African Region: Internet shutdowns and other overreaching restrictions...
Experts at a panel discussion convened to launch the ICJ’s Legal Guidance on Internet Shutdowns and Restrictions in Africa, live-streamed on 11 August, called attention to the wide-ranging human rights...
View ArticleMekong Region: ICJ convenes a meeting with stakeholders to address the human...
The ICJ, together with Chulalongkorn University’s Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), held a consultative meeting on 10 August 2022 with a wide range of stakeholders involved in helping the...
View ArticleICJ and EACHRights call for the effective use of courts to ensure access to...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) underlines the need for the judiciary to step in to enforce the right to education and to improve access to quality education in Kenya. In addition, and in...
View ArticleBrazil: As the election approaches, President Bolsonaro and the government...
The ICJ called today on President Bolsonaro and other public officials to fully respect judicial independence and the independent electoral procedures during the period surrounding the 2 October...
View ArticleEswatini: The authorities should implement the decision of the African...
Today the ICJ wrote to the Minister of Justice of Eswatini requesting that the Eswatini authorities provide information on the steps they had taken to implement the decision of the African Commission...
View ArticleMexico: Legislation giving control of public security and law enforcement...
The ICJ called today on the Mexican Parliament to reconsider and amend the laws it adopted on 8 September which effectively give control of public security and law enforcement functions to the Mexican...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Constitutional Court’s invalidation of copyright law an...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) welcome the judgment handed down by the South African Constitutional Court in the matter of BlindSA v Minister of...
View ArticleEgypt: Organizations and Individuals Condemn the Re-Arrest of Sherif Al Rouby
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, condemn with greatest concern the recent detention of activist Sherif Al Rouby by Egyptian authorities and call for his immediate and unconditional...
View ArticleThe Egyptian human rights coalition on cop 27 Petition
Ahead of COP27, Open Civic Space and Release Everyone Arbitrarily Detained in Egypt In the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) taking place in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El...
View ArticleNepal: A comprehensive reparation programme is essential for victims of...
The Government of Nepal should step up efforts to implement a proper transitional justice process in the country to provide full accountability and effective remedies and reparations for victims of the...
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Indonesia: Judiciary called on to play its role in eliminating gender...
The ICJ, in partnership with the Indonesia Judicial Training Center Institution (Litbangdiklatkumdil), convened two judicial dialogues from the 19-20 September 2022 and 22-23 September 2022 in Jakarta,...
View ArticleNepal: Local ‘judicial committees’ can help enhance women’s access to justice
The local ‘judicial committees’ established by Nepal’s 2015 Constitution have shown that with sufficient resources and expertise they can improve access to justice, especially for women. This was one...
View ArticleIran: UN Human Rights Council should establish an independent accountability...
We are writing to raise our deep concerns about the Iranian authorities’ mobilization of their well-honed machinery of repression to ruthlessly crackdown on current nationwide protests. The United...
View ArticleLesotho: Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane calls for the “cultivation of an...
In partnership with OutRight Action International, a leading advocacy organization for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTIQ) people, the International Commission of...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ works with judges and prosecutors to consider means to improve...
“Laws, policies and practices in Thailand must be reviewed and amended in order to remove obstacles to holding Thai companies accountable for wrongdoing outside the country’s borders and ensure their...
View ArticleMekong Region: ICJ and EarthRights consider means to improve access to...
“States must take steps to strengthen access to justice for victims of extraterritorial corporate human rights harms in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam (‘CLMTV’)”, according to dozens...
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Türkiye: Empowering lawyers to protect the environment with human rights law
The ICJ, together with KAGED and the Human Rights Joint Platform has held a series of four trainings for lawyers and civil society in Türkiye to empower them in using human rights law to protect the...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ and ARTICLE 19 workshop to enhance skills and knowledge for a...
Civil society actors discussed how to bring Thai law and practices in compliance with international law and standards, and enhance their engagement with the UN human rights mechanisms, in a workshop...
View ArticleEswatini: The judiciary can and should play a critical role in enhancing...
Persons with disabilities in Eswatini often face discrimination and other barriers that inhibit their full and equal participation in the justice system. As magistrates courts are often the first port...
View ArticleAsia: Strategic litigation an effective tool to protect the human rights of...
ILGA Asia and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) organized a webinar on the use of strategic litigation to protect and promote the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...
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