Thailand’s Legal Frameworks on Corporate Accountability for Outbound Investments
Today, the ICJ hosted a discussion on Thailand’s legal frameworks on corporate accountability for outbound investments in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The forum was co-organized with Earth Rights...
View ArticleZambia: ‘Constitutional Amendment Bill’ threatens judicial independence
The ICJ today raised concerns that the proposed Zambian Constitutional Amendment Bill 2019 may negatively impact the independence of the judiciary in Zambia. The proposed amendments to provisions...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ Commissioner Justice Yvonne Mokgoro delivers keynote...
Today, ICJ Commissioner and former Constitutional Court Justice Justice Yvonne Mokgoro delivered the Keynote Address on Women’s Socio-Economic Rights at an event organized by ICJ and the Centre for...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Ratification of the Chisinau Convention a welcome step to protect...
The ICJ welcomes yesterday’s ratification by Uzbekistan of the CIS Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters 2002, also called the Chisinau Convention....
View ArticleCivil society and affected communities call on Swazi Government to end forced...
In a statement, the ICJ, along with various other local and international civil society organizations and affected communities demand redress for forced evictions following visit of African Commission...
View ArticleThailand: discovery of “Billy’s” remains should reinvigorate efforts to...
The announcement that the remains of Pholachi “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, a Karen rights activist, have been located, brings a sad end to years of uncertainty for his family, said the ICJ and Amnesty...
View ArticleIndia: ICJ and others call on authorities to safeguard the right of...
The ICJ, along with 124 other international and domestic civil society groups from around the world have condemned the actions of Indian government in publishing an incomplete and discriminatory Assam...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ discusses international standards on investigations of unlawful...
At a training event for senior prosecutors hosted by the Union Attorney General’s Office (UAGO) on 7 September 2019 in Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw, the ICJ made presentations on the international standards and...
View ArticleSouth Africa: authorities must act to address upsurge in xenophobic violence...
The ICJ today called on the South African government to take immediate measures to prevent, investigate and bring to justice those responsible for all discriminatory violence that has occurred in the...
View ArticleTajikistan: officials must end intimidation of lawyers, including the Bar...
The ICJ today expressed concern that a Government anti-corruption agency has engaged in acts of intimidation against the Chairperson of the Union of the Lawyers of the Republic of Tajikistan, Saidbek...
View ArticleASEAN lawyers and trade unionists agree to develop regional guidelines on...
From 1 and 2 September 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of association and assembly, Clément Nyaletsossi VOULE, and lawyers and trade union representatives met and discussed challenges faced...
View ArticleZimbabwe: ICJ partners with Zimbabwe’s Judicial Service Commission to improve...
The ICJ, in collaboration with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of the Republic of Zimbabwe, has concluded a two-day Judicial Symposium on the theme ‘Core-Skilling: Towards a Human Rights...
View ArticleChina: UN Secretary-General should denounce human rights violations in Xinjiang
Antonio Guterres should publicly condemn China’s widespread violations of the rights of its Muslim minority citizens, especially in Xinjiang Province, the ICJ demanded in a joint letter submitted along...
View ArticleICJ welcomes the first visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence...
The ICJ welcomes this week’s visit to Uzbekistan of the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego García-Sayan, during which he will assess reforms of the judicial system,...
View ArticleThe Russian Federation: use of physical force against lawyer must be...
The ICJ has called on the Russian authorities to institute a thorough and independent investigation into the use of physical force against lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov by court officials and subsequently by...
View ArticleNetherlands: ICJ extremely concerned at killing of lawyer
The ICJ today expressed concern at the killing of lawyer Derk Wiersum, who was shot on 18 September 2019 in broad daylight in front of his home in Amsterdam. Derk Wiersum was representing a key witness...
View ArticleThe Russian Federation: the ICJ calls for an end to intimidation and...
The ICJ today called for an end to criminal proceedings against Dagir Hasavov, a prominent Russian lawyer facing prosecution on allegations of obstruction of justice. On 17 September, less than a week...
View ArticleEgypt: immediately release lawyer Mahienour al-Massry and others arbitrarily...
The ICJ today called for the immediate release of lawyer Mahienour al-Massry and hundreds of peaceful protestors who have been arbitrarily arrested by the Egyptian authorities in the context of recent...
View ArticleMorocco: immediately and unconditionally release journalist Hajar Raissouni...
The Moroccan authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni and drop all charges against her, says the ICJ. She was arrested on 31 August 2019, and has...
View ArticleNJCM and ICJ hold a roundtable discussion among judges and lawyers on the...
On 27 September, the Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten (NJCM) and the ICJ held a a closed-door roundtable discussion in the Hague on investigative procedures and procedural rights in...
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