Bolivia: ICJ condemns removal and forced resignation of Constitutional Court...
Reacting to the Bolivian Senate’s “judgment” removing Constitutional Court judge Soraida Rosario Chanez Chire from office, the ICJ condemned the proceedings as fundamentally flawed and in violation of...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ condemns lawyer’s arrest, calls for repeal of Sedition Act
The ICJ today condemned the arrest and investigation of prominent human rights lawyer and co-founder of Lawyers for Liberty, Eric Paulsen, under the archaic 1948 Sedition Act. The arrest, which took...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ concerned at conviction of lawyer Shukhrat Kudratov
The ICJ today expressed its concern at the prosecution and conviction of lawyer Shukhrat Kudratov by Dushanbe City Court on charges of fraud and bribery. On 13 January, Judge Tokhirbek Musobekhzod...
View ArticleICJ condemns execution of six persons in Indonesia: the death penalty is a...
The ICJ condemned the execution in Indonesia of six persons convicted of drug trafficking offences. Other rights groups issued similar denunciations. The ICJ emphasized that the death penalty...
View ArticleUruguay: La lucha por Verdad y Justicia en la Encrucijada – nuevo informe
Es crucial que el próximo Gobierno del Dr Tabaré Vázquez en Uruguay haga todo lo posible para revertir la parálisis en las investigaciones de derechos humanos y dé un impulso renovado a la búsqueda de...
View ArticleArgentina: ICJ Calls for effective investigation into the death of Prosecutor...
The investigation into the reported death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman must be thorough, prompt and impartial, the ICJ said today. The prosecutor had last week publicly accused the...
View ArticleThailand: transfer all civilians to civilian courts
Three recent decisions by the Bangkok Military Tribunal affirming its jurisdiction over civilians violate international law and represent another serious setback for human rights in Thailand, the ICJ...
View ArticleIreland: Transgender legal recognition finally within reach thanks to Foy’s case
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) salutes Dr Lydia Foy for her courage and determination and congratulates her for bringing legal recognition of transgender people finally within...
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December-January ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 89
Read the 89th 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 ArticleEgypt: judiciary must reject mass death-penalty trials
The ICJ condemns yesterday’s decision of the Giza Felonies Court to confirm the death sentences of 183 individuals that had been simultaneously imposed in one mass trial. The charges include murder,...
View ArticleMyanmar: blame game at Letpadaung
An opinion piece by Daniel Aguirre is the ICJ’s International Legal Adviser in Myanmar, and Irene Pietropaoli, an independent consultant and researcher on Business and Human Rights based in Yangon....
View ArticleAzerbaijan: ICJ observes disbarment hearing of lawyer Kalid Baghirov
On 2 February, the ICJ observed the trial of lawyer Kalid Baghirov, before the Nizami District Court of Baku. In the case, the Azerbaijan Collegium of Lawyers seeks disbarment of the prominent lawyer...
View ArticleConference on enforced and involuntary disappearances in Asia: building...
In partnership with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), the ICJ convened a two-day conference in Islamabad on 2-3 February 2015. The conference brought together civil society activists,...
View ArticleRussian Federation: ICJ urges protection for security of lawyers, following...
The ICJ is concerned by yesterday’s attack on lawyer Murad Magomedov in Makhachkala, near the Supreme Court of Dagestan building. The ICJ calls on the authorities to take effective measures to...
View ArticleMyanmar must follow through on promising efforts to improve the independence...
Myanmar must follow through on promising efforts to improve the independence and accountability of its legal system, and particularly its judiciary, said the ICJ today at the launch of one of its...
View ArticleMyanmar’s investment law drafting process at critical phase
Myanmar should continue working with all stakeholders, including affected communities and civil society, to promote a legal framework that balances investors’ needs with human rights, said the ICJ...
View ArticleFederal Court judgment on Anwar Ibrahim’s ‘sodomy II’ appeal a blow to human...
The ICJ today expressed deep concern over the ruling of the Federal Court upholding the conviction on “sodomy charges” of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim by the Court of Appeal under the colonial-era...
View ArticleLeading legal voices intervene at UN level in the case of detained Swazi...
Alleging a range of human rights violations by Swaziland in the cases of Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu, leading legal advocates today filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary...
View ArticleRights groups welcome African Commission’s decision to uphold complaint of...
The ICJ and other rights groups welcome the decision Africa’s main human rights treaty body has made which recognizes Sudan’s obligation to protect human rights defenders and to ensure that their work...
View ArticleMyanmar: meeting with the Supreme Court and Aung San Suu Kyi
On video, ICJ Commissioner Azhar Cachalia and ICJ Asia & Pacific Regional Director Sam Zarifi, talk about a workshop with the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar. In parallel with this event, the...
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