Roundtable: EU is able to welcome refugees and treat them in line with...
During the International Roundtable on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the European Union, held by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partner organizations Immigration Council...
View ArticleTunisia: Q&A on the High Judicial Council and judicial independence in light...
A new Question-and-Answer (Q&A) briefing by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) examines Decree 2022-11 and its detrimental impact on the independence of the judiciary in Tunisia in light...
View ArticleOnline Discussion: The OSCE Moscow Mechanism report on violations of...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) invites you to a discussion following the publication of the Report of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism’s mission of experts ‘Report on Violations of...
View ArticleNepal: ICJ lawyers’ workshop discusses strategic litigation to enforce the...
On the 30th of April the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration of the High Court Bar Association, Nepalgunj, Lumbini Province held a workshop on the potential for strategic...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ argues that Copyright Act must be struck down because it...
Today, the ICJ, represented by the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), will present oral arguments in a case in which the disability rights NGO BlindSA seeks confirmation of a High Court order that...
View ArticleHungary: Purported “emergency” must not be used as a pretext for further...
The ICJ condemned the declaration of yet another state of emergency on Tuesday 24 May by the government of Hungary, and called on the government to desist from using it as a basis to undertake any...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ co-hosts a Workshop on the investigation and adjudication of...
Thailand must act to minimize torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment by passing a draft law before the Senate that would criminalize such violations, international experts and Thai human...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Legal Reform on employment of non-nationals must comply with...
Today, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) draw the government’s attention to the need to fully consider its...
View ArticleThe re-appointment of María Consuelo Porras as attorney general of Guatemala:...
As Right Livelihood, Réseau International des Droits de L’homme (RIDH), Center for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), International Commission of Jurists and WOLA have come together to condemn the...
View ArticleTunisia: New Q&A on threats to the right to freedom of association following...
A new question and answer briefing by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) examines leaked amendments to Decree 88-2011 on the organisation of associations and the ways in which the amendments...
View ArticleSouth Asia: Judges call for better incorporation of Gender Perspective in the...
On 28 – 29 May, the ICJ convened a South Asia Judicial Dialogue with the participation of thirty South Asian judges from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan to discuss the implementation...
View ArticleAccess to lawyers must be ensured for anti-war protesters in the Russian...
The months following the Russian Federation’s military invasion in Ukraine have been marked, in Russia itself, by a wave of protests against the invasion and systematic official suppression of...
View ArticleNepal: Regular monitoring of places of detention is indispensable to prevent...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in coordination with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) organized a workshop on 17 and 18 June 2022 with the Attorney General, Chief Attorneys (CAs)...
View ArticleThe Russian Federation: Arbitrarily detained Bar Association President Dmitry...
The ICJ condemns the arrest and the criminal charging of Dmitry Talantov, the President of the Bar Association of Udmurtia region, on 28 June 2022, for exercising his right to freedom of expression....
View ArticleTurkey: End abuse of criminal proceedings against Selahattin Demirtaş
The prolonged and unlawful detention of Selahattin Demirtaş constitutes a serious breach of his human rights and represents a deepening of the rule of law crisis in Turkey. The Turkish authorities...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ Workshop participants say authorities must do more to prevent...
Thailand’s Senate must pass a draft law that would criminalize enforced disappearances and do more to put an end to such violations, international experts and Thai human rights defenders urged at a...
View ArticleSecuring the Right to Affordable Housing in the Face of Corrosive...
The practice of treating precious housing stock as a mere commodity for speculative investment, rather than as a critical social good needed to fulfill a human rights guarantee, has run rampant in many...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council holds the line on SOGI and gender equality, keeps...
As it concludes its 50th session, the UN Human Rights Council has shown that it can act to address the human rights situations in countries in crisis, such as Libya, Syria, Belarus, Afghanistan, Sudan...
View ArticleNepal: Amendment bill to Transitional Justice Act needs revision
Nepal: The current amendment bill to the Transitional Justice Act needs to be revised to ensure respect for the right of victims to truth, justice and reparation 29 July 2022 On 15 July 2022, a “Bill...
View ArticleThailand: Government and companies must effectively implement commitments...
The draft Second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (2023-2027) (NAP), now being considered in a public hearing (2 August to 19 September), must be reviewed to ensure its consistency...
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