Lawyers for Lawyers and the ICJ call for the dropping of baseless charges...
Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the ICJ condemn the spurious charges under the Anti-Money Laundering brought against Ugandan lawyer and human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo and call for them to be...
View ArticlePakistan: Idrees Khattak’s military trial is an affront to human rights
The ICJ today denounced the decision by Pakistani authorities to conduct the trial of Idrees Khattak, a leading human rights defender, in a military court. Idrees Khattak is charged with “spying” among...
View ArticlePakistan: Persecution of Ahmadis must end as authorities attempt shutdown of...
The Pakistani authorities must end their ongoing persecution of the Ahmadiyya religious minority, which is now extending across borders, said Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ,...
View ArticleItaly: training seminar for lawyers on Strategic litigation and fundamental...
Today, the ICJ in collaboration with Scuola Universitaria Sant’Anna is holding an online training seminar on strategic litigation and fundamental rights of migrants. The two-day training (4-5 February...
View ArticleStanding in solidarity with Venezuelan human rights defenders
The recent, ongoing and unwarranted detention of five members of the Venezuelan NGO ‘Azul Positivo’ is one more event in a series of threats, harassment, attacks, restrictions, reprisals and criminal...
View ArticlePalestine/Israel: ICC decision an important step towards accountability for...
The ICJ welcomes the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision establishing that the Court can assert its jurisdiction over serious crimes alleged to have occurred in the State of Palestine since...
View ArticleMyanmar: Military Coup d’état violates principles of rule of law,...
The Myanmar military’s coup d’etat of 1 February is unconstitutional and fails to comply with basic rule of law principles, said the ICJ today. “The Myanmar military’s actions violate even the flawed...
View ArticleLebanon: the military has no role in policing public protests, let alone in...
The ICJ and the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) are deeply concerned about the role of the military in the arrest, detention and referral for prosecution by military courts of dozens of...
View ArticleIndia: Authorities must stop suppressing peaceful protests by farmers and...
The ICJ today condemned the unlawful repression of peaceful protests and urged the Indian authorities to respect the right to freedom of assembly of Indian farmers who have been demonstrating in Delhi...
View ArticleMyanmar: Scrap Cyber Security Draft Law and Restore Full Internet Connectivity
The Myanmar military should immediately abandon the draft Cyber Security Law and end Internet restrictions it has imposed since taking power in a coup on 1 February, said ARTICLE 19, Open Net...
View ArticleICJ and CORE welcome landmark UK Supreme Court decision – Nigerian claimants...
Today, the ICJ and The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition UK, welcomed the judgment of the UK Supreme Court in the case Okpabi et al. v Royal Dutch Shell plc et al as a major step forward for...
View ArticleICJ urges the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to call on...
On 15 February 2021, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) addressed the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) during the opening of its 69th Session. Drawing the CESCR’s...
View ArticleCzech Republic and Slovakia: Training on the rights of children suspected or...
Today, the ICJ in collaboration with Forum for Human Rights (FORUM) is holding an online training seminar on the rights of children who are suspected or accused of violating the law within the European...
View ArticleLetter to the Lawyers Council of Thailand on Disbarment Proceedings against...
In a joint letter to the President of the Lawyers Council of Thailand, the ICJ and Lawyers for Lawyers raised concerns on the disbarment proceeding against Mr. Anon Nampha, a lawyer and human rights...
View ArticleSouth Africa: The ICJ condemns former President Zuma’s disregard for the rule...
On 17 February 2021, the International Commission of Jurists condemned former South African President Jacob Zuma’s refusal to abide by an order of the Constitutional Court to appear before a commission...
View ArticleLibya: impunity prevails 10 years on from the revolution
17 February 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the Libyan revolution. Back then, protestors had taken to the streets calling for an end to Gadhafi’s authoritarian rule: a regime beset by the...
View ArticleLebanon: Criminal justice system inadequately addresses sexual and...
In a memorandum released today, the ICJ published guidance and recommendations aimed at assisting Lebanon’s criminal justice actors in addressing significant gaps in evidentiary rules, practice and...
View ArticleOrganizations Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
The ICJ and more than 70 other non-governmental organisations, faith-based groups, and academic institutions urge the Biden Administration to engage constructively with the International Criminal Court...
View ArticleThe ICJ and ZimRights ask for urgent intervention on access to COVID-19...
In a letter of 17 February, the ICJ and ZimRights called on the Chairperson of the African’s Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to address...
View ArticleEgypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families
The Egyptian authorities’ targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a clear pattern of intimidation and harassment, 22...
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