ICJ holds training workshop on asset recovery with Zimbabwe anti-corruption...
The ICJ, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), convened a virtual Asset Recovery Training Workshop from 18-26 August. The training was part of the ICJ efforts to advance...
View ArticleGroundbreaking new UN guidance on access to justice for persons with...
The ICJ contributed to and has endorsed a groundbreaking new UN standard aimed at ensuring effective access to justice for persons with disabilities, published today in Geneva. Published today by the...
View ArticleNepal : On the International Day of the Disappeared, organizations call for...
While commemorating the International Day of the Disappeared 2020, the ICJ and 47 other national and international organizations and groups of victims, in Nepal, call on the responsible authorities to...
View ArticleBelarus: authorities must grant access to lawyers to detained protestors,...
Today, the ICJ called on Belarus to comply with its international human rights law obligations in its response to the protests taking place in the aftermath of the presidential elections and in the...
View ArticleICJ mourns the death of human rights lawyer Ebru TimTik
The ICJ has joined other lawyers and human defenders around the blog in expressing deep sadness for the loss of human rights lawyer Ebru Timkik in an obituary posted in several Turkish newspapers. The...
View ArticleLaunch of a forensic guide on the investigation, recovery and analysis of...
Despite remarkable efforts to recover and identify human remains in Latin America, there are still thousands of cases where remains have not been identified and returned to their family. Crucially,...
View ArticleTurkey: Release Osman Kavala
Turkish authorities should immediately release human rights defender Osman Kavala, in compliance with the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ decision of 3 September 2020, the International...
View ArticlePhilippines: ICJ co-hosts Webinar Series on the Elimination of Discrimination...
On 29 August and 5 September, the ICJ collaborated with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to hold a webinar series for legal aid providers in the Philippines on eliminating gender...
View ArticlePakistan: Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has failed in...
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED) has wholly failed to address entrenched impunity, leaving victims and their loved without any redress, the ICJ said in a briefing paper...
View ArticleCambodia: authorities must end increasing crackdown on human rights defenders
Today, the ICJ condemned an ongoing and heightened crackdown on civil society activists and human rights defenders in Cambodia, and called on the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) to cease arbitrary...
View ArticleTurkey : End detention of lawyers held for representing clients , says ICJ
The ICJ expressed today its deep concern at the arrest order of some 60 lawyers in Turkey on grounds allegedly linked to the representation of their clients, in breach of Turkey’s international law...
View ArticleTurkmenistan: Authorities must respect the rights of detained lawyer...
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) called on Turkmenistan to comply with its international legal obligations to release detained lawyer Pygamberdy Allaberdyev, who is alleged to be...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ holds Workshop on impacts on Economic, Social and Cultural...
On 13 September 2020 the ICJ hosted a workshop on the impacts on economic, social and cultural rights associated with the development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Thailand. Lawyers, members of...
View ArticleColombia: authorities must conduct credible and independent investigations...
Today, the ICJ called upon the responsible authorities to ensure that prompt, transparent, thorough, impartial and effective investigations are carried out of allegations of extrajudicial killings and...
View ArticleTurkey : drop criminal charges against Chair and Board Members of Istanbul Bar
The ICJ called today on the Public Prosecutor Office of Istanbul to drop criminal charges and investigations against the President and Board Members of the Istanbul Bar Association for having publicly...
View ArticleSingapore: impending executions must be stopped
Singapore’s authorities should immediately halt the impending executions of Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin (‘Syed’) and Moad Fadzir bin Mostaffa (‘Fadzir’), and should place a moratorium on further...
View ArticleTargeting the last line of defense: Egypt’s attacks against lawyers – new...
The ICJ and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately end their crackdown on lawyers and unconditionally release all lawyers who are detained...
View ArticleICJ webinar highlights States’ international human rights obligations to...
On the International Safe Abortion Day, the ICJ held a webinar on the decriminalization of abortion in the Philippines and the Republic of Korea. The webinar focused on the legal provisions...
View ArticlePeru, Colombia and Guatemala: cases of enforced disappearance and...
For decades, victims of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Latin America have been demanding justice, truth, and reparations. Despite these efforts, impunity remains rampant. In some...
View ArticlePoland: Prosecution must stop arbitrary proceedings against Judge Igor Tuleya
The ICJ today denounced the renewed threat of criminal proceedings by prosecutorial authorities against Judge Igor Tuleya on charges arising from the judge’s independent exercise of his judicial...
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