ICJ delegation visits adidas’ Indonesia supply factories to assess Grievance...
From 28 November to 3 December 2018, a delegation of the International Commission of Jurists’ (ICJ) carried out a learning and assessment visit to two factories in Indonesia that are part of the...
View ArticleUzbekistan: the ICJ holds second expert discussion on economic, social and...
On 14 December, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) organised expert discussions on economic, social and cultural rights (ESC) to advance civil...
View ArticleEgypt: Ahmed Douma must be immediately removed from solitary confinement and...
Today the ICJ condemned the conviction of prominent Egyptian political activist Ahmed Douma and called for his immediate removal from solitary confinement and release from prison. Ahmed Douma,...
View ArticleGreece’s treatment of migrant children subject to legal challenge before the...
A legal challenge to the violations of migrant children’s social rights on mainland Greece and its North Eastern Aegean islands has been lodged by the ICJ and the European Council on Refugees and...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ marks 2nd year anniversary of the killing of lawyer U Ko Ni
On the second anniversary of the killing of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni, in public view at Yangon International Airport, the ICJ repeats its calls for a thorough and impartial investigation with a view to...
View ArticleOn Video: Fostering Access to Rights for Migrants, Refugees and...
For the past two years the ICJ and its partners Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT), the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Mülteci-Der (MD) have provided trainings and training materials for...
View ArticleTurkey: Dismissal of judges and prosecutors tainted by unfairness, says ICJ
The ICJ is concerned that the dismissal of 17 judges and prosecutors by Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors on 10 January, for alleged membership of or connections with the “Fetullahist...
View ArticleCameroon: Opposition leader Kamto must be released
The ICJ expressed its grave concern today at the arrest, detention and criminal charges brought against Maurice Kamto, leader of the opposition party Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), and other CRM...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ and ISHR submit communication to the Committee on the...
On 30 December 2018, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) jointly submitted a communication to the Committee on the Elimination of...
View ArticleIndia’s dispute with Pakistan on upholding the right of detainees to consular...
The International Court of Justice will hold public oral hearings in India v. Pakistan (Jadhav case) from 18 to 21 February 2019. Before they commence, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has...
View ArticleICJ promotes international standards on the conduct of investigations with...
On 28 February and 1 March, the ICJ met with senior officials of the Myanmar Police Force (MPF) and the Union Attorney General’s Office (UAGO) in Nay Pyi Taw. The purpose of these talks was to promote...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: lawyer Sadigov should be applauded, not sanctioned, for acting...
Today, the ICJ expressed concern at the disciplinary proceedings against lawyer Elchin Sadigov who was sanctioned with a reprimand on 25 February 2019 by the Presidium of the Bar Association of...
View ArticleMalaysia: accession to the Rome statute of ICC a big step forward for...
On 4 March 2019, Malaysia acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), making it the 124th State Party to the ICC. “The decision by Malaysia’s government to become party to...
View ArticleKazakhstan: frivolous disbarment proceedings against prominent lawyer Sergey...
Today, the ICJ expressed concern at the initiation of disbarment proceedings by the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan against Sergey Sizintsev, former Executive Director of the National Bar Association...
View ArticleThailand: at event marking 15th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of...
Today, the ICJ co-hosted an art exhibition and public forum titled 15th Year of Somchai’s Disappearance and the Voices of the Disappeared at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Bangkok. The event was...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Expert Discussions on economic, social and cultural rights (ESC)...
Today, the ICJ and the Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) in partnership with the UN Human Rights Office in Central Asia are organizing this event. The topic of the Third Expert Discussion is...
View ArticleUkraine: ICJ stresses the need for security of lawyers and an independent...
Following its mission to Ukraine on 4-8 March, the ICJ has called on the Ukrainian authorities to take urgent steps to ensure the physical safety of lawyers and to bring to justice those responsible...
View ArticleMalaysia: stop the harassment and intimidation of Women’s March organizers
The ICJ called on the Government of Malaysia to take immediate steps to protect the right of all persons in the country to freedom of expression and assembly, after seven organizers of the...
View ArticleICJ hails renewal of UN expert on counter-terrorism and human rights
The ICJ today strongly welcomed the renewal of the key UN expert on counter-terrorism and human rights, on terms that maintain the mandate’s independence, integrity and its essential focus on human...
View Article18th ICJ World Congress opened in Tunis
Some 100 distinguished judges and lawyers from around the world commit to expanding the reach of human rights and rule of law principles, in the face of a global backlash against human rights values....
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