Myanmar: officials must drop charges against Reuters journalists
Today the ICJ called on Myanmar’s prosecutorial authorities to immediately end the prosecution of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The two have been subject to prosecution solely for doing...
View ArticleExtrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Latin America: ICJ...
On 24-25 June, ICJ Commissioners from the Latin America region came together in Bogotá, Colombia, to consider and enhance ICJ strategies to combat past and resurging trends in extrajudicial executions...
View ArticleNepal: transitional justice reform an urgent need
As the government begins a process of consultations around proposed amendments to the transitional justice mechanisms, the ICJ and Human Rights Watch have called on authorities to ensure the amendments...
View ArticleIndia’s Supreme Court gets another chance to decriminalize same-sex...
The SC is set to reconsider the criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships between adults, in response to a writ petition with significant ramifications for addressing the full range of human...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ hosts workshop on strategic litigation, speaks on CSR at society...
The ICJ held a workshop in Mawlamyine on 3 July attended by religious leaders and youth activists from southern Mon State in Myanmar’s southeast. The workshop aimed to facilitate discussion on...
View ArticlePoland: ICJ sitting and former judges call for immediate reinstatement of...
Twenty-two senior judges from across the globe wrote today to Polish President Andrzej Duda to condemn the recent attacks on the independence of the judiciary. The judges, all Commissioners or Honorary...
View ArticleKazakhstan: ICJ deplores new law restricting independence of lawyers
Today, the ICJ expressed concern at the adoption of a new law on lawyers in Kazakhstan. The Law ‘On the Professional Activities of Advocates and Legal Assistance’, signed into law on 10 July 2018,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: resumption of executions after 42 years would be unconscionable
The Sri Lankan Government should reconsider and reverse its decision to bring back the death penalty for drug related offences, the ICJ said today. On 10 July, the Sri Lankan Cabinet unanimously...
View ArticleICJ invigorated by new leadership
Changes within the Commission enhance the organization’s capacity to respond to increased threats to rights protection via erosion of the rule of law, particularly in relation to the independence of...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ co-hosts discussion on addressing extrajudicial killings
On 14 July 2018, the ICJ co-organized a discussion on extrajudicial killings in Thailand, focusing on the cases of Chaiyaphum Pasae and Abe Saemu. The discussion was held at the Student Christian...
View ArticleTurkey: lifting of state of emergency a welcome start, now restore rule of law
The ICJ welcomed today the lapse of Turkey’s nearly two-year state of emergency, which is expected to be effective as of midnight, but said that the authorities needed now to take a range of measures...
View ArticleEswatini: New law on sexual and domestic violence a vital achievement and...
His Majesty King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as the Kingdom of Swaziland) yesterday gave his royal assent to the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, a milestone in the...
View ArticleNepal: Draft bill on transitional justice falls short of international law...
The legitimacy and viability of the government of Nepal’s draft “Bill to Amend the Act on Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation, 2014” must be questioned, said...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ convenes workshop in Shan State on Business and Human Rights
On 22 and 23 July the ICJ convened a workshop on Business, the Environment and Human Rights Law in Taunggyi, the capital of Myanmar’s Shan State. This followed meetings between the ICJ’s legal advisers...
View ArticleYemen: immediate measures needed to protect the civilian population against...
In a briefing paper published today, the ICJ called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to take immediate and effective measures to ensure the protection of the civilian population, including...
View ArticleMisuse of law will do long-term damage to Cambodia
An opinion piece by Kingsley Abbott, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser in Bangkok, Thailand. Over recent decades, international observers have tended to view the human rights and political situation in Cambodia...
View ArticleGuatemala: Supreme Court of Justice undermines the rule of law
The Supreme Court’s election of a person who is not suitable for the position of substitute judge on the Constitutional Court is deeply concerning for the sound administration of justice and the...
View ArticleGuatemala: the ICJ condemns the persecution of human rights defenders in the...
For many years, human rights defenders in Izabal have been the victims of persecution because of their opposition to the Phoenix nickel mining project. This project has been operated by the Guatemalan...
View ArticleICJ holds second regional workshop on the investigation of unlawful deaths...
From 24 to 26 July 2018, the ICJ co-hosted a workshop for authorities from Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar. The theme of the workshop was on conducting investigations of potentially unlawful deaths and...
View ArticleGuatemala: the ICJ deeply concerned about the situation of the Laguna Larga...
On 25 July, the ICJ visited the displaced persons of the Laguna Larga community, who were forcibly evicted from their homes over a year ago. These displaced persons are now living in makeshift tents in...
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