Azerbaijan: ICJ intervenes before European Court of Human Rights in defence...
The ICJ intervened today before the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of three human rights lawyers who had been denied Bar membership because of their human rights activity. The cases...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: European Court finds authorities hindered access to the Court
The ICJ welcomes the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Schukurov v Azerbaijan, finding that the right to petition the Court had been violated by the search of a lawyer’s premises and...
View ArticleUnacceptable attempt to block Human Rights Council’s mandate on human rights...
The ICJ today condemned efforts by a group of States led by the African Group of the UN Members States to halt the work of the UN Independent Expert charged with protecting people from discrimination...
View ArticleThe Philippines must not bring back the death penalty
The Philippines government must immediately halt its initiative to restore the death penalty to the country after abolishing the practice a decade ago, said the ICJ today. The ICJ received reports that...
View ArticleJudges, lawyers and prosecutors Practitioners’ Guide N°1 now available in...
The ICJ has published a translation of its Practitioner’s Guide N°1 International Principles on the Independence and Accountability of Judges, Lawyers and Prosecutors. This is the first comprehensive...
View ArticleGlobal meeting of jurists aims for better protection of the rights of...
Forty distinguished judges and lawyers from around the world are working together to identify ways of better fulfilling the role of judges and lawyers in relation to large movements of refugees and...
View ArticleUzbekistan: ICJ holds a round table discussion on judicial ethics
Today, the ICJ holds a round table discussion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on “Comparative Perspectives on Judicial Ethics”. The event takes place as part of the Central Asian Forum Expert Forum organized...
View ArticleSingapore must be transparent in implementation of executions
The ICJ condemned Singapore’s execution of two people today and is concerned over the Singapore government’s lack of transparency with regards to its implementation of executions. The government does...
View ArticleVideo: voices from the Geneva Forum 2016
The 7th annual Geneva Forum of Judges & Lawyers, 17-18 November 2016, brought together judges, lawyers, and refugee and migration experts from around the world, as well as UN agencies to discuss...
View ArticleMalaysia: drop charges and release Bersih organizers and supporters say human...
The ICJ and five other human rights groups are calling on the Malaysian authorities to drop all charges against the Bersih organizers and activists, return all items confiscated from their offices and...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic
The ICJ has launched a new women’s rights defenders profile series, beginning with ICJ Commissioner and Justice of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic. The monthly profile series,...
View ArticleSingapore: Solidarity for families of executed prisoners
The ICJ, along with a number of other NGOs, issued a joint statement expressing solidarity for the families of executed prisoners in Singapore. The statement was issued following the execution of a...
View ArticleICJ and others call on the EU to protect refugee and migrant children’s rights
The ICJ and 77 other civil society organizations and UN agencies called today on the EU institutions and Member States to do more to protect the rights of refugee and migrant children. The call came in...
View ArticleEuropean Union Directive on Counterterrorism is Seriously Flawed
European Union Member States must ensure that a new effort to standardise counterterrorism laws does not undermine fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, a group of international human rights...
View ArticlePhilippines: Congress should block effort to reintroduce death penalty
The Philippines House of Representatives must immediately cease efforts to rush through legislation restoring the death penalty, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. On 29 November...
View ArticleTraining in Italy on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Pisa (Italy). The training...
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ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 107
Read the 107th 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 ArticlePhilippines: Congress should block effort to reintroduce death penalty
A joint statement calls on members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines to stop further attempts to reintroduce the death penalty and to block any legislation that subverts human rights....
View ArticleTurkey: emergency measures have gravely damaged the rule of law
Nearly five months after the failed coup attempt in Turkey, the country remains locked in an acute rule of law crisis. The government must take urgent steps to restore the rule of law, the ICJ said...
View ArticleUN Committee asks multiple questions on Pakistan’s human rights record
The ICJ and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urge the Pakistani authorities to fully engage with the UN human rights body by answering its questions comprehensively. The call follows the...
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