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May ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 73
Read the 73rd issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and...
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In pictures: judges from Central America met at ICJ conference
Judges from Central America met in Guatemala on 4-5 June at the International Conference on Impunity and Independence of the Judiciary. The Conference was organized by the ICJ with the support of the...
View ArticleRussia: lawyers threatened with death in Dagestan need urgent protection
The ICJ today expressed its grave concern at death threats received by lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov. The authors of the threats demanded that the lawyers cease their involvement in a...
View ArticleNew global principles on the right to information launched
The Tshwane Principles on National Security and the Right to Information seek to protect the right to information and to ensure public access to information held by governments, without jeopardizing...
View ArticlePortrait: Okay Machisa, human rights defender from Zimbabwe
Okay Machisa is the National Director of Zimrights, one of Zimbabwe’s leading human rights organizations, supported by the ICJ. Listen to his video interview.
View ArticleOn video: corporate complicity in human rights abuses
This side event was held recently at the UN Human Rights Council. If you missed it, you can watch it here. Listen also to interviews of human rights defenders from Ecuador and Uganda. Watch the side...
View ArticleICJ launches two innovative legal databases
Today the ICJ launches two new innovative legal tools: the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity UN Database and the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Legislative Database. The UN Database...
View ArticleBangladesh: government responsible, not only companies, after Rana Plaza...
The recent Rana Plaza building disaster, in Bangladesh, could, and should, have been averted if the government had performed its obligation to adequately protect the workers, the ICJ said today. “The...
View ArticlePakistan: assassination attempt on High Court judge is assault on rule of law
The ICJ condemns the attempted assassination of Justice Maqbool Baqir, a judge of the Sindh High Court, who also sits on the anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan. A bomb blast injured Justice...
View ArticleUkraine: ICJ welcomes decision to reinstate disbarred lawyer
The ICJ welcomes the decision of Ukraine’s High Qualification-Disciplinary Commission to reinstate Larisa Gerasko, a lawyer previously disbarred because of her involvement in seeking to register a...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: 68 people convicted in unfair trial; ICJ calls for...
The ICJ calls on the UAE authorities to take urgent measures to ensure the extinguishment of the convictions of the 68 individuals convicted in the UAE 94 case, and to immediately and unconditionally...
View ArticleEgypt: army and government authorities must uphold human rights and the rule...
The ICJ called on the Egyptian authorities, including the army, to uphold the rule of law and democratic principles and take immediate and effective measures to prevent the deterioration of the human...
View ArticlePakistan: renew the official moratorium on the death penalty
The Government of Pakistan should renew the official moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to definitively abolishing the practice in law, says the ICJ. The Government signaled its intention to...
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June ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 74
Read the 74th issue of ICJ’s monthly newsletter on proposed and actual changes in counter-terrorism laws, policies and practices and their impact on human rights at the national, regional and...
View ArticleICJ urges Maltese Government not to expel Somali nationals to Libya
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today called on the Government of Malta to refrain from forcibly transferring a number of Somali nationals to Libya, where they are alleged to be at real...
View ArticleVietnam: ICJ calls for release of human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan after...
Bangkok, Thailand — The ICJ today called for the immediate release of Le Quoc Quan, after the People’s Court of Hanoi announced on 8 July 2013 the postponement of his trial, without setting any new...
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ICJ publishes Uzbek translation of international and national fair trial...
Today, the ICJ published the Uzbek translation of its guide on international fair trial standards and criminal procedure in Uzbekistan. The guide provides a systematic overview of the international and...
View ArticleMalta’s migration detention system breaches human rights, rules European Court
The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that the 17-month detention of a Sierra Leone national asylum seeker was in breach of Article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)....
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ICJ addresses the UN on the issue of protecting the rights of persons in...
On 16 July, the ICJ addressed a UN panel on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. The panel took place during the first session of the open-ended intergovernmental working...
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ICJ calls on Tunisian authorities to investigate the assassination of Mohamed...
The ICJ today called on the Tunisian authorities to conduct an investigation into the targeted assassination of Mohamed Brahmi, a prominent opposition figure and member of the Tunisian National...
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