The on-going attacks against the High Judicial Council and the judiciary are an affront to the separation of powers and the rule of law and must stop immediately, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today.
The conviction of Idrees Khattak, a leading Pakistani human rights defender, by a military court in a secret trial, is a gross miscarriage of justice, said the ICJ today.
Member States of the WHO met over the last week to discuss the development of a Pandemic Treaty, committing to a process spanning between 2022-2024 and to hold public meetings to inform these deliberations. Today, alongside the undersigned organizations, the ICJ repeats calls on the World Health Organization to ensure a fully consultative process grounded in human rights law and standards.
The United Nations General Assembly should act swiftly to establish an investigative mechanism to gather and preserve evidence of serious human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war in Yemen, a coalition of more than 60 organizations said today.
On 21, 23 and 26 November 2021, the ICJ co-hosted an online discussion on “Thailand’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights: 2-Year Progress Review”. The forum was co-organized with other 11 organizations.
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