Italy: training seminar on access to asylum procedures and the right to an...
Today, the ICJ together with Scuola Universitaria Sant’Anna and Scuola Superiore de la Magistratura hold a training seminar on access to the asylum procedure and the right to an effective remedy in...
View ArticleICJ highlights rights of victims of terrorism to UN delegations
The ICJ has highlighted the human rights of victims of terrorism in a presentation to States’ delegations to the UN in New York. On 3 December 2019, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser Matt Pollard presented...
View ArticleLibya: Human Rights Council should establish a Commission of Inquiry or...
Today, the ICJ joined seven other non-governmental organizations calling on States to establish a Commission of Inquiry or similar mechanism for Libya at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council...
View ArticleJudges in Asia & the Pacific Discuss Ensuring Gender Equality and...
From 30 November to 1 December 2019, the ICJ and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) held the Judges’ Workshop on Adjudicating Environmental Cases with a Gender...
View ArticlePoland: end unjustified disciplinary proceedings against judges
The ICJ calls on the Polish authorities to put an immediate end to unjustified disciplinary proceedings initiated against judges, including Krystian Markiewicz, Chairperson of the Polish Judges’...
View ArticleSuriname: the rule of law must be respected by all concerned
Today, the ICJ has taken note of the 29 November 2019 conviction by the military and civilian chambers of a Court Martial (“the Court”) in Suriname of President Desiré Delano Bouterse and acquittal of...
View ArticleIndia: “Encounter killings” are not justice for sexual violence and murder
The ICJ called on the Indian government to conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the apparently unlawful killings by Telangana Police of the four men accused of raping and killing of...
View ArticleHuman Rights Day: South Asian States must end culture of impunity for torture
The pervasive practice of torture and other ill treatment can only be addressed if the States in the region ensure perpetrators are held accountable in line with international standards, said lawyers...
View ArticleTurkey: ICJ and IBAHRI call for release of Osman Kavala following European...
Today’s decision from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Turkish human rights defender Osman Kavala must be immediately complied with by releasing him from detention, the International...
View ArticleThe ICJ mourns the loss of Professor Pedro Nikken
The ICJ mourns the loss of Professor Pedro Nikken, former President and Commissioner of the ICJ. Prof Nikken was elected ICJ President in January 2011, succeeding Mary Robinson (2008-2010) and followed...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ and SAJEI complete training programme on socio-economic...
This year, the ICJ collaborated with the South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI) to conduct workshops aimed at strengthening the ability of judicial officers, including Magistrates, to...
View ArticleThe ICJ-Geneva Bar Association Cooperation Initiative project gains momentum!
Part of the active ‘International Cooperation Initiative’ between the ICJ and the Geneva Bar Association, a full house conference, attended by Geneva Lawyers, took place tonight at the Palais de...
View ArticleTunisia: the role of international law and standards in proceedings before...
Today, the ICJ released Practical Guide 1 on the adjudication of crimes under Tunisian and international law, the first guide in a four-part series on accountability for crimes under international law...
View ArticleIndia: Discriminatory citizenship law passed by Parliament violates...
The ICJ today condemned The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed by the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian Parliament) on 11 December 2019, after the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament)...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ and SAJEI Complete Training Programme on Socio-Economic...
This year, the ICJ collaborated with the South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI) to conduct workshops aimed at strengthening the ability of judicial officers, including Magistrates, to...
View ArticleLaos: Seven years on, the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone remains...
On 15 December 2019, the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, the ICJ joined 87 organizations and 11 individuals in a statement urging the Lao and Thai...
View ArticleTurkey: workshop “Towards an alternative Justice Reform Strategy”
Today begins in Ankara (Turkey) a one-day workshop for lawyers and CSO practitioners to discuss and brainstorm on an alternative Justice Reform Strategy. This event is organized by ICJ, in cooperation...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ and Tajikistan Bar Association seminar on security of lawyers
On 16 and 17 December, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in cooperation with the Tajikistan Bar Association (Tajikistan Union of Lawyers) and the Legal Policy Research Centre (LPRC) is...
View ArticleIndia: Authorities must cease the excessive use of force and ill-treatment of...
The Indian Police Service and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force must desist from the use of unlawful force and ill-treatment against demonstrators protesting the Citizenship (Amendment)...
View ArticlePoland : ICJ calls on Parliament to drop draft law further restricting...
The ICJ called today on the Polish House of Representatives (Sejm) to drop a draft law that would put judges at risk of disciplinary action for their interpretation and application of the law,...
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