Letter to the Lawyers Council of Thailand on Disbarment Proceedings against...
In a joint letter to the President of the Lawyers Council of Thailand, the ICJ and Lawyers for Lawyers raised concerns on the disbarment proceeding against Mr. Anon Nampha, a lawyer and human rights...
View ArticleLibya: impunity prevails 10 years on from the revolution
17 February 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the Libyan revolution. Back then, protestors had taken to the streets calling for an end to Gadhafi’s authoritarian rule: a regime beset by the...
View ArticleOrganizations Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
The ICJ and more than 70 other non-governmental organisations, faith-based groups, and academic institutions urge the Biden Administration to engage constructively with the International Criminal Court...
View ArticleTurkey: Violation of Osman Kavala’s Rights Intensifies
The Turkish government’s failure to comply with a binding European Court of Human Rights order to release the human rights defender Osman Kavala should prompt Council of Europe action against Turkey,...
View ArticleLibya: Q&A on the UN International Fact-Finding Mission
Justice and accountability in Libya can only be achieved if activists and lawyers fully engage with and support the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (FFM) in documenting and collecting...
View ArticlePalestine/Israel: Fully Cooperate with the International Criminal Court...
Israeli and Palestinian authorities should immediately grant the International Criminal Court unhindered access to Palestinian territory to investigate alleged crimes under international law committed...
View ArticleThailand: Lawyers and civil society hold consultations on protecting rights...
On 13 and 20 February 2021, the ICJ, jointly with Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR Centre), held two consultative sessions on international law and standards relating to the right to freedom...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ conducts trainings in southern Thailand on investigations into...
Between December 2020 and February 2021, the ICJ co-hosted a series of workshops for government authorities, medical professionals and lawyers in the southern border provinces of Thailand on how to...
View ArticleStates break silence to condemn Egypt’s abuses at UN rights body
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning the human rights situation in Egypt which was...
View ArticleSri Lanka: ICJ and judges work to counter discrimination in access to justice
The ICJ and a group of Sri Lankan judges have agreed on the importance of taking effective measures to address discrimination and equal protection in accessing justice in the country. On 6 and 13 March...
View ArticleSyria: Ten years on, Impunity for Atrocities Continues
As Syria marks 10 years of a devastating armed conflict, the UN Security Council continues to abdicate its responsibility to address the gross human rights abuses committed by the Syrian government and...
View ArticleCovid-19: Applying Human Rights Standards to Ensure Corporate Accountability...
The participation of private actors including pharmaceutical companies in the development and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines has important implications for human rights, in particular the rights to life...
View ArticleTurkey : Immediately free lawyer and human rights defender Öztürk Türkdoğan
The ICJ called today on the Turkish authorities to immediately release human rights defender and lawyer Öztürk Türkdoğan, who was arrested this morning after an unlawful search of his home. The charges...
View ArticleTunisia: ICJ roundtable on strengthening accountability through the...
On 13 and 14 March 2021, the ICJ and the Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT) organized a roundtable discussion in Tunis to assist Specialized Criminal Chambers (SCC) judges and prosecutors to...
View ArticleZimbabwe: women human rights defenders face higher risk of sexual or...
Women human rights defenders are at a heightened risk of sexual or gender-based violence as a result of the nature of their work in defence of human rights, the ICJ said in a new report published...
View ArticleFinal conference: implementation of international law on economic, social and...
Today, the ICJ, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) and the Supreme School of Judges of the Republic of Uzbekistan (SSJ) are holding a...
View ArticleTunisia: Joint communication to UN Special Procedures calls for immediate...
In a joint communication to five United Nations Special Procedures, the ICJ and its partners urged the mandate holders to call on the Tunisian authorities to immediately stop hampering the transitional...
View ArticleCzech Republic: Conference highlights role of judges in protecting rights of...
Judges play a crucial role in protecting the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, and refugees , experts emphasized at a conference for judges in the Czech Republic held by the International...
View ArticleMalaysia: Contempt of court action abused to harass human rights lawyer...
The ICJ today called for the reform of the country’s law on contempt of court to prevent their abuse and for the withdrawal of the contempt action filed against human rights lawyer Charles Hector....
View ArticleTunisia: ICJ workshop highlights need for Specialized Criminal Chambers to...
The credibility of the criminal trials currently ongoing before Tunisia’s Specialised Criminal Chambers depends on their capacity to deliver justice and reparation to victims and their families in a...
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