Tunisia: workshop on legal reasoning and judgment drafting for Specialized...
On 19-20 June, the ICJ, in partnership with the Tunisian Association of Judges (AMT), organised a workshop on ‘Legal reasoning and judgment drafting in the cases before the Specialized Criminal...
View ArticleNepal: Women still await justice for conflict-related sexual violence
Victims of sexual and gender-based violence during Nepal’s 10-year-long civil war still face major obstacles to justice, concluded the participants of a virtual consultation on 19 June 2021, on the...
View ArticleEgypt: ICJ and CIHRS side-event at UN HRC47 on the use of “counter-terrorism”...
The Egyptian authorities systematically abuse “counter-terrorism” laws against human rights defenders, setting a dangerous model for other countries around the world to follow. On 23 June, the...
View ArticlePoland: European Court finds removal of court’s vice presidents in breach of...
The Polish government should immediately reinstate two judges removed from their posts in line with the newly released judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, said the International Commission...
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UN should ensure independent oversight of UN Counter-Terrorism architecture
There is a critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use a new UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from...
View ArticleJoint Statement on the death of human rights defender Father Stan Swamy
ICJ and seven other international human rights organizations are deeply saddened by the death in custody of Fr. Stan Swamy, 84 year-old Jesuit priest and human rights defender, on 05 July 2021. Stan...
View ArticleCambodia: No Justice At 5-Year Anniversary of Kem Ley’s Death
Today, in advance of the fifth anniversary of the unlawful killing of prominent political commentator and human rights defender Kem Ley, the 45 undersigned organizations reiterate their call for the...
View ArticleTajikistan: Drop disciplinary proceedings against judge independently...
The Tajikistan judicial authorities should drop disciplinary proceedings against a judge, initiated immediately after he issued a rare acquittal in a criminal case, the International Commission of...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Immediately release peaceful protesters detained under Covid-19...
Sri Lankan authorities must immediately release protesters who were arbitrarily detained and taken to quarantine, the ICJ said today. “This misuse of Covid-19 regulations to stifle peaceful protests is...
View ArticleTurkey: National Assembly should end, not extend, government’s emergency powers
Turkish lawmakers should reject the proposed extension of unnecessary emergency powers for three more years, and instead end the corrosive impact of these powers on human rights and the rule of law,...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ and other NGOs intervene in trade union leaders’ appeal against...
On 9 July 2021, the ICJ, along with other civil society organizations, submitted a legal brief to the Bangkok Court of Appeal in the appeal by 13 trade union leaders of the State Railway Union of...
View ArticleThailand: COVID-19 Emergency Decree must not be used to undermine human rights
The Thai authorities must ensure that human rights are fully protected in any emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including those taken pursuant to the repeatedly renewed Emergency...
View ArticleMoldova: ICJ Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has made a submission to the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Moldova. The ICJ’s submission raises concerns regarding the...
View ArticleThailand: COVID-19 response measures must not undermine freedom of expression...
In a new briefing paper issued today, the ICJ calls on the Thai authorities to cease all arbitrary restrictions on the right to freedom of expression as a result of the enforcement of new regulations...
View ArticleSouthern Africa: ICJ workshop highlights the courts and civil society’s vital...
On 15 July 2021, the ICJ and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) hosted a workshop on strategic litigation’s potential for ensuring equitable COVID-19 vaccines access in Southern Africa. At...
View ArticleRelease Hejaaz Hizbullah and Others Denied Due Process under Abusive Law
The ICJ and other human rights organisations express deep concern for the ongoing detention of lawyer and minority and civic rights activist Hejaaz Hizbullah, who has been held under Sri Lanka’s...
View ArticleThailand: stop using counter-terrorism financing measures to reduce civil...
Today, the ICJ urged the Thai authorities to refrain from adopting so-called additional principles to the “Draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations” (‘Draft NPO Act’) as they are...
View ArticleICJ welcomes the Sierra Leonean parliament’s decision to abolish the death...
The ICJ welcomes the Sierra Leone’s decision to abolish the capital punishment. On Friday 23 July, Sierra Leone’s parliament unanimously adopted a Bill presented by the Attorney-General & Minister...
View ArticleThailand: Immediately repeal emergency regulation that threatens online freedoms
17 international human rights organizations today denounced the Thai government’s newly announced Regulation No. 29, which empowers the authorities to censor online expression, and investigate and...
View ArticleMyanmar: The right to life and health of prisoners must be protected amidst...
Today, the ICJ called on the Myanmar military authorities to immediately release many arbitrarily detained in Insein prison and elsewhere whose right to life and health are at great risk, arising from...
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