Azerbaijan: ICJ welcomes European Court judgment on violation of disbarred...
The ICJ today welcomed the judgment by the Court in the case of Bagirov v. Azerbaijan. It found that the suspension from legal practice and subsequent disbarment of Khalid Bagirov violated his rights...
View ArticleIndia: ICJ Commissioner Justice Ajit Prakash Shah discusses the...
In a wide-ranging interview recorded on June 4 2020, ICJ Commissioner and former Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi, Ajit Prakash Shah, called on the Indian judiciary to exercise its...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ sets out legal deficiencies in Ministry of Transport and...
The ICJ published a legal memorandum concluding that the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) Order to block access to specific websites is not compliant with international human rights law....
View ArticleICJ ran a SOGIE Facebook Live Campaign for Pride Month
The ICJ hosted live interviews with human rights defenders from Asia, Africa and Latin America to mark Pride Month, which is celebrated during the month of June in various parts of the world. The...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ highlights systemic impunity for criminal human rights...
Today, the ICJ submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of the review of Myanmar’s human rights record in January-February 2021. The...
View ArticleNepal: ICJ Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Today, the ICJ submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of the review of Nepal’s human rights record in January-February 2021. In the...
View ArticleMalaysia: Minister’s order to take action against the transgender community...
The ICJ today condemned the order issued by Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, Malaysia’s Minister in charge of religious affairs, to the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to take action...
View ArticleThailand: Laws Governing Development of Eastern Economic Corridor and Special...
In a report published today, the ICJ called on the Thai government, legislature and regulatory agencies to take steps to address deficiencies in the legal and regulatory framework governing economic...
View ArticleNepal: high level mission urges law and policy reform to achieve human rights...
In a report published today, the ICJ called on the Government of Nepal to undertake substantial reforms in order to ensure that the wide-ranging constitutional and political restructuring of recent...
View ArticlePoland: ICJ and Amnesty International intervene before European Court in case...
The ICJ and Amnesty International have submitted a joint third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Judges Mariusz Broda and Alina Bojara. The case concerns the...
View ArticlePoland: ICJ intervenes before European Court in case of surveillance of...
The ICJ intervened today in the case of the potential surveillance by Polish secret services of Mikołaj Pietrzak, lawyer and chair of the Warsaw Bar Association, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska et Barbara...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ publishes recommendations to the Union of Lawyers of...
Today, the ICJ published the recommendations from a workshop on strengthening the work of the specialized bodies of the Bar Association on the protection of the rights of lawyers in Tajikistan, held in...
View ArticleCambodia: ICJ and 64 organizations call for immediate withdrawal of Draft Law...
Today, the ICJ and 64 civil society organizations jointly called on the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) to discard the draft Law on Public Order (“draft law”) which, if adopted, would breach...
View ArticleICJ Co-Hosts Webinars on the Right to Education
The ICJ, together with the Global Initiative on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and the Right to Education Initiative (RTE), held webinars on 24 and 31 July. The discussions explored The...
View ArticleVenezuela: ICJ and 84 organizations call the Human Rights Council to renew...
Today, the ICJ joined 84 other human rights organizations to call the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew and strengthen the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM)...
View ArticleColombia: public authorities must refrain from interference with judicial...
Today the ICJ called on the public authorities to refrain from comments or actions that could undermine the integrity of the judicial process and the independence of the judiciary. On August 4, the...
View ArticleSingapore: ICJ urges authorities to refrain from legal harassment of human...
The ICJ today condemned the conviction and imprisonment of human rights defender Jolovan Wham following the dismissal of his appeal by Singapore’s highest court in connection with a conference he had...
View ArticleNepal: ICJ co-hosts National Judicial Dialogue on the Elimination of...
On 15 and 22 August 2020, the ICJ, in collaboration with the National Judicial Academy (NJA) of Nepal, organized the National Judicial Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Beatrice Mtetwa should not be barred from speaking out in support...
The order of the Magistrates’ Court of Zimbabwe barring lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa from continuing as defence legal counsel for journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is a violation of Chin’ono’s right to a fair...
View ArticleICJ Co-Hosts Symposium on Judicial Independence in East and Southern
On 6-7 August the ICJ co-hosted a symposium on threats to judicial independence in East and Southern Africa. The event was held with the collaboration of the Africa Judges and Jurists Forum, the Kenyan...
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