South Africa: ICJ argues that Copyright Act must be struck down because it...
Today, the ICJ, represented by the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), will present oral arguments in a case in which the disability rights NGO BlindSA seeks confirmation of a High Court order that...
View ArticleCambodia Should Scrap Rights-Abusing National Internet Gateway
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 31 other human rights organizations call on the Cambodian authorities to revoke the Sub-Decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Expert discussion on the implementation of latest UN Treaty...
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA), the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish” in...
View ArticleAsia: Abolish the death penalty and halt its discriminatory use to punish...
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and five other human rights organizations condemn the death penalty under any...
View ArticleHungary: Purported “emergency” must not be used as a pretext for further...
The ICJ condemned the declaration of yet another state of emergency on Tuesday 24 May by the government of Hungary, and called on the government to desist from using it as a basis to undertake any...
View ArticleSummer School: economic, social and cultural rights of migrant children in...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is co-operating on an online summer school organised by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna on the economic, social and cultural rights of migrant children in the...
View ArticleNew ICJ briefing paper on the human rights legal framework applicable to...
In a briefing paper released today, the International Commission of Jurists points out that, “while new digital technology may be helpful for the protection of human rights, it also carries real and...
View ArticleChad: No Reparations for Ex-President’s Victims Six Years After Conviction
The victims of the late Chadian president Hissène Habré have yet to receive any reparations, six years after his historic conviction in Senegal, seven organizations said today. On May 30, 2016, Habré,...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ co-hosts a Workshop on the investigation and adjudication of...
Thailand must act to minimize torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment by passing a draft law before the Senate that would criminalize such violations, international experts and Thai human...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Legal Reform on employment of non-nationals must comply with...
Today, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) draw the government’s attention to the need to fully consider its...
View ArticleTunisia : President should reverse decision to dismiss 57 judges
The President’s decision to unilaterally dismiss 57 judges is an affront to the rule of law and judicial independence in Tunisia and must be reversed, said the International Commission of Jurists...
View ArticleVenezuela: Lawyers unable to practice their profession freely and independently
In a briefing paper released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls attention to the numerous obstacles and restrictions that Venezuelan lawyers face in exercising their profession....
View ArticleThe re-appointment of María Consuelo Porras as attorney general of Guatemala:...
As Right Livelihood, Réseau International des Droits de L’homme (RIDH), Center for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR), International Commission of Jurists and WOLA have come together to condemn the...
View ArticleWebinar: How can the EU safeguard human rights of migrant children – and what...
On Wednesday 15th June 2022, from 11:00 to 12:15 CET, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) will hold a webinar on the need for the EU to safeguard migrant children’s human rights, and the...
View ArticleICJ Submission to Human Rights Committee on Sri Lanka
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission for the Committee’s review of Sri Lanka in its 135th session to be held in June-July 2022. The ICJ brings to the Committee’s attention a...
View ArticleTunisia: New Q&A on threats to the right to freedom of association following...
A new question and answer briefing by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) examines leaked amendments to Decree 88-2011 on the organisation of associations and the ways in which the amendments...
View ArticleSouth Asia: Judges call for better incorporation of Gender Perspective in the...
On 28 – 29 May, the ICJ convened a South Asia Judicial Dialogue with the participation of thirty South Asian judges from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan to discuss the implementation...
View ArticleMyanmar: Death sentences against opposition activists must be overturned
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has condemned the conviction and death sentences imposed on former Parliamentarian Ko Phyo Zeyar, student activist Ko Jimmy, and opposition activists Hla...
View ArticleTunisia: Arbitrary dismissals a blow to judicial independence
Tunisian President Kais Saied dealt a deep blow to judicial independence on June 1, 2022, by granting himself, via decree, absolute power to fire judges summarily, and by promptly dismissing 57 judges,...
View ArticleLate as usual: Delayed delivery of textbooks infringes the right to education...
This op-ed was written by the ICJ’s Karuna Parajuli and Timothy Fish Hodgson. It was published on 10 June 2022 by the Kathmandu Post. Delay in textbook delivery is not a new problem in Nepal—it has...
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