Uganda: The enactment of “the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023” will foster...
In the aftermath of President Yoweri Museveni signing into law the so-called “Anti-Homosexuality Act”, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) stands in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
View ArticleIndonesia: ICJ asks court to ensure that defamation and “false information”...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in an amicus curiae brief submitted today, has requested the East Jakarta District Court to give effect to Indonesia’s international legal obligations...
View ArticleNamibia: Attacking judges for upholding human rights threatens judicial...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has welcomed the Supreme Court of Namibia’s recent landmark ruling ordering the government to interpret the country’s immigration laws so as to recognize...
View ArticleAfghanistan: At UN Human Rights Council, ICJ calls for urgent response to...
As the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council discussed the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, the International Commission of Jurists called today on the international community to scale...
View ArticleTajikistan: Lawyers explore ways to ensure independence and security of the...
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in cooperation with the Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the...
View ArticleTurkey: Effective use of international human rights mechanisms in...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in partnership with the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBA) Environment Law Commission and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP), successfully...
View ArticleThailand: Law governing the development of the Eastern Economic Corridor must...
“The evaluation of Thailand’s Eastern Special Development Zone Act B.E. 2561 (2018) (‘EEC Act’) in 2024 must be carried out with meaningful participation from all stakeholders, and ensure compliance...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia: governments must act to counter abusive lawsuits brought by...
“Business enterprises continue to use their clout to nullify the work of human rights and public interest advocates through abusive lawsuits (SLAPPs) and far more needs to be done by governments to...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Joint statement on ongoing trial of Hejaaz Hizbullah
19 June 2023 Lawyers for Lawyers, the Bar Human Rights Committee, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee (IBAHRI), International Commission of Jurists, the Law Society of England...
View ArticleVietnam: Stop the arbitrary arrest and detention of environmental human...
Today, the ICJ and nine other human rights and environmental organizations express grave concern over the recent arbitrary arrest, detention, and silencing of several environmental human rights...
View ArticleECtHR: V.M. v Poland Intervention in a case concerning immigration detention...
On 19 June 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), and the AIRE Centre have submitted a joint third-party intervention before the...
View ArticleThe Human Rights Council should address the rapidly growing human rights...
The Human Rights Council should urgently address the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tunisia, four human rights organizations said today as the 53rd Council’s session is underway. In a...
View ArticleCambodia: ICJ welcomes Oversight Board decision on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomed the decision of the Oversight Board calling on Meta to immediately suspend Cambodian Prime Minister’s Hun Sen’s Facebook page and Instagram...
View ArticleLibya: ongoing crackdown on the right to freedom of association
In a statement issued on the occasion of the Human Rights Council debate on the latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, the ICJ...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council: A call to address the situation of independent...
On the occasion of the interactive dialogues with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of Venezuela and Myanmar, the ICJ urges the High Commissioner and UN Member States to...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Bring to justice those responsible for the violent...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today condemned a series of violent assaults against lawyers and a journalist in the Russian Federation. The assaults targeted lawyer Alexander Nemov and...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Assailants who violently attacked human rights lawyer Obey Shava...
The ICJ condemns the violent attacks on human rights lawyer, Obey Shava, who was severely beaten on 5 July by four unidentified assailants, leaving him with serious injuries, including broken legs. The...
View ArticleZimbabwe: ICJ welcomes the acquittal of Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Revai...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes the judgment of the Harare High Court which has acquitted human rights activists Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Revai Chimbiri following their arrest...
View ArticleTajikistan: Lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov must immediately be released in line with...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has renewed its call for the immediate release of expressed deep concern over the recent additional sentencing of imprisoned Tajik lawyer following the...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council 53rd session – ICJ’s end of session statement
As the United Nations Human Rights Council concludes its 53rd session in Geneva, the ICJ welcomes the Council’s continued commitment to addressing some of the critical challenges of the day, including...
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