South Asian States must criminalize enforced disappearances and give justice...
Tens of thousands of enforced disappearances in South Asia can only be addressed if all the region’s governments immediately criminalize this serious human rights violation, said today lawyers and...
View ArticlePakistan: Supreme Court validation of military court trials a blow to the...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court’s rejection of petitions by families of 16 people sentenced to death who complained of unfair trials in the country’s military courts seriously set back respect for human...
View ArticleTackle human rights abuses in Laos, says ICJ and other human rights...
ASEAN meeting should highlight disappeared Lao leader Sombath Somphone, denial of liberties, said human rights and advocacy groups at a press conference held today in Bangkok. On the eve of the annual...
View ArticleMyanmar: reconciling investment protection and human rights
An opinion piece by Daniel Aguirre, ICJ International Legal Adviser in Myanmar. This month the newly elected Myanmar government released its economic policy and announced that it will seek to attract...
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ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 104
Read the 104th 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 ArticleTajikistan: arrest of lawyer raises concern over reprisals for defense of...
The ICJ has deplored the arrest and detention on questionable charges of Jamshed Yorov, a lawyer practicing in Tajikistan. Following his arrest on 26 August 2016, the lawyer was remanded in custody in...
View ArticlePhilippines: is giving the military policing powers the answer?
An opinion piece by Emerlynne Gil, ICJ Senior International Legal Adviser in Bangkok, Thailand. At least 14 people were killed and 71 injured in the bomb blast that rocked Davao City, Philippines, in...
View ArticleMyanmar: Special Economic Zones managers must be versed in rights
An opinion piece by Sean Bain, ICJ Legal Consultant in Myanmar. In August, Myanmar’s newly elected Government overhauled the senior figures heading the administrative framework for governing Special...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ welcomes Order phasing out prosecution of civilians in military...
The Thai junta’s Order today phasing out the prosecution of civilians in military courts is a welcome step but the military government must do much more to comply with its international human rights...
View ArticleIndia: Kashmiri Activist Blocked from UN Meeting, Detained
Indian authorities have detained a Kashmiri human rights activist after stopping him from traveling to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ said today....
View ArticleBotswana: authorities must uphold independence of judiciary in impending...
The ICJ expresses its deep concern at recent developments in Botswana in respect of impeachment proceedings initiated against four judges and their suspension from office pending a disciplinary...
View ArticleThailand: verdict in Andy Hall case underscores need for defamation to be...
The ICJ expresses its disappointment with today’s verdict criminalizing the work of human rights defender, Andy Hall, and calls upon Thailand to decriminalise defamation and amend the Computer Crime...
View ArticleMyanmar: environmental impact assessment workshop held in Kyauk Phyu
The ICJ held a workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment in Kyauk Phyu on 17-18 September 2016. Thirteen women and 30 men attended from Kyauk Phyu town, its surrounding villages and the regional...
View ArticleThe Philippines must get rid of its militias now
An opinion piece by Emerlynne Gil, ICJ Senior International Legal Adviser, Asia & Pacific Programme, based in Bangkok, Thailand. One of the points that emerged clearly from the Philippines’ Senate...
View ArticleRussian Federation: ICJ intervenes before European Court in a case of...
The ICJ intervened today before the European Court of Human Rights in a case of extradition of an Uzbek national to his country of origin where he could be at risk of torture or ill-treatment. The...
View ArticleRussian Federation: ICJ intervenes before European Court in a case of...
The ICJ intervened today before the European Court of Human Rights in a case of extradition of a Kyrgyz national of Uzbek ethnicity to his country of origin, where he could be at risk of torture or...
View ArticleJustice for “disappearances”
An opinion piece by Reema Omer, ICJ Legal Adviser in Pakistan. “There is a climate of impunity in Pakistan with regard to enforced disappearances, and the authorities are not sufficiently dedicated to...
View ArticleRussian Federation: seminar on independence and efficiency of courts
Today, the ICJ, in cooperation with the Institute of Law and Public Policy (ILPP) held a round table discussion “Independence, effectiveness and quality of justice: comparative perspectives” in Moscow....
View ArticleMalaysia: Tian Chua conviction another abuse under repressive Sedition Act
The conviction of Member of Parliament Tian Chua under the 1948 Sedition Act increases already severe restrictions on freedom of expression in Malaysia, said the ICJ today. The Malaysian government...
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ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 105
Read the 105th 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...
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