Tajikistan: comprehensive programme is needed to counter torture
On 25 October 2022, a conference “Fight against torture: experience and achievements” was held in Tajikistan, co-organised by the ICJ in collaboration with the Coalition against Torture and Impunity,...
View ArticleSoutheast and South Asia: Justice sector actors play a crucial role in...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) convened its inaugural regional judicial workshop on digital rights for 28 justice sector actors from eight countries in Southeast and South Asia to...
View ArticleNepal: Lawyers commit to countering gender stereotyping in the administration...
Legal practitioners from Nepal have agreed that gender stereotyping discourages women from accessing judicial processes so lawyers must be mindful of such stereotypes and biases while providing legal...
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EU: Joint NGO letter to EU ministers ahead of their hearing of Hungary on...
The letter by the ICJ and six other organizations was sent to EU governments ahead of the General Affairs Council hearing of the Hugarian government under the Article 7(1) TEU procedure on 18 November...
View ArticleUkraine: the justice system should be strengthened during and following the war
The Ukrainian justice system should be bolstered in order to provide effective access to justice and accountability during and following the war, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said in a...
View ArticleMyanmar: Military regime’s new “law” aims to further decimate the function of...
Myanmar’s de facto military government has promulgated an Organization Registration Law (ORL) which stands to further shackle the functioning of civil society in the country. The Law is plainly...
View ArticlePhilippines: Judges affirm the need to incorporate gender perspective in...
The Philippine judiciary should continue to work to ensure that the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination are fully integrated into decision-making processes. This was the core message...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Judges affirm the need to address unconscious bias and gender...
At a Judicial Dialogue on Access to Justice for Women conducted by the International Commission of Jurists in partnership with the Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute, participants agreed on the need to...
View ArticleUS Government must provide necessary medical treatment for Guantánamo...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) today called on the United...
View ArticleEgypt: Zyad el-Elaimy’s blatantly unfair trial by the Emergency State...
Despite the formal lifting of the “state of emergency” on 25 October 2021, the Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) continues to be used by Egyptian authorities as a tool to crackdown on dissent and...
View ArticleLebanon: Ensure the independence of the judiciary
Lebanon: Ensure the independence of the judiciary The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has released a new advocacy paper on the current situation of the judiciary in Lebanon that documents the...
View ArticleNepal: Judges agree on need to address gender stereotyping and discrimination...
“A fully gender responsive judiciary should be able to set the example that court rooms stand for the elimination of discrimination against women and enhancing access to justice,” stressed the 24...
View ArticleNepal: Lawyers reaffirm the need to take firm steps to eliminate harmful...
At a workshop for lawyers focusing on the Elimination of Gender Discriminatory Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Women and Enhancing Access to Justice for Women organized by the International Commission...
View ArticlePakistan: UN review spotlights human rights failures
Pakistan’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has drawn global attention to a number of serious human rights violations in the country, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. On...
View ArticleThailand: Criminal law must not be used in defamation cases and to inhibit...
ICJ and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada intervene in criminal defamation proceeding against Thai journalist Pratch Rujivanarom. Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Lawyers’ Rights...
View ArticleICJ submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Egypt
In a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its forthcoming examination of Egypt’s fifth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the...
View ArticleNepal: Judges reaffirm the need to avoid unconscious bias and discrimination...
Judges underscored the vital role that the judiciary must play in countering harmful gender stereotypes and unconscious bias in order to ensure access to justice for women at a judicial dialogue on the...
View ArticleKenya: ICJ, EACHRights and GI-ESCR discuss with community leaders strategies...
In Mathare, Kenya, there is an urgent need to improve access to quality public education, and to regulate private actors providing educational services in the community. These were the conclusions of a...
View ArticleHuman Rights Organizations urge WHO to strengthen human rights content of...
Today, the International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International, the Global Initiative for Economic and Social Rights and Human Rights Watch published a joint public statement calling for a...
View ArticleICJ publishes a new set of legal principles to address the harmful human...
Today, on International Women’s Day, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) launched a new set of legal principles elaborated by jurists for a human rights-based approach to criminal laws...
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