India: ICJ submission on LGBTQ persons’ inadequate access to public spaces...
The ICJ has made a submission to Ms. Karima Bennoune, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights (“Special Rapporteur”) in response to a call for submission, in advance of...
View ArticleEswatini (Swaziland): justice sector meet to discuss implementation of the...
On May 29 2019, the ICJ facilitated a workshop with a number of justice sector officials and stakeholders who are active in the implementation of the Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Act (SODVA)....
View ArticleGreece : European Committee on Social Rights decision on « immediate measures...
The ICJ, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) welcome the decision of the European Committee on Social Rights that Greece should take “immediate...
View ArticleStop abuse of charges of ‘subverting a constitutional government’ against...
The ICJ today called on the Zimbabwe government to stop using the highly criticized offence of “subverting a constitutional government” to punish human rights defenders for the exercise of fundamental...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: three Clerics face imminent unfair trial and possible execution
The ICJ today condemned the impending moves to subject three prominent Saudi clerics to an inevitably unfair trial on dubious charges that might result in sentences of death and arbitrary execution....
View ArticleMoldova : ICJ concerned at constitutional crisis in Moldova
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today expressed concern at recent developments in Moldova which are effectively paralyzing governance in the country. During the past week, the...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ calls for immediate release of imprisoned lawyer
Today, the ICJ called on the authorities in Tajikistan to immediately release a prominent lawyer who is currently serving a sentence of imprisonment of 28 years on dubious charges. The UN Working Group...
View ArticleBotswana: ICJ welcomes High Court judgment striking down law criminalizing...
The ICJ today applauded the 11 June judgment of the Botswana High Court striking down criminal law provisions criminalizing same-sex relations. Rightly, the Court considered that, notwithstanding the...
View ArticleTanzanian High Court condemns unlawful stripping of SADC Tribunal’s powers...
The ICJ welcomes the recent judgment of the Tanzanian High Court condemning the Tanzanian government’s actions leading to the suspension of the SADC Tribunal and the denuding of its crucial role in...
View ArticleIndigenous and other traditional or customary justice systems in Asia: report...
The ICJ has today published a report on indigenous and other traditional or customary justice systems in Asia. The report is based on discussions at the 2018 Geneva Forum of Judges & Lawyers which...
View ArticleTurkey : IBAHRI and ICJ observe criminal trial on “Gezi Park” protests
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) have jointly sent international observers to attend the first hearing of the...
View ArticlePoland: Court of Justice ruling must herald return to rule of law
The ICJ welcomes yesterday’s judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) which ruled that forcing the retirement of Polish Supreme Court judges by lowering their mandatory retirement age,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: executions of the four prisoners convicted of drug-related...
The ICJ categorically condemns Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s endorsement of death warrants of four people convicted of drug-related offences. Today, the ICJ urged the President to stop...
View ArticleICJ convenes panel discussion on citizenship and human rights in Myanmar
The ICJ convened a half-day panel discussion today in Yangon, Myanmar, to discuss national laws governing citizenship, and outline how, throughout the country, they have a discriminatory impact on...
View ArticleIndia and Pakistan: in light of UN report on Kashmir, authorities must act to...
The ICJ welcomes the report issued today by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) documenting human rights violations and abuses in Indian administered Kashmir and...
View ArticleTurkey: ICJ Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Today, the ICJ filed a submission to the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review in advance of its review of Turkey’s human rights record in January 2020. In its...
View ArticleEuropean Court finds Russia’s refusal to register three LGBT organizations...
On 16 July 2019, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia’s refusal to register associations set up to promote and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to...
View ArticleTurkey : IBAHRI and ICJ observe criminal trial on “Gezi Park” protests
The ICJ and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) have jointly sent international observers to attend the second hearing of the criminal trial on the “Gezi Park” protest...
View ArticleCooperation on extradition: Convention Against Torture Initiative’s latest...
On 17 July 2019, the Convention Against Torture Initiative (CTI) released the 6th tool in their series of UNCAT implementation tools on “Cooperation on Extradition”. The ICJ developed the tool for the...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ hosts discussion on human rights consequences of Special...
On 13 July 2019, the ICJ hosted a discussion on the human rights consequences of Special Investment Zones in Thailand particularly focusing on the legislative frameworks of Thailand’s Special Economic...
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