurging trends in extrajudicial executions...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ hosts workshop on strategic litigation, speaks on CSR at society...
The ICJ held a workshop in Mawlamyine on 3 July attended by religious leaders and youth activists from southern Mon State in Myanmar’s southeast. The workshop aimed to facilitate discussion on...
View ArticleKazakhstan: ICJ deplores new law restricting independence of lawyers
Today, the ICJ expressed concern at the adoption of a new law on lawyers in Kazakhstan. The Law ‘On the Professional Activities of Advocates and Legal Assistance’, signed into law on 10 July 2018,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: resumption of executions after 42 years would be unconscionable
The Sri Lankan Government should reconsider and reverse its decision to bring back the death penalty for drug related offences, the ICJ said today. On 10 July, the Sri Lankan Cabinet unanimously...
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