The EU agrees to compromise human rights of migrants and refugees
Today, the ICJ condemned aspects of the agreement reached by the EU Member States and the European Parliament on the last five instruments from the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, stressing that it...
View ArticlePrinciples and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies...
Today, the short documentary film titled “Beyond Siracusa: Human Rights in Times of Public Health Emergencies,” will be launched. The film looks at the 2023 Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights...
View ArticleThe Russian Federation: Disciplinary proceedings against Aleksey Ladin should...
Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Observatory for Lawyers (OIAD), The Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & Human Rights (ELDH), the...
View ArticleThailand: Human rights defenders and experts from across the country...
On 15-16 January 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in cooperation with ARTICLE 19, organized a workshop in the province of Chiang Mai where over two dozen civil society actors and...
View ArticleMekong Region: Ensuring voices for those whose rights are at risk by business...
On 17 January 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in partnership with Roehampton University, University of London’s School of Advanced Study, Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Law,...
View ArticleZambia: Joint submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with...
The International Commission of Jurists – in collaboration with the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA), Disability Rights Watch (DRW), the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and the Validity...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Expert discussion on advancing cultural rights and artistic...
On 11 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the “Yuksalish” Movement, Mark Weil’s “Ilkhom” Theatre and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...
View ArticleGhana: ICJ condemns Ghana’s anti-LGBTIQ+ Bill and calls on the President to...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, to reject the “The Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill”. On 28 February 2024, Ghana’s...
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EU: Lawyers strategizing ways forward against threats to judicial...
On 21-22 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with Forum for Human Rights, Human Rights in Practice, aditus and Free Courts, held a workshop on tackling attacks on...
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Civil Society, Media and Human Rights Organisations jointly urge the European...
Today, the ICJ, together with 37 key civil society, human rights, journalist and media support organisations, published a joint public statement on the 2024 Rule of Law Report. The organisations call...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Lawyers defending suspects in Crocus City Hall attack...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the intimidation and threats directed at lawyers appointed to defend individuals accused of the violent terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall on 22...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ calls for justice on 20th anniversary of Somchai Neelapaijit’s...
On 11 and 12 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) co-hosted a forum titled, “Enforced Justice Instead of Disappearances” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the enforced...
View ArticleThailand: The Eastern Special Development Zone Act should safeguard the...
The Eastern Special Development Zone Act B.E. 2561 (2018) (‘EEC Act’), regulating the establishment of a special economic zone in eastern Thailand, must be framed with a human-rights-based approach,...
View ArticleMekong Region: ICJ convenes the second regional dialogue to address human...
On 20 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with Chulalongkorn University’s Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), EarthRights International, Extra-Territorial...
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Montenegro: ICJ concludes a mission on the independence, organisation and...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concluded a research mission on the independence of the judiciary in Montenegro on 10 April. Montenegro is undergoing significant judicial reform, actively...
View ArticleThailand: Justice and accountability in cases of enforced disappearances...
Despite the adoption of landmark legislation addressing the crime of enforced disappearance in 2022, authorities have been slow to act in ensuring effective investigations and prosecutions in suspected...
View ArticleEU: Comparative discussion on the right of judges to be independent
Listen to the podcast episode with this discussion on YouTube or Spotify On 2 May 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held a meeting for EU lawyers to discuss the right of judges to...
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The battle against an archaic law targeting those already at risk of human...
Sakuni Mayadunne, Transrights Activist The International Commission of Jurists has advocated for the repeal of Sri Lanka’s Vagrants Ordinance to halt the criminalization of homelessness and poverty and...
View ArticleGreece: Defendants in the Pylos shipwreck trial must be released, charges...
With the trial of nine defendants accused of the Pylos shipwreck of 14 June 2023 scheduled to begin on 21 May, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Greek prosecutorial authorities...
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A life out of the ordinary: how Justice Mokgoro advanced gender and racial...
JOHANNESBURG – We are deeply saddened to announce the death of former Constitutional Court Justice and ICJ Commissioner Yvonne Mokgoro, who passed away on May 9, 2024 at the age of 73. Justice...
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