Myanmar: ICJ hosts workshop on freedom of thought, conscience, religion or...
The ICJ convened a two-day workshop from 3rd to 4th November 2018 in Yangon, to enhance understanding of legal protections of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief in Myanmar....
View ArticleZimbabwe: the ICJ supports the Judicial Services Commission to train...
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Zimbabwe with the support of the ICJ convened a two-day workshop from 16 to 17 November 2018 in Harare to train magistrates designated to the anti-corruption...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ welcomes landmark judgment on free and informed consent of...
The ICJ welcomes the landmark decision by the North Gauteng High Court in the Duduzile Baleni and 128 Others v Minister of Mineral Resources in which the Court affirmed the principle of free, prior and...
View ArticleKazakhstan: ICJ alarmed at government interference in legal profession
The ICJ is concerned at increasing government interference with the independence of the legal profession, including through intimidation and harassment of the leadership of the National Bar Association...
View ArticleThailand: Drop defamation complaints against human rights defenders Nan Win...
Today, the ICJ joined fifteen other organizations to call on the Thai authorities and Thammakaset Company Limited to ensure that criminal and civil defamation complaints brought by the company against...
View ArticleGambia: Declaration allowing access to African Court a major advance for...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes the formal declaration of the Gambia to allow individuals and certain non-governmental organizations with observer status access to complain of...
View ArticleAt 70 Years, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains “a common...
Today, 10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Developed as a universal standard setting out the rights to be enjoyed by...
View ArticleICJ and Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Forum on Economic, Social...
The ICJ convened a Forum of international legal experts and Myanmar civil society actors in Yangon from the 24 to 25 November 2018 on Myanmar’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic,...
View ArticleLaos: ICJ marks 6th year anniversary of disappearance of Sombath Somphone
On 12 December 2018, the ICJ co-organized a panel discussion at Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) in Thailand marking the 6th anniversary of the evident enforced disappearance of prominent Lao...
View ArticlePoland: President Duda should respect decision of EU Court of Justice and...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today called on President Andrzej Duda to sign legislation that would require the reinstatement of the Supreme Court justices that were forcibly “retired”...
View ArticleThailand: Lifting of the ban on political activities is welcome but more is...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) welcome the decision of Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, acting as the Head of the National Council for...
View ArticleEgypt: Authorities must end the arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer...
The Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Mohamed Ramadan and drop the charges against him or otherwise charge him with a recognizable crime consistent...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: international conference highlights the need to protect...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) together with the Council of Europe and the Azerbaijan Bar Association held the international conference on the independence of the legal profession in...
View ArticleWomen lawyers address barriers faced in accessing justice
Lawyers from a diverse range of countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Nepal, the Philippines, Tunisia and Uzbekistan have identified the many barriers that women typically face in accessing justice in...
View Article2018 Southeast Asia Regional Judicial Dialogue
On 1-2 December 2018, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held its 2018 Southeast Asia Regional Judicial Dialogue on enhancing access to justice for women in the region. Participants included...
View ArticleUzbekistan: ICJ has completed a research mission on access to justice for...
From 10 to 14 December, the ICJ conducted a research mission to Uzbekistan to identify some of the main obstacles impeding access to justice for economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights. ICJ experts...
View ArticleUzbekistan: ICJ research mission on access to justice for economic, social...
From 10 to 14 December, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) conducted a research mission to Uzbekistan to identify some of the main obstacles impeding access to justice for economic, social...
View ArticleIndia: Parliament must Revise Problematic Transgender Persons (Protection of...
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 fails to protect the human rights of transgender people as guaranteed under the Indian constitution and international law and standards and...
View ArticleLaos: Six years on, civil society worldwide demands answers to the enforced...
Today, on the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, the ICJ joined 106 organizations and 37 individuals in a joint statement calling for an independent,...
View ArticleCORE and ICJ to intervene in UK Supreme Court case
CORE and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have been granted permission to intervene in an appeal before the United Kingdom Supreme Court (Vedanta Resources PLC and another v. Lungowe and...
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