ICJ invigorated by new leadership
Changes within the Commission enhance the organization’s capacity to respond to increased threats to rights protection via erosion of the rule of law, particularly in relation to the independence of...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ co-hosts discussion on addressing extrajudicial killings
On 14 July 2018, the ICJ co-organized a discussion on extrajudicial killings in Thailand, focusing on the cases of Chaiyaphum Pasae and Abe Saemu. The discussion was held at the Student Christian...
View ArticleEswatini: New law on sexual and domestic violence a vital achievement and...
His Majesty King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as the Kingdom of Swaziland) yesterday gave his royal assent to the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, a milestone in the...
View ArticleYemen: immediate measures needed to protect the civilian population against...
In a briefing paper published today, the ICJ called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to take immediate and effective measures to ensure the protection of the civilian population, including...
View ArticleGuatemala: Supreme Court of Justice undermines the rule of law
The Supreme Court’s election of a person who is not suitable for the position of substitute judge on the Constitutional Court is deeply concerning for the sound administration of justice and the...
View ArticleGuatemala: the ICJ condemns the persecution of human rights defenders in the...
For many years, human rights defenders in Izabal have been the victims of persecution because of their opposition to the Phoenix nickel mining project. This project has been operated by the Guatemalan...
View ArticleICJ holds second regional workshop on the investigation of unlawful deaths...
From 24 to 26 July 2018, the ICJ co-hosted a workshop for authorities from Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar. The theme of the workshop was on conducting investigations of potentially unlawful deaths and...
View ArticleSerbia: killing of lawyer must be urgently investigated
The killing of Serbian defense lawyer Dragoslav Ognjanović must be independently, promptly, and thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice, the ICJ said today. Dragoslav Ognjanović...
View ArticleKazakhstan: the ICJ calls to immediately drop prosecution of lawyer Bauyrzhan...
Today, the ICJ called on the government of Kazakhstan to drop all charges of “knowingly disseminating false information” against lawyer Bauyrzhan Azanov related to his representation of a child who is...
View ArticleICJ Secretary General discusses rule of law and human rights with Myanmar...
On 26 July 2018, the ICJ Secretary General, Sam Zarifi, met Myanmar’s Union Attorney General, U Tun Tun Oo. The ICJ Legal Adviser Sean Bain and senior staff from the Union Attorney General’s Office...
View ArticleZimbabwe: end violence, restore the rule of law and respect for human rights
The ICJ condemns in the strongest terms the violence that erupted in Zimbabwe after the elections, and calls for the restoration of the rule of law and respect for human rights. At least 3 people are...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ helps train Kachin State lawyers and civil society on...
From 9-12 August, the ICJ-supported trainings on human rights and the law for lawyers, youths and activists from Kachin and Shan states in Myanmar’s north. On 9 and 10 August, the ICJ joined a...
View ArticlePoland: ICJ applauds Supreme Court’s defence of the rule of law
The ICJ and its Polish Section (ICJ Poland) today expressed their support for the actions of the Supreme Court to defend the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Poland, including by...
View ArticleEswatini (Swaziland): ICJ facilitates integrated meeting of justice sector...
On 25 July 2018, the ICJ facilitated an integrated meeting of governmental stakeholders in the justice chain involved in different aspects of combatting sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the...
View ArticleBrazil: Federal Tribunal rejects statute of limitation on military era...
The Regional Federal Tribunal (TRF-3), in a watershed judgment, ruled that prescription or statute of limitations was not applicable to claims of reparation by a victim of torture during the military...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ co-hosts discussion on National Action Plan on Business and...
On 22 August, the ICJ co-organized a preparatory discussion in Bangkok for civil society organizations on Thailand’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP). This event was organized...
View ArticleInternational-NGOs in Myanmar call for UN Security Council action on Rohingya...
The ICJ today joined other International Non-Government Organizations operating in Myanmar in a statement marking one year since the commencement of military ‘clearance operations’ that caused the...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ commemorates International Day of the Victims of Enforced...
The ICJ participated in a panel discussion to commemorate International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, organized by Police Watch Thailand and Cross Cultural Foundation. The discussion...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ condemns public caning of two women for alleged same sex relations
The ICJ today condemned the public caning of two women, a punishment imposed upon them by the Terengganu High Court after conviction on charges of ‘attempting to have sexual intercourse’. The ICJ...
View ArticleIndia: Supreme Court decision ending criminalization of consensual same-sex...
The ICJ welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment in Navtej Singh Johar et al v. Union of India and others, which effectively ends the threat to a large segment of the Indian population that they will be...
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