UN: Overview of the 46th Human Rights Council session
Today, at the close of the 46th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the ICJ and other NGOs highlighted key achievements and failures. (more…)
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Philippines: ICJ joins NGOs joint statement of concern for systematic human rights violation and impunity
The ICJ joined today seven other organisation in a statement before the UN Human Rights Council expressing concern at the systematic human rights violation and the persistent impunity in the Philippines and calling for more accountability. (more…)
At UN ICJ calls on Ukraine to ensure security of lawyers and judicial independence
Today, before the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ called on Ukrainian authorities to ensure the security of lawyers and the independence of the judiciary, essential elements to make effective any human rights technical assistance and capacity building. (more…)
Turkey : Immediately free lawyer and human rights defender Öztürk Türkdoğan
The ICJ called today on the Turkish authorities to immediately release human rights defender and lawyer Öztürk Türkdoğan, who was arrested this morning after an unlawful search of his home. The charges against him, if any, are unkown and he is currently being held without access to his lawyer. (more…)
ICJ and ARTICLE 19 call for a human rights-centred approach to “negative effects of terrorism” at UN Human Rights Council
Today, the ICJ and ARTICLE 19 called on the UN Human Rights Council and its Advisory Committee to adopt a human rights-centred approach in their work on “negative effects of terrorism”, during a general debate on human rights bodies. (more…)
UN: ICJ joins NGOs’s call to protect the independence of Special Procedures
Today, the ICJ joined Amnesty International and other 14 NGOs to express concern at continued attacks on the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council by some States and at efforts to undermine their independence. (more…)