Kazakhstan: Authorities must ensure accountability for killings and respect...
As mass arrests are made following protests and violent clashes in Kazakhstan, it is essential that those arrested or detained have access to a lawyer, to judicial review of detention and to a fair...
View ArticleCzechia: ICJ and Forum for Human Rights submission to the Committee on...
Czechia should take steps to reform the existing child justice system in a way that provides children with mandatory legal representation from their very first contact with the law, with a wide range...
View ArticleIndonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines: Experts call for legal...
On 9 December 2021, the ICJ and 11 other organizations co-hosted an online panel discussion entitled: “Time to Fight Against SLAPPs in Southeast Asia”. The purpose of this event was to create a...
View ArticleICJ submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Israel
The ICJ has made a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its forthcoming examination of Israel’s fifth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...
View ArticleCambodia: ICJ submission to the Human Rights Committee
On 31 January 2022, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the Human Rights Committee on Cambodia’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...
View ArticleHungary: Authorities must halt abuse of emergency powers in Hungary during...
Today, the ICJ published a briefing paper documenting Hungary’s failure to comply with its human rights obligations in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Facade of Legality details how emergency...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Chechen police officers who assaulted lawyer Natalya...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the physical assault by Chechen police officers in Nizhniy Novgorod of lawyer Natalya Dobronravova whose work included the representation of...
View ArticleJoint NGO Statement: In solidarity with Sri Lankan Human Rights Defender...
The ICJ joined eight NGOs to express its deep concern about the statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry on February 4, 2022, in which the government denounced testimony given by Ambika...
View ArticleUganda: Religious minorities and others face major obstacles to the free...
The Ugandan authorities must promptly address serious and ongoing violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in the country arising from the State’s failure to respect and ensure the...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ makes submissions to the Constitutional Court on the human...
Today, the ICJ will present oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to a provision of the Legal Practice Act before the Constitutional Court. The provision prohibits otherwise qualified lawyers...
View ArticleMexico: authorities should modify domestic legislation to guarantee that...
The Mexican authorities should commit to a firm timeline for a consultative process with a view to ensuring effective review and modification of domestic legislation to guarantee that persons with...
View ArticleLibya: transitional justice must be inclusive and gender-responsive
The success of transitional justice in Libya is dependent on the full inclusion and effective participation of women and on the integration of a gender perspective, the International Commission of...
View ArticleEU: Care for migrant children in mainstream child protection systems
Immigration detention of children is unlawful according to international law and States are obliged to implement alternatives to detention. One of the best solutions for unaccompanied children is their...
View ArticleThailand: Abusive lawsuits targeting journalists (SLAPPs) must be curtailed
Thai government and justice sector actors must take effective measures to stem the misuse of lawsuits to harass and silence journalists, so-called SLAPP suits, said media workers at a workshop convened...
View ArticleThailand: NGO law must be revised or withdrawn
The ICJ urges Thailand’s government to withdraw or substantially revise the Draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations B.E. … because its provisions do not comply with Thailand’s...
View ArticleKyrgyz Republic: lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov’s arrest and detention for...
Today, the ICJ condemned the arrest and five-day detention of Nurbek Toktakunov, a prominent Kyrgyzstan lawyer, for the administrative offence of “hooliganism”. The detention appears to have been based...
View ArticleCivil Society Alliance for Human Rights in the Pandemic Treaty warns World...
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (“INB”) for the Pandemic Treaty begins a two day public hearing on the substantive elements that should be included in the...
View ArticleUpcoming ICJ event: Is the EU living up to its values in relation to migrants...
On Wednesday 27 April 2022, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) will hold the Final Event of the FAIR PLUS Project, from 14:00 to 15:30, in Brussels and online. During the event stakeholders...
View ArticleEswatini: authorities must ensure safe, legal and effective access to...
Yesterday, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) hosted a live Facebook discussion with ICJ Commissioner, Justice Qinisile Mabuza (Eswatini), to discuss access to abortion care in Eswatini. The...
View ArticleNepal: National Judicial Dialogue on Justice Sector Actors, Criminal Code...
On 16 April 2022, the ICJ, together with Advocacy Forum-Nepal and the Judges Society-Nepal, organized the National Judicial Dialogue on the Role of Justice Sector Actors in Effective Implementation of...
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