Banjul: ICJ calls for special mechanism on the Independence of Judges and...
The ICJ today called for the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“African Commission”) to establish a special mechanism for the protection and promotion of the independence of judges and...
View ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina: training on asylum, migration and international law
The ICJ delivers today and tomorrow a training on asylum, migration and international human rights law, organised by UNHCR-BiH, the Sector for Asylum of the Ministry for Security and Vaša Prava BiH....
View ArticlePakistan: human rights record under UN scrutiny
As Pakistan is set to undergo its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 13 November, the ICJ has urged Pakistani authorities to meaningfully engage with the process to improve the human rights...
View ArticleTurkey: Training for lawyers and CSOs on rights of migrants, refugees and...
Today begins in Istanbul (Turkey) a two-day training for lawyers and CSO practitioners representing and working with migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. This event is organized by ICJ, in...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ lectures on basic international human rights law and right to...
Today, the ICJ addressed an academic seminar on the topic of “Post-mortem Examinations and Inquires”, organized by Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Law, in collaboration with the Cross Cultural...
View ArticleCambodia: the ICJ condemns dissolution of main opposition party
Today’s decision of the Supreme Court to dissolve the main opposition political party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has significantly heightened the human rights and rule of law crisis...
View ArticlePakistan: UN review highlights human rights failures
Pakistan’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has drawn global attention to a number of serious human rights failures in the country, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. On 16...
View ArticleMyanmar: rule of law must drive responses to Rohingya crisis
Responses to the devastating human rights crisis in Rakhine State must be driven by respect for the rule of law, protection of human rights of all people without discrimination, and greater...
View ArticleOSCE: IBAHRI and ICJ hold a joint event on the independence of lawyers in...
Today, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the ICJ held a side event in the framework of the OSCE’s Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on Access to Justice...
View ArticleTraditional & Customary Justice Systems: the 2017 Geneva Forum of Judges &...
The 8th Geneva Forum brings together judges, lawyers, and other legal experts from around the world, and relevant UN representatives, to discuss the relationship between traditional and customary...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ, Amnesty advise changes to proposed legislation on torture and...
Today, the ICJ and Amnesty International submitted recommendations to the Ministry of Justice that changes be made to a new law under consideration by the Cabinet, in order to bring it in line with...
View ArticleICJ and Chiang Mai University discuss Special Economic Zones in Myanmar and...
On 22 November, the ICJ, in collaboration with the Legal Research and Development Center under Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Law, held a roundtable discussion on “Human Rights Litigation...
View ArticleZimbabwe must restore rule of law and end military interference in governance
As Zimbabwe prepares to swear in Emmerson Mnangagwa following the resignation of long time Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, the ICJ today called on the incoming authorities to immediately act to...
View ArticleThe ICJ at the forefront in the struggle to eliminate violence against women
Over the last year, since 25 November 2016, the ICJ has published a series of (video) profiles introducing the remarkable work of ICJ women Commissioners and Honorary Members. “The ICJ has a strong...
View ArticleThe ICJ calls for an end to escalating repression of civil society in Cambodia
Today, the ICJ called on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to end the escalating repression of civil society in Cambodia and reverse the rapidly deteriorating rule of law and human rights crisis...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Briefing paper on new legislation restricting court...
In a new briefing paper, the ICJ expressed today concerns at the adverse impact of new legislation on the right to access to a lawyer and to a fair trial in Azerbaijan. On 31 October 2017, the...
View ArticleKazakhstan: ICJ mission on the reform of the legal profession
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) began a two-day mission on the reform of the legal profession in Kazakhstan. The ICJ mission will discuss comparative experiences and international...
View ArticlePoland: Parliament must reject draft laws attacking judicial independence,...
The International Commission of Jurists called today on the Polish Parliament (Sejm) to reject two draft laws that, if approved, would significantly undermine the independence of the judiciary. The...
View ArticleGuatemalan communities fight back in defense of land and territory
Guatemalan indigenous and peasant communities are finally finding a measure of justice and recovering lands and territories that had previously been seized by authorities or private economic actors,...
View ArticleICJ holds workshop for Thai and Indian lawyers on the investigation of...
On 5 and 6 December 2017, the ICJ co-hosted a workshop for lawyers with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the investigation of potentially unlawful deaths...
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