Event: children’s rights and business – the role of States
Organized by UNICEF and the ICJ, this side event takes place on Thursday 17 September 2015, from 12:00-14:00, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva. More than ever before, business enterprises have...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: lift travel ban on 2015 finalist Ahmed Mansoor, urges...
Ten human rights groups, including the ICJ, represented in the Jury, today called on the United Arab Emirates authorities to lift the travel ban imposed on Ahmed Mansoor, one of the three human rights...
View ArticleMyanmar: end practice of appointing military officers to judiciary
Myanmar’s government must end the practice of appointing newly retired military officials as judicial officers to its courts and ensure that the judiciary carries out its functions as a separate branch...
View ArticleICJ Mission on the legal profession to the Kyrgyz Republic
Today, the ICJ has started its mission to the Kyrgyz Republic on orgnisation and functioning of the legal profession. During the mission, which will last from 21 to 25 September, the ICJ will assess...
View ArticleICJ urges EU and Member States to uphold their duty to protect human rights...
The ICJ today urged the European Council to mandate the EU institutions and Member States to take urgent co-ordinated action to protect the human rights of migrants and refugees who are now arriving in...
View ArticleMyanmar: public consultation improves new draft investment law
An opinion piece by Daniel Aguirre, ICJ International Legal Adviser based in Yangon, Myanmar. A newly drafted investment law – much awaited by investors eager to access Myanmar’s market – has been...
View ArticleCambodia must stop refoulement of Montagnard asylum seekers to Viet Nam
The ICJ and ten other civil society organizations are concerned about the possible refoulement by the Cambodian government of more than 100 Montagnard asylum seekers to Viet Nam and call on Cambodia...
View ArticleRights groups convene regional conference on freedom of religion or belief in...
From 30 September to 1 October 2015, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and Boat People SOS (BPSOS) will jointly organize a...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ concerned at arrest of lawyer
The ICJ is alarmed at the arrest of Buzurgmehr Yorov, a lawyer practicing in Tajikistan. Mr Yorov’s arrest may be related to his representation of thirteen leaders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of...
View ArticleFaith-based and other groups commit to strengthen freedom of religion or...
At a two-day conference held in Bangkok, and first of its kind, committed to working to enhance the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Southeast Asia. For the first time, approximately 70 human...
View ArticleSri Lanka: ICJ welcomes UN resolution on accountability, urges action
The ICJ today welcomed the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a further resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka. The resolution, co-sponsored for...
View ArticleUkraine: lawyer Andriy Visnevsky wrongfully disbarred for exercising freedom...
The ICJ is concerned at the recent disbarment of lawyer Andriy Vishnevsky, Director of the Coordination Centre of Legal Aid of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The ICJ considers that his disbarment,...
View ArticleZimbabwe: prosecutors training of trainers on regulation, code of ethics and...
With support from the European Union (EU) and ICJ, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) held the first of two training of trainers in Bulawayo from 2-4 October 2015. The training focused on...
View ArticleRights groups and the Indonesian Supreme Court convene regional judicial...
Judges and representatives of judicial training institutions from 9 countries across Southeast Asia gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss how judicial decision-making can be further strengthened...
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September ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 96
Read the 96th 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 ArticleMartin Ennals Award: Emirati blogger Ahmed Mansoor is the 2015 Laureate
Selected by a jury of 10 Global Human Rights organizations, including the ICJ, Ahmed Mansoor could not come to Geneva to collect the 2015 Award, as he has been banned from travelling. Robert Sann Aung...
View ArticleICJ inaugurates the Third Regional Conference on judicial independence and...
In coordination with the Norwegian Judges’ Association and the Guatemalan Mayan Bar Association, the ICJ inaugurated today a two-day Conference in Guatemala City. The Conference was inaugurated by Jan...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ respalda la gestión del juez Miguel Ángel Gálvez
La CIJ, durante la misión de su Comisionado José Antonio Martín Pallín al país, ha constatado que la trascendencia política y social de los asuntos que el Juez Miguel Ángel Gálvez está investigando, le...
View ArticleWhy Myanmar needs to stop prosecuting people over Facebook posts
An opinion piece by Vani Sathisan, ICJ International Legal Adviser in Myanmar. To say that Facebook and other internet-based social media networks have revolutionized modern day communication would be...
View ArticleVietnam: grant Le Van Manh permanent reprieve from death penalty and...
In a letter to the President of the Socialist Republic, the ICJ today called on Vietnam to immediately halt the execution of 32 year-old Le Van Manh scheduled on 26 October 2015 and to promptly and...
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