Singapore: halt the execution of Kho Jabing
The Singaporean government should halt the imminent execution of Kho Jabing and commute his death sentence, said the ICJ today. In 2010, Kho Jabing was convicted and sentenced to death, after having...
View ArticleVenezuela: Human rights and Rule of Law in deep crisis
A report launched here today by the ICJ highlights a significant degradation in recent years of the situation of human rights and independence of the judiciary in Venezuela. In its report, Venezuela:...
View ArticleBangladesh: foreign donations regulation bill is a further effort to restrict...
The Government of Bangladesh should withdraw the Foreign Donations Regulation Bill 2015 (FDRB), the ICJ said today. The provisions of the FDRB are unduly restrictive and inconsistent with Bangladesh’s...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ attends Universal Periodic Review Pre-Session in Geneva
Myanmar’s human rights record for the past four and a half years will be under scrutiny at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC), as the country goes up for its Universal Periodic Review...
View ArticleVietnam: ICJ concerned over draft Law on Religion
The ICJ and 26 other civil society organizations called today upon the Vietnamese government to comprehensively revise the draft Law on Religion to conform with the country’s obligations under...
View ArticleTunisia: revise draft law to ensure the Constitutional Court is independent...
In a memorandum published today, the ICJ is calling on the Tunisian Parliament to revise the draft law on the Constitutional Court with a view to ensuring its full compliance with international...
View ArticlePakistan: trials for ‘blasphemy’ fundamentally unfair – ICJ new report
People accused of violating Pakistan’s draconian “blasphemy laws” face proceedings that are glaringly flawed, said the ICJ in a new report published today. “Pakistan’s blasphemy laws fly in the face of...
View ArticleMaldives: immediately revoke state of emergency measures and restore rule of law
The government of Maldives must immediately revoke its suspension of human rights protections under the state of emergency declared today and restore the rule of law to the country, said the ICJ. The...
View ArticleIndia: repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act immediately
On the 15th anniversary of Irom Sharmila’s hunger strike, the International Commission of Jurists calls on the Indian government to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act without further delay....
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October ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 97
Read the 97th 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 ArticleThird-party intervention in the case of Bagirov v. Azerbaijan
The ICJ submitted a third-party intervention in the case of Bagirov v Azerbaijan before the European Court of Human Rights. In this intervention the ICJ argues that the special role of lawyers in the...
View ArticleUK: ICJ and others intervene in UK rendition complicity case before Supreme...
The International Commission of Jurists, together with JUSTICE, Amnesty International and REDRESS, filed a third party intervention with the Supreme Court in the case Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Other v....
View ArticleMaldives: lifting of emergency welcomed, but reflects deep erosion of rule of...
While welcoming the Maldives government’s revocation of the emergency yesterday, the arbitrary manner in which the emergency was first imposed and then suddenly revoked within the span of a week...
View ArticlePeru: economic, social and cultural rights need better protection
The Peruvian authorities must revise a number of its laws and policies to better protect economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) in the country, the ICJ said today. The call comes at the end of a...
View ArticleICJ condemns Paris attacks
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) deplores the devastating criminal attacks carried out in Paris on 13 November, leading to the loss of at least 129 lives and many serious injuries. The...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ urge al Estado de Guatemala a detener criminalización de la...
Desde el año 2004, la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) ha señalado casos en los que el Estado de Guatemala dirige su poder punitivo en contra de defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos por...
View ArticleTraining on migration and human rights in the Western Balkans
The ICJ, OSCE and Group 484 are holding a training on migration and international human rights law starting on Tuesday 17 November in Vrnjačka Banja (Serbia). The training has been organised by the...
View ArticleSwaziland: training on public interest litigation for lawyers and human...
The ICJ, Lawyers for Human Rights Swaziland (LHR(S), Lawyers for Human Rights South Africa (LHR), and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) organized a training on strategic litigation for lawyers...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ profundamente preocupada por la impunidad en la que...
Cij demanda a las autoridades guatemaltecas terminar con la impunidad que rodea el caso Siekavizza. La CIJ ante la impunidad prevaleciente en el caso Siekavizza expresa: El llamado “caso Siekavizza”...
View ArticleBangladesh: stay the imminent executions of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and...
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid should stay the imminent executions of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the ICJ said today. Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a leader of the...
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