Malaysia: reverse Siti Noor Aishah’s conviction for possessing books said to...
The ICJ today condemned the conviction and sentencing of Siti Noor Aishah Atam for possessing twelve books allegedly associated with terrorist groups, an act which is criminal under Malaysia’s Penal...
View ArticleMorocco: reform the criminal justice system and enhance pre-trial guarantees...
The ICJ today called on the Moroccan authorities to comprehensively reform its legal framework on pre-trial rights, guarantees and procedures, with a view to ensuring its full compliance with...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Asma Jahangir
Honorary Member of the ICJ, Asma Jahangir, talks of her experiences as part of the ICJ’s ongoing profile series on women human rights defenders. Asma Jahangir became interested in human rights legal...
View ArticleICJ holds its third training programme for Central Asian lawyers in Geneva
Today, the ICJ begins its third International Human Rights Training Programme for Lawyers from Central Asia. The objective of this programme is to train Central Asian lawyers on application of...
View ArticleHong Kong: court decision on benefits for same-sex spouses a step forward for...
The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region decided to effectively grant the same spousal benefits to a civil servant in a same-sex marriage that the Government provides to the...
View ArticleChina: release human rights lawyer Xie Yang
The ICJ today called on the Chinese government to release immediately Xie Yang, a prominent human rights lawyer who was arrested during the crackdown on human rights defenders in July 2015. Authorities...
View ArticleNepal: Parliament should reject motion to impeach Chief Justice
The Nepali legislature should immediately reject the unprecedented motion filed on 30 April 2017 to impeach Chief Justice Sushila Karki because it threatens the independence of the judiciary and the...
View ArticleThailand: immediately end the practice of arbitrarily detaining persons in...
Thailand should immediately end the practice of arbitrarily detaining persons in unofficial places of detention said the ICJ today. The statement came after it was revealed that human rights lawyer,...
View ArticlePrinciples on the Role of Judges and Lawyers in relation to Refugees and...
The ICJ today makes public the final version of its Principles on the Role of Judges and Lawyers in relation to Refugees and Migrants. The Principles were developed by the ICJ on the basis of...
View ArticleICJ Highlights role of judges & lawyers at UN consultation for Global Compact...
The ICJ emphasised the role of judges and lawyers in protecting human rights of migrants, during consultations at the UN in Geneva, as part of the preparatory process for a Global Compact on migration....
View ArticleUN call for NGOs seeking UN consultative status
Non-governmental organisations interested in participating in UN human rights mechanisms have until 1 June 2017 to submit an application for consideration during 2017. The International Commission of...
View ArticleVenezuela: la CIJ condena la brutal represión a la oposición y disidencia
La CIJ condena enérgicamente la violenta represión de las manifestaciones por parte del Gobierno venezolano y sus cuerpos de seguridad, así como el juzgamiento de civiles por tribunales militares de...
View ArticleVoices from ICJ’s training programme for Central Asian lawyers
Zainab Kistabayeva, Iuliia Votslava, Shoira Sobirova and Daniyar Kanafin, four lawyers who have been trained at the Programme, and ICJ’s Legal Adviser Temur Shakirov, talk about this recent event....
View ArticleShould business participate in the process towards a UN treaty on business...
An opinion editiorial by Carlos Lopez, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser. This would seem a rhetorical question and the answer self-evident. Businesses, in particular big businesses, or their lawyers normally...
View ArticleTraining in Dublin on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and the Immigrant Council of Ireland are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights mechanisms in Dublin. The training...
View ArticlePhilippines: Martial law must not be used to undermine human rights
The Philippine government must ensure that human rights are protected and respected in Mindanao, in light of the yesterday’s declaration of martial law and suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the...
View ArticleThailand: Launch of the revised Minnesota Protocol
The International Commission of Jurists has launched the revised Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016) in Thailand, together with the Thai Ministry of Justice,...
View ArticleRefugees & Migrants: the role of Judges & Lawyers (Panel Discussion)
The ICJ is organising a panel discussion on 8 June 2017, on the role of judges and lawyers in relation to refugees and migrants, at a side event to the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council in...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Leila Zerrougui
Honorary ICJ Member Leila Zerrougui speaks about the obstacles in accessing justice that women face, particularly in conflict settings, in the latest ICJ profile on women human rights defenders....
View ArticleStates agree to develop an international regulatory framework on private...
On 24 May 2017, States at the UN reached an agreement to prepare an “international regulatory framework” to protect human rights and ensure accountability for violations and abuses relating to the...
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