Joint NGO Response to the draft Brussels Declaration on the “Implementation...
The ICJ, and other NGOs present at the Brussels Conference on the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights today responded to the final draft of the Brussels Declaration to be adopted...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Searches of lawyers’ premises are contrary to international law...
The ICJ today expressed concern at searches of lawyers’ homes and workplace by Kyrgyz investigators in the city of Osh. The home of lawyer Valerian Vakhitov and the office of the human rights...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ condemns newly tabled Prevention of Terrorism Bill
The present form of the recently tabled draft Prevention of Terrorism Act, also known as POTA, violates international standards and seeks to reintroduce detention without trial, said the ICJ. The...
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March ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 91
Read the 91st 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 ArticleThailand: Lift martial law and return the country to civilian authority
Thailand must lift martial law and return the country to civilian rule, instead of invoking arbitrary powers under Article 44 of the country’s interim constitution, said the ICJ today. Today, Prime...
View ArticleJustice John Lawrence O’Meally and Justice Fatsah Ouguergouz join the ICJ
The ICJ is please to announce the appointment of two new Commissioners: Justice John Lawrence O’Meally (Australia) and Justice Fatsah Ouguergouz (Algeria). The new Commissioners were elected, by...
View ArticleVenezuela: stop harassing human rights defenders
Venezuela is intimidating and harassing human rights defenders, and making unsubstantiated allegations that they are seeking to undermine Venezuelan democracy, 28 international and Latin American human...
View ArticleBangladesh: stay Muhammad Kamaruzzaman’s imminent execution
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid should intervene to stay the imminent execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, said the ICJ today. Kamaruzzaman was sentenced...
View ArticleMalaysia: stop amendments strengthening Sedition Act
The Malaysian government must cease efforts to strengthen the country’s draconian Sedition Act 1948, which has been used with increasing frequency and severity to suppress and punish criticism of the...
View ArticleCouncil of Europe: ICJ and AI third submission on draft foreign fighters...
The ICJ and Amnesty International submitted today their observations on the revised draft Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism to the Committee of...
View ArticleICJ submission to EU Ombudsman on Frontex joint return flights
The ICJ made a submission to the EU Ombudsman on the compliance of the Code of Conduct on Joint Return Operations of Frontex with international human rights law. The submission was presented in the...
View ArticleHungary: ICJ intervenes in case of dismissal of Supreme Court President
The ICJ submitted today a third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Baka v. Hungary, regarding the dismissal of the former Supreme Court President of Hungary. In...
View ArticleArab Court of Human Rights: comprehensive amendments required before...
The ICJ calls on member States of the League of Arab States (LAS) to refrain from ratifying the Statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights unless and until it is comprehensively amended. In a report...
View ArticleShootings in courthouse in Milan, Italy
Among the victims of a gun attack today at the Palace of Justice of Milan, according to press reports, were Judge Fernando Ciampi and lawyer Lorenzo Alberto Claris Appiani. Press reports state that the...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ condemns passing of amendments of Sedition Act
The ICJ today condemned the passing of the amendments to the archaic 1948 Sedition Act by Parliament’s House of Representatives. The amendments broaden and deepen even further the scope for this law to...
View ArticleBangladesh: execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman undermines justice
The ICJ today condemned the execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman following an unfair trial. The ICJ repeated its call for the authorities in Bangladesh to institute an immediate moratorium on executions...
View ArticleEgypt: authorities must end actions against independent judges
The ICJ is deeply concerned over the decision of the High Judicial Council and the President of the Cairo Court of Appeal to investigate two judges with a view to referring them to the disciplinary...
View ArticlePakistan: trials of civilians before military tribunals a subversion of justice
In a briefing paper released today, the ICJ provides answers to key questions regarding the legal framework and political context of Pakistan’s move to allow military courts to try civilians for...
View ArticleThailand: strengthen efforts to solve the apparent enforced disappearance of...
Thailand must strengthen its efforts to solve the apparent enforced disappearance of Karen human rights defender, Pholachi “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, who “disappeared” one year ago this Friday, said the...
View ArticleKyrgyz Republic: removal of lawyer by police official without client’s...
The ICJ is concerned at reports that a police official has purported to terminate a lawyer’s representation of a client against the client’s wishes, in violation of the right to fair trial and...
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