Thailand: Repressive draft law on the operation of not-for-profit...
Today, the ICJ submitted recommendations to Thailand’s Office of the Council of State concerning the Draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations B.E. … (‘Draft Act’), which is scheduled...
View ArticleThailand: Joint Submissions by ICJ and its Partners to the Universal Periodic...
On 25 March 2021, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of the review of Thailand’s human rights record in November...
View ArticleNew ICJ report on human rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender...
For International Transgender Day of Visibility, the ICJ launched a report setting out an overview of States’ legal obligations under the international human rights framework in relation to issues of...
View ArticleMalaysia: Cease criminal investigations of peaceful UNDI18 protestors
The ICJ today called on the Malaysian authorities to drop their criminal investigations of at least 11 participants in the peaceful Undi18 protests. The Dang Wangi district police opened investigations...
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Thailand: NGO law would strike ‘severe blow’ to human rights
The Thai authorities’ adoption of a draft law to regulate non-profit groups would strike a severe blow to human rights in Thailand, several international organizations said today. The bill is the...
View ArticleTunisia: victims’ right to reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence must...
Victims of gross human rights violations must be provided with effective reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence by Tunisia’s Specialized Criminal Chambers (SCC), judges and prosecutors asserted...
View ArticleExperts at ICJ webinar say Indonesia needs to do more to combat...
The ICJ, together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) in Indonesia, held a webinar...
View ArticleBelarus: stop politically motivated prosecution and disbarment of lawyers
Today, the ICJ called on the Belarus Ministry of Justice and other relevant authorities to end the recent practice of using legal proceedings against lawyers in retaliation for discharging their...
View ArticleJournalists and media platforms at increased risk in Cambodia, Thailand and...
Journalists and media workers face an increasingly repressive legal landscape amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, as outlined by the ICJ in a submission to the Office of the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Parliament should reject resolution undermining accountability and...
The parliamentary resolution tabled by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa would aggravate Sri Lanka’s culture of impunity and undermine the rule of law, said the ICJ today. The Resolution tabled on 9...
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South Africa: the ICJ calls on the authorities to ensure that justice is...
Homophobia is against African notions of ubuntu. Over the past month, the killings of four gay men have made headlines in South Africa. Lonwabo Jack, a 22-year-old gay man, was killed on his birthday,...
View ArticleIndian Government Fails to Protect Right to Life and Health in Second Wave of...
The Indian Government must urgently remedy failures that have aggravated the impact of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and led to people in the country suffering record-high rates of infection...
View ArticleCzech Republic & Slovakia: children suspected or accused of violating the law...
It is important to involve children suspected or accused of breaching the law, in the proceedings in a rights-based way, agreed judges, prosecutors and probation officers during a seminar for Czech and...
View ArticleDenmark: stop revoking residence permits of Syrian refugees and end their...
The ICJ condemns the Danish authorities’ practice of revoking residence permits of Syrian refugees, mainly women and older men, on the false premise that Syria is safe for refugees’ return. Partly due...
View ArticleColombia: authorities must respect right to peaceful protest and end...
The Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) and the ICJ have called upon national and local authorities to respect the right of peaceful assembly and cease all use of unlawful force against protestors...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia justice sector actors and legislators discuss possible ways...
Between 7 and 8 May 2021, the ICJ, in collaboration with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) and other partners, convened the regional dialogue on “The Role of Administration of...
View ArticleLibya: Advancing women’s human rights in the constitutional reform process
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP) on 19 May 2021 convened a webinar on ‘Advancing women’s human rights in the constitutional reform process...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Human Rights issues landmark ruling on mass surveillance
The ICJ welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of B.B.W. and others v. the United Kingdom, setting out important guarantees against mass surveillance online. On 25 May,...
View ArticleThailand civil society, government, discuss improving laws governing land...
Thailand’s laws and practices governing the rights of land users may result in unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on various economic, social, and cultural rights, particularly for forest...
View ArticleTurkey: ICJ intervenes in a case concerning anti-terror laws and effective...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Turkey Litigation Support Project (TLSP) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have intervened before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning...
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