Egypt: sustained attacks against judges must stop
The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to put an immediate end to their campaign to muzzle judges through unfair and arbitrary “unfitness” proceedings. The Disciplinary Board, in hearings...
View ArticleGuatemala: Juez Tercero de Primera Instancia Penal reconoce la legítima labor...
El día 1 de febrero del presente año, el Juez Tercero de Primera Instancia Penal Narcoactividad y Delitos contra el Ambiente desestimó la querella presentada por el Señor Ricardo Méndez Ruiz en febrero...
View ArticleGuatemala: nuevas presiones en contra de la jueza Karla Hernández de El Petén...
En mayo de 2015, la empresa REPSA entregó un oficio en el Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales donde acepta su responsabilidad por el desborde de sus lagunas de oxidación artificial que se...
View ArticleICJ strongly condemns the assassination of Honduran human rights defender and...
One of the leading indigenous activists and human rights defenders in Honduras, Berta Cáceres had worked jointly with the ICJ on several projects. She was shot dead by unknown attackers at her home...
View ArticleThailand: fulfil promise to do “utmost” to bring justice in case of enforced...
The recent decision of the Thai Supreme Court in the case of the enforced disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit demonstrates Thailand must urgently ratify the Convention against Enforced Disappearance...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ welcomes court decision acquitting human rights defender Lena...
The ICJ welcomes the decision of the Magistrate Court to dismiss the charges against Lena Hendry for her involvement in 2013 screening of No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, an award-winning...
View ArticleRussia: the ICJ condemns attacks on Martin Ennals Award 2013 Laureate, the...
The Joint Mobile Group is known for its courageous work in opening legal cases on behalf of victims of torture in Chechnya. On March 9th, they were travelling together with journalists and the group...
View ArticlePakistan: women in the law
An opinion piece by Reema Omer, ICJ International Legal Adviser for Pakistan. Nearly a century after the Legal Practitioners’ Act was amended to remove the legal bar on women from practicing law in...
View ArticleThailand: accountability for killings of land rights activists demands...
Today’s acquittal of the only person facing charges for the killing of lands rights activist Chai Bunthonglek, highlights the urgent need for the Thai Government to protect human rights defenders in...
View ArticleIndonesia: anti terrorism law amendments are an attack on human rights
The Indonesian House of Representatives should reject proposed amendments to the country’s Anti Terrorism Law that would actually contravene international law, said the ICJ and other human rights...
View ArticleNew ICJ report, video clips: extractive companies, human rights and social...
Today, the ICJ published a new report (in Spanish) analysing the impact of extractive companies on economic, social and cultural rights of many local communities in the country. Mining activities have...
View ArticleICJ and TLHR call for Thai bar association elections to proceed, without...
Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) must end its interference in the elections of the president and committee members of the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT), the ICJ and Thai...
View ArticleMaldives: immediately end arbitrary actions targeting judges – ICJ
The Maldives must stop undermining the independence and integrity of the judiciary through arbitrary and politically motivated actions against judges, the ICJ said today. “The ICJ visited the Maldives...
View ArticleEU-Turkey deal puts human rights at risk, warns ICJ
The ICJ today expresses serious concern that the deal concluded on Friday 18 March between the European Union and Turkey on the return of migrants and refugees to Turkey is likely to lead to serious...
View ArticleIndia: time for Supreme Court to uphold LGBTI rights
The Indian Supreme Court should decriminalize consensual same-sex relations when it reviews its December 2013 decision in the Suresh Kumar Koushal case, said the ICJ in a briefing paper released today....
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council adopts resolution on human rights defenders...
The ICJ welcomes today’s adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a resolution on human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights.Negotiation of the resolution was led by...
View ArticleICJ and ECRE fifth submission on the implementation of M.S.S. judgment
The ICJ and ECRE presented today a joint submission on the situation of the asylum and reception systems in Greece to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The submission was presented...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: ICJ welcomes release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev
The ICJ welcomes the release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev today after the Supreme Court reduced and suspended his sentence and ordered his immediate release. Intigam Aliyev, a prominent human...
View ArticleLa justicia transicional avanza en las Cortes Guatemaltecas
Indicios de crímenes de lesa humanidad por parte del Ejército de Guatemala en los años 80’s: nota No. 4 de Monitoreo y análisis de hallazgos de la justicia de transición de la CIJ para Centroamérica...
View ArticleEgypt: arbitrary and unfair removal of judges must be reversed
The ICJ today calls for the reversal of the Supreme Disciplinary Board’s decisions to force into retirement 47 judges following two separate, mass proceedings known as the “July 2013 Statement Case”...
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