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ICJ E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – no. 108
Read the 108th 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 ArticleCambodia: drop farcical investigation of human rights defenders
Cambodian authorities should immediately drop the politically motivated criminal investigation of human rights defenders Am Sam-at and Chan Puthisak, the ICJ, Amnesty International and Human Rights...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Sanji Monageng
The ICJ continues it’s monthly profile series on women’s rights defenders with an interview with ICJ Commissioner and International Criminal Court Justice Sanji Monageng. Justice Monageng told the ICJ...
View ArticlePhilippines: stop politically-motivated persecution of Senator De Lima
The ICJ condemns the arrest and detention of Senator Leila De Lima and calls for her immediate release. The ICJ believes that the charges brought against Senator De Lima are fabricated and thus...
View ArticleLebanon: the ICJ calls for extensive reforms to strengthen judicial...
The ICJ today called on the Lebanese authorities to introduce comprehensive legal and policy reforms to ensure that the judiciary is fully independent, impartial and accountable. Measures must be taken...
View ArticlePhilippines: death penalty bill must not be passed by Congress
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today urged the Philippine Congress to bring a halt to the Government’s attempt to bring back capital punishment. The Philippine Congress’s attempt to...
View ArticlePhilippines: the ICJ condemns approval of the death penalty bill
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today condemned the move of the Philippines’ House of Representatives to reintroduce the death penalty for drug-related crimes. The ICJ has called on the...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ welcomes dropping of charges against human rights defenders but...
The ICJ welcomes Thailand’s decision to drop spurious criminal defamation complaints against three prominent human rights defenders who had raised allegations of torture by security forces in...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ calls for South Africa to stay in the ICC
Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a brief opposing the current efforts by South Africa to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Court. The brief was submitted...
View ArticleUN Side Event: Large movements of refugees & migrants: the role of judges &...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is convening a consultation on draft Principles and Guidelines on the role of judges and lawyers in relation to large movements of refugees and migrants....
View ArticleThailand: Prioritize the amendment and passage of legislation on torture and...
Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) regret the decision of Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to further delay the passage of essential legislation...
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E-Bulletin on counter-terrorism and human rights – No. 109
Read the 109th 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 ArticleUN Event: Human rights defenders in Pakistan – Shrinking spaces, Growing fears
A side event at the UN Human Rights Council, 13 March 2017. 13 March, 13:30-15:00 Palais des Nations, Room XXVII As spaces for human rights defenders shrink because of new laws, policies and...
View ArticleUN event: Torture and Enforced Disappearance in Thailand, the State Response
A side event to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday 14 March, 16.00 – 17.00, Palais des Nations room XXI. TORTURE AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE IN THAILAND THE STATE RESPONSE Tuesday 14 March/16.00-17.00...
View ArticleUN event: Rights vs Security? Protecting human rights while countering...
The ICJ and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan are convening a side event at the UN Human Rights Council, entitled “Rights vs Security? Protecting human rights while countering terrorism in South...
View ArticlePakistan: withdraw proposal to revive and expand military trials for civilians
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urged the Pakistan government to withdraw its proposal to reinstate and widen the scope of military trials for civilians. “Bringing back military courts is...
View ArticleLetter from America: The Resistance
An opinion piece by Reed Brody, a New York-based human rights lawyer and ICJ Commissioner. After two months of Trump’s presidency, the battle lines are drawn. On one side, a would-be dictator with an...
View ArticleUAE: authorities must immediately release human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
The ICJ today called on the Untied Arab Emirates (UAE)’ authorities to immediately release Ahmed Mansoor, the 2015 Laureate of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, and to ensure that he...
View ArticleCambodia: significant questions remain after guilty verdict in Kem Ley trial
Cambodia should continue to investigate the killing of prominent political commentator Kem Ley in order to address key aspects of the case that appear to have been inadequately investigated, said the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: case management consultation for national prosecuting authority
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) held a consultation conference on case and docket management system in Harare on 21 March 2017. The ICJ provided technical support. The consultation conference...
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