Ukraine: International law must be respected
As the Russian Federation launches a military invasion of Ukraine, its forces and those of other parties to the conflict must respect international law and protect civilian lives, the International...
View ArticleRussian Federation: illegal invasion of Ukraine is no excuse for clampdown on...
The Russian authorities’ suppression of peaceful protests and criticism of its invasion of Ukraine must end, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today, as the number of reported arrests...
View ArticleICJ welcomes indictment in Germany of an alleged former Gambian “death squad”...
Gambia: Alleged ‘Death Squad’ Member Indicted in Germany Major Advance for Victims of Abuses During Yahya Jammeh Rule (Berlin and Geneva, March 3, 2022) – The indictment in Germany announced on March...
View ArticleEU/Ukraine: Temporary Protection Directive should provide effective...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) warmly welcomes the decision of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU, on 3 March, to approve the activation of the Temporary Protection...
View ArticleMexico: authorities should modify domestic legislation to guarantee that...
The Mexican authorities should commit to a firm timeline for a consultative process with a view to ensuring effective review and modification of domestic legislation to guarantee that persons with...
View ArticleSri Lanka: The Vagrants Ordinance must be repealed
An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, National Legal Advisor – Sri Lanka at the International Commission of Jurists Around 180 years ago, the British colonial rulers introduced the concept of...
View ArticlePhilippines: Immediately repeal SIM Card Registration Act that undermines...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), along with 10 other human rights organizations, call on the Philippine legislature to repeal or substantially amend the fatally flawed SIM Card...
View ArticleColombia: authorities must protect the judicial independence of the...
Today, the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) call upon the Government to respect the judicial independence of the Constitutional Court and take...
View ArticleLibya: transitional justice must be inclusive and gender-responsive
The success of transitional justice in Libya is dependent on the full inclusion and effective participation of women and on the integration of a gender perspective, the International Commission of...
View ArticleEU: Care for migrant children in mainstream child protection systems
Immigration detention of children is unlawful according to international law and States are obliged to implement alternatives to detention. One of the best solutions for unaccompanied children is their...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Council of Europe expulsion must not leave victims of...
People across Russia will lose crucial human rights protections as a result of the Russian Federation’s expulsion from the Council of Europe following its military aggression against Ukraine, the...
View ArticleThailand: Abusive lawsuits targeting journalists (SLAPPs) must be curtailed
Thai government and justice sector actors must take effective measures to stem the misuse of lawsuits to harass and silence journalists, so-called SLAPP suits, said media workers at a workshop convened...
View ArticleHuman rights in Kazakhstan following the January events: Injustice for all?
Online event at the margin of the 49th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council When: 28 March, 13.00 – 14.00 CEST; 17.00 – 18.00 Almaty time. Please register here for this event. The...
View ArticleThailand: NGO law must be revised or withdrawn
The ICJ urges Thailand’s government to withdraw or substantially revise the Draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations B.E. … because its provisions do not comply with Thailand’s...
View ArticleSingapore: Repeal section 377A of the penal code and uphold LGBTQ+...
Following the recent court ruling Amnesty International, ILGA Asia, the International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch call on the Singapore Parliament to repeal Section 377A and uphold the...
View ArticleKyrgyz Republic: lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov’s arrest and detention for...
Today, the ICJ condemned the arrest and five-day detention of Nurbek Toktakunov, a prominent Kyrgyzstan lawyer, for the administrative offence of “hooliganism”. The detention appears to have been based...
View ArticleTunisia: Investigating Parliamentarians for conspiracy against the State a...
Decisions to dissolve Tunisia’s legislature and to investigate Parliamentarians for conspiracy against the State are a travesty and should be revoked immediately to protect the country from further...
View ArticleEgypt: End arbitrary detention of activists on hunger strike
The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdelfattah, Hisham Fouad, Abdelrahman Tarek and other activists on hunger strike detained arbitrarily, and end their...
View ArticleCivil Society Alliance for Human Rights in the Pandemic Treaty warns World...
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (“INB”) for the Pandemic Treaty begins a two day public hearing on the substantive elements that should be included in the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Stop using excessive force in response to protests
The Sri Lankan authorities must immediately stop law enforcement officials using unnecessary or excessive force to respond to protests against rapid inflation and shortages of food, fuel, and...
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