Poland: President Duda should respect decision of EU Court of Justice and...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today called on President Andrzej Duda to sign legislation that would require the reinstatement of the Supreme Court justices that were forcibly “retired”...
View ArticleThailand: Lifting of the ban on political activities is welcome but more is...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) welcome the decision of Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, acting as the Head of the National Council for...
View ArticleEgypt: authorities must end the arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer...
The Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Mohamed Ramadan and drop the charges against him or otherwise charge him with a recognizable crime consistent...
View ArticleTurkey: workshop on the use of the UN Universal Periodic Review
Today begins in Ankara (Turkey) a one-day workshop for lawyers and CSO practitioners on the use and strategies of UPR mechanisms. This event is organized by ICJ, in cooperation with its partners...
View ArticleTurkey: international workshop for lawyers and CSOs on rights of migrants,...
Today begins in Ankara (Turkey) a two-day international workshop for lawyers and CSO practitioners representing and working with migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. This event is organized by ICJ,...
View ArticleUzbekistan: ICJ has completed a research mission on access to justice for...
From 10 to 14 December, the ICJ conducted a research mission to Uzbekistan to identify some of the main obstacles impeding access to justice for economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights. ICJ experts...
View ArticleWomen lawyers address barriers faced in accessing justice
Lawyers from a diverse range of countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Nepal, the Philippines, Tunisia and Uzbekistan have identified the many barriers that women typically face in accessing justice in...
View ArticleLaos: Six years on, civil society worldwide demands answers to the enforced...
Today, on the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, the ICJ joined 106 organizations and 37 individuals in a joint statement calling for an independent,...
View ArticleUzbekistan: ICJ research mission on access to justice for economic, social...
From 10 to 14 December, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) conducted a research mission to Uzbekistan to identify some of the main obstacles impeding access to justice for economic, social...
View ArticleGuatemala: Government orders that eleven more officials of the International...
According to information published in the Official Gazette, the government of Guatemala has ordered that eleven more officials and two family relatives from the CICIG leave the country within 72 hours...
View ArticleIndia: Parliament must Revise Problematic Transgender Persons (Protection of...
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 fails to protect the human rights of transgender people as guaranteed under the Indian constitution and international law and standards and...
View ArticleHungary: ICJ calls for re-consideration of the Law on the Administrative Courts
The ICJ today called on Hungarian President Áder János not to sign the Law on the Administrative Courts but to send it back to the Parliament for further review and discussion. In particular, the law...
View ArticleEgypt: Conviction of human rights defender Amal Fathy for social media...
Today the ICJ called for appropriate measures to ensure justice in the case of Amal Fathy, an Egyptian human rights defender who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment following her conviction for...
View ArticleWomen lawyers speak about the impact international standards can have on...
The ICJ invited a number of women lawyers to Geneva to participate in a training workshop and gain practical experience of UN human rights mechanisms as part of a project supported by the German...
View ArticleCORE and ICJ to intervene in UK Supreme Court case
CORE and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have been granted permission to intervene in an appeal before the United Kingdom Supreme Court (Vedanta Resources PLC and another v. Lungowe and...
View ArticleICJ delegation visits adidas’ Indonesia supply factories to assess Grievance...
From 28 November to 3 December 2018, a delegation of the International Commission of Jurists’ (ICJ) carried out a learning and assessment visit to two factories in Indonesia that are part of the...
View ArticleUN mechanisms can provide a drumbeat for civil society
During a week of training and practical experience of UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva, women lawyers spoke of the ways in which civil society actors can use these mechanisms to strengthen advocacy...
View ArticleICJ call for submissions on the misuse of criminal law in the areas of...
The ICJ has opened a call for written submissions on the misuse of criminal law in the areas of sexuality, reproduction, drug use and HIV. In 2016 the UN Secretary General called for the removal of...
View ArticleEgypt: Ahmed Douma must be immediately removed from solitary confinement and...
Today the ICJ condemned the conviction of prominent Egyptian political activist Ahmed Douma and called for his immediate removal from solitary confinement and release from prison. Ahmed Douma,...
View ArticleMilitary “justice” system: a glaring surrender of human rights
The trial of civilians by military courts is a glaring surrender of human rights and fundamental freedoms, found the ICJ in its Briefing Paper Military Injustice in Pakistan released today. The...
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