Sri Lanka: Rights Groups Urge Strong UN Resolution
The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a strong resolution on Sri Lanka that strengthens current UN mandates on accountability for crimes under international law and monitors the...
View ArticleBrazil: As the election approaches, President Bolsonaro and the government...
The ICJ called today on President Bolsonaro and other public officials to fully respect judicial independence and the independent electoral procedures during the period surrounding the 2 October...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Legal Professionals’ Awareness Workshop on Sexual Orientation,...
A lack of awareness among legal practitioners about sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and how colonial era laws negatively affect equality in Sri...
View ArticleEswatini: The authorities should implement the decision of the African...
Today the ICJ wrote to the Minister of Justice of Eswatini requesting that the Eswatini authorities provide information on the steps they had taken to implement the decision of the African Commission...
View ArticleICJ and EACHRights call for the effective use of courts to ensure access to...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) underlines the need for the judiciary to step in to enforce the right to education and to improve access to quality education in Kenya. In addition, and in...
View ArticleSAVE THE DATE – Business and human rights: from national practice to...
On 12 October 2022, join us for a conference on business and human rights jointly organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). States bear the primary...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Elchin Sadigov and Avaz Zeynally should be released
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has called on the Azerbaijan authorities to release lawyer Elchin Sadigov and journalist Avaz Zeynally whose arrest on 10 September on charges of bribery...
View ArticleTunisia: Repeal Draconian Cybercrime Decree
The new Decree 2022-54, promulgated by President Saied on Tuesday13 September 2022, without any consultation or public debate, threatens the right to freedom of expression and privacy in Tunisia and...
View ArticleTürkiye: ICJ intervenes in European Court case on transfer of judges
The ICJ has intervened as a third party before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the involuntary transfers of judges and the consequences of such transfers for the independence of...
View ArticleMexico: Legislation giving control of public security and law enforcement...
The ICJ called today on the Mexican Parliament to reconsider and amend the laws it adopted on 8 September which effectively give control of public security and law enforcement functions to the Mexican...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Constitutional Court’s invalidation of copyright law an...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) welcome the judgment handed down by the South African Constitutional Court in the matter of BlindSA v Minister of...
View ArticleNepal: Authorities must act urgently to address healthcare shortages amidst...
The ICJ today deplored the lack of public health preparedness in Nepal necessary to address the latest surge of transmission of the harmful, sometimes event fatal, dengue virus. The number of dengue...
View ArticleA Standing Independent Investigative Mechanism (SIIM) should be created to...
In a report released at the UN Human Rights Council today, the ICJ outlined the options for the establishment of a Standing Independent Investigative Mechanism (SIIM), which would support and...
View ArticleICJ/FES Conference: Business and Human Rights – From National Practice to...
On 12 October in Geneva and online, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) will bring together national and international leaders and practitioners for a...
View ArticleEgypt: Organizations and Individuals Condemn the Re-Arrest of Sherif Al Rouby
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, condemn with greatest concern the recent detention of activist Sherif Al Rouby by Egyptian authorities and call for his immediate and unconditional...
View ArticleThe Egyptian human rights coalition on cop 27 Petition
Ahead of COP27, Open Civic Space and Release Everyone Arbitrarily Detained in Egypt In the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) taking place in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El...
View ArticleSurvivor to testify at German Trial of Alleged Gambian ‘Death Squad’ Driver
A woman who survived the murder of a renowned Gambian journalist will testify on 6 and 7 October in the German city of Celle at the trial of a man allegedly involved in the killing, human rights groups...
View ArticleNepal: A comprehensive reparation programme is essential for victims of...
The Government of Nepal should step up efforts to implement a proper transitional justice process in the country to provide full accountability and effective remedies and reparations for victims of the...
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Indonesia: Judiciary called on to play its role in eliminating gender...
The ICJ, in partnership with the Indonesia Judicial Training Center Institution (Litbangdiklatkumdil), convened two judicial dialogues from the 19-20 September 2022 and 22-23 September 2022 in Jakarta,...
View ArticleNepal: Local ‘judicial committees’ can help enhance women’s access to justice
The local ‘judicial committees’ established by Nepal’s 2015 Constitution have shown that with sufficient resources and expertise they can improve access to justice, especially for women. This was one...
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