Greece’s treatment of migrant children subject to legal challenge before the...
A legal challenge to the violations of migrant children’s social rights on mainland Greece and its North Eastern Aegean islands has been lodged by the ICJ and the European Council on Refugees and...
View ArticleMyanmar: ICJ marks 2nd year anniversary of the killing of lawyer U Ko Ni
On the second anniversary of the killing of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni, in public view at Yangon International Airport, the ICJ repeats its calls for a thorough and impartial investigation with a view to...
View ArticleOn Video: Fostering Access to Rights for Migrants, Refugees and...
For the past two years the ICJ and its partners Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT), the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Mülteci-Der (MD) have provided trainings and training materials for...
View ArticleTurkey: Dismissal of judges and prosecutors tainted by unfairness, says ICJ
The ICJ is concerned that the dismissal of 17 judges and prosecutors by Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors on 10 January, for alleged membership of or connections with the “Fetullahist...
View ArticleCameroon: Opposition leader Kamto must be released
The ICJ expressed its grave concern today at the arrest, detention and criminal charges brought against Maurice Kamto, leader of the opposition party Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), and other CRM...
View ArticleEgypt: constitutional amendments to extend the President’s term and powers...
The ICJ today expressed its grave concern over amendments to Egypt’s 2014 Constitution proposed by the House of Representatives yesterday, which could increase President el-Sisi’s control over the...
View ArticleNepal: transitional justice process must be brought on the right track
The ICJ, Amnesty International and TRIAL International today called for the Government of Nepal to commit to a transparent and consultative transitional justice process that complies with international...
View ArticleICJ deeply concerned by President Sirisena’s resolve to resume executions in...
The ICJ has called on Sri Lanka’s President, Maithripala Sirisena, to retract his recent pronouncement that executions would resume in the country notwithstanding a moratorium on capital punishment...
View ArticleSpain: trial of Catalonian leaders imperils human rights
As the trial of twelve Catalan separatist leaders begins before the Spanish Supreme Court today in Madrid, the ICJ warns that their trial on broadly defined offences of rebellion and, possibly,...
View ArticleMartin Ennals Award for human rights defenders: Abdul Aziz Muhamat...
Sudanese refugee activist Abdul Aziz Muhamat is the 2019 Martin Ennals Award Laureate. He was among three finalists, selected last October by a jury of ten of the world’s leading human rights...
View ArticleIndia’s dispute with Pakistan on upholding the right of detainees to consular...
The International Court of Justice will hold public oral hearings in India v. Pakistan (Jadhav case) from 18 to 21 February 2019. Before they commence, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has...
View ArticleItaly: blocking investigation of Matteo Salvini would undermine the rule of...
The ICJ today called for the Italian Senate to allow for the investigation of the Minister of Interior and Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, Matteo Salvini, for his role in the alleged...
View ArticleEvent: Human rights defenders and the rule of law in Turkey
This event will take place on Friday 1 March, from 14:00-15:00 in Room XXIV, Palais des Nations, United Nations, in Geneva. The situation of the rule of law in Turkey and of human rights defenders who...
View Article“The Long Haul”: a film about the life of Nigel Rodley and the future of...
The ICJ is proud to join in presenting the documentary film The Long Haul, to be screened during the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Inspired by the life of the late Nigel Rodley—one of the...
View ArticleICJ promotes international standards on the conduct of investigations with...
On 28 February and 1 March, the ICJ met with senior officials of the Myanmar Police Force (MPF) and the Union Attorney General’s Office (UAGO) in Nay Pyi Taw. The purpose of these talks was to promote...
View ArticleUN: Egyptian involvement threatens UN human rights role on counter-terrorism,...
States at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva should ensure that Egypt is not allowed to seize a leading role in relation to the mandate of the United Nations’ expert on human rights and...
View ArticleExploring the economic and social dimensions of the right to life (UN side...
This side event will take place on 6 March, from 13.30-15.00, in Room XXIV of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Human Rights Committee’s adoption of a new General Comment on Article 6 of the ICCPR...
View ArticleMalaysia: accession to the Rome statute of ICC a big step forward for...
On 4 March 2019, Malaysia acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), making it the 124th State Party to the ICC. “The decision by Malaysia’s government to become party to...
View ArticleKazakhstan: disbarment proceedings against a leading lawyer Sergey Sizentsev...
Today, the ICJ expressed concern at the start of disbarment proceedings initiated by the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan against Sergey Sizentev, former Executive Director of the National Bar...
View ArticleJoint statement: Myanmar authorities must drop the case against Ko Swe Win...
The ICJ joined a list of 77 civil society organizations to call on relevant authorities in Myanmar to drop spurious charges against journalist Ko Swe Win, to decriminalize defamation, and to release...
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