Syria: Landmark decision in the fight against impunity
The verdict of the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, convicting a former Syrian official of crimes against humanity, is a significant breakthrough in the fight against impunity for the crimes...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ calls on High Court to consider human rights of informal...
Today, the ICJ will argue in a case before the Johannesburg High Court that the rights to housing and work for persons who work to informally reclaim waste must be protected in line with international...
View ArticleTurkey: Violation of Osman Kavala’s Rights Intensifies
The Turkish government’s failure to comply with a binding European Court of Human Rights order to release the human rights defender Osman Kavala should prompt Council of Europe action against Turkey,...
View ArticleNepal: Human Rights Commission’s Integrity in Jeopardy
The Nepal government should immediately withdraw an ordinance that undermines the independence of constitutional human rights bodies and rescind recent appointments that were made without consultation...
View ArticleMyanmar: Post-Coup Legal Changes Erode Human Rights
Myanmar’s military government should reverse its post-coup d’etat revisions of legal protections for human rights in the country, the ICJ and Human Rights Watch said today. Myanmar’s State...
View ArticleLibya: Q&A on the UN International Fact-Finding Mission
Justice and accountability in Libya can only be achieved if activists and lawyers fully engage with and support the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (FFM) in documenting and collecting...
View ArticleMyanmar: Security forces’ killings of protesters should be investigated as...
The escalating killing of peaceful protestors by Myanmar’s security forces should be independently investigated as possible crimes against humanity, said the ICJ today on the eve of a closed-door UN...
View ArticlePalestine/Israel: Fully Cooperate with the International Criminal Court...
Israeli and Palestinian authorities should immediately grant the International Criminal Court unhindered access to Palestinian territory to investigate alleged crimes under international law committed...
View ArticleEurope: A Short Guide on Terrorism Offences and Human Rights in the EU
Today, the ICJ published Terrorism offences and human rights in the EU: a short guide aimed at supporting civil society and others advocating for the human rights of people affected by terrorism and...
View ArticleVaccine Patents: Healthy or Harmful?
An opinion piece by ICJ Commissioner, Rodrigo Uprimny, asks whether the existing COVID-19 vaccine patenting arrangements favouring the intellectual property interests of pharmaceuticals come at an...
View ArticleTunisia: Authorities must immediately release hundreds of persons detained...
Tunisian authorities must respect the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and stop the systematic targeting of protesters, lawyers and civil society activists, said the...
View ArticleStates break silence to condemn Egypt’s abuses at UN rights body
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning the human rights situation in Egypt which was...
View ArticleMember States should support renewal of the mandate of the United Nations...
Several Iranian and international human rights organisations urge member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur...
View ArticleSri Lanka: ICJ and judges work to counter discrimination in access to justice
The ICJ and a group of Sri Lankan judges have agreed on the importance of taking effective measures to address discrimination and equal protection in accessing justice in the country. On 6 and 13 March...
View ArticleSyria: Ten years on, Impunity for Atrocities Continues
As Syria marks 10 years of a devastating armed conflict, the UN Security Council continues to abdicate its responsibility to address the gross human rights abuses committed by the Syrian government and...
View ArticleEgypt: Address abuses and ensure a fair trial in the 2016 Haram apartment...
On the first day of the trial before the eastern Cairo criminal military court of those accused in connection with the 2016 explosion in the Haram district of Giza, the ICJ calls on the Egyptian...
View ArticleCovid-19: Applying Human Rights Standards to Ensure Corporate Accountability...
The participation of private actors including pharmaceutical companies in the development and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines has important implications for human rights, in particular the rights to life...
View ArticleCzech Republic: ICJ and Forum for Human Rights celebrate landmark European...
All children regardless of their age must have access to procedural rights when they are accused of criminal acts, the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights decided in a landmark case...
View ArticleMyanmar: Martial law is Another Dangerous Escalation of Repression
Imposition of Martial Law in several areas of Myanmar subjects civilians to trial by military tribunals, a dangerous escalation of the military’s repression of peaceful protests, said the ICJ today....
View ArticleSri Lanka: ‘De-radicalization’ regulations should be immediately withdrawn
The ICJ today condemned Sri Lanka’s new ‘de-radicalization’ regulations, which allow for the arbitrary administrative detention of people for up to two years without trial. The regulations could...
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