Egypt: repeal draconian NGO law and protect the right to freedom of association
The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to act immediately to repeal the law on civic associations. The law was adopted by Egypt’s Parliament on 15 November 2016 and signed into law by...
View ArticleMyanmar: filling the gaps at Kyaukphyu
An opinion piece by Sean Bain, ICJ legal consultant in Myanmar, and Vicky Bowman, Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. A strategic environmental assessment is needed to enable...
View ArticleDialogue with business leaders on treaty on human rights and business
Representatives of large European business enterprises met today with State delegates and representatives of FIDH and the ICJ in Geneva to discuss their views on a prospective international treaty on...
View ArticleGuatemala: la CIJ condena desalojos en el departamento de el Petén
La CIJ espresa su más honda preocupación por los desalojos forzosos de las comunidasdes de Laguna Larga y la Mestiza, del Departamento de El Petén. El pasado viernes 2 de junio, el Gobierno de...
View ArticleBusiness responsibility to respect human rights: challenges and opportunities...
Today, the ICJ and FIDH are organizing a side event to to the 35th Regular session of the Human Rights Council on business and human rights. Business responsibility to respect human rights Challenges...
View ArticleTurkey: judicial independence and freedom of expression
The ICJ welcomed today the Special Rapporteur’s report on Turkey and his preliminary findings on his visit to the country last November. The ICJ welcomes and concurs with the finding that the...
View ArticleICJ mourns the loss of Justice P.N. Bhagwati
Justice Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, former ICJ Commissioner and Honorary Member and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, passed away at the age of 95, on 15 June 2017, following a brief...
View ArticleTraining in Germany on the rights of migrant children
Today, the ICJ and Bundesfachverband unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge (BumF) are holding a training for lawyers on the rights of migrant children and on accessing international human rights...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: end the arbitrary imprisonment of prominent rights...
The Martin Ennals Foundation and the ten human rights organizations that make up the jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA), including the ICJ, today renewed their appeal to...
View ArticlePakistan: prominent Human Rights Defender Asma Jahangir threatened
Pakistani authorities need to ensure a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into a barrage of assaults and threats against lawyers in the premises of the Lahore High Court, the ICJ, Human...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council adopts resolutions on independence of judges & lawyers
The ICJ welcomes the adoption today, by consensus, of two UN Human Rights Council resolutions on the independence of judges & lawyers. The Human Rights Council adopted the biannual resolution on...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ commentates international day in support of victims of torture
Today, the ICJ co-hosted an event in Bangkok, Thailand, named “Torture Bill, Still No Justice” to commemorate International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The event began with a keynote address...
View ArticleBrazil: corruption is everywhere but at the end the rule of law will prevail
An opinion editorial by Belisário dos Santos Júnior, a Brazilian lawyer who is a member of ICJ’s Executive Committee. When assessing the Brazilian political situation, it is important to always mention...
View ArticleKazakhstan: ICJ urges the government to refrain from interference with the...
Government moves to amend the regulatory framework of the legal profession in Kazakhstan may undermine its independence and are contrary to the principle of self-regulation of the profession, the ICJ...
View ArticleMyanmar: repeal criminal defamation offence, urge 61 human rights organizations
The ICJ, together with other 60 national and international human rights organizations urged today the Myanmar authorities, and in particular the Ministry of Transport and Communication and the...
View ArticleSerbia must do more to ensure judges’ and prosecutors’ independence
The ICJ presented today a submission to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Serbia on the independence of the judiciary and the autonomy of the prosecution service. In its...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Karinna Moskalenko
ICJ Commissioner Karinna Moskalenko talks about the vulnerabilities of human rights defenders in Russia, as part of the ICJ’s ongoing women profiles series. Ms Moskalenko is a Russian lawyer who has...
View ArticleCambodia: ICJ co-organizes workshop on the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia
On 29 and 30 June, the ICJ co-organized a workshop for Cambodian civil society on the UPR. The workshop was organized with the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, the Cambodia Country Office of the...
View ArticleTurkey: arrests of human rights defenders are alarming setback to the rule of...
The Turkish government should immediately release 11 people, including eight Turkish human rights defenders, who were detained yesterday in Istanbul, said the ICJ today. The human rights defenders were...
View ArticleICC judgment in al-Bashir case a victory for international justice
The ICJ welcomed today’s judgment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that South Africa had violated its legal obligations by failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit...
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