Joint Letter: Urgent diplomatic action to halt further executions in eastern Libya
In a letter made public today, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) urge diplomatic missions to press eastern Libyan authorities to halt executions, amid...
Czech Republic: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child finds that immigration detention of children violated the prohibition of arbitrary detention and ill-treatment
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently delivered a landmark decision in a case involving immigration detention of children. In Jas.K.B. and Others v the Czech Republic (communication No. 193/2022), the Committee found that the State party had violated the rights of two sisters under articles 3 and 37(a) and (b) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, guaranteeing the child best interests principle and their freedom from torture or other ill-treatment and from arbitrary detention, respectively. The Committee’s decision reaffirms the obligations of States towards migrant children. The ICJ, the AIRE Centre, the Dutch Council for Refugees and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) had intervened in the case by filing a legal brief with the Committee.
UN Human Rights Council once again navigates troubled waters to protect human rights in crisis situations, despite global setbacks.
The United Nations is presently grappling with major restructuring likely to involve significant changes, while the process for electing a new Secretary-General is nearing its conclusion. Amidst this instability and uncertainty, the UN’s main human rights body, the...
Joint statement: States Must Act Now to Protect the International Criminal Court from Unlawful US Sanctions
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), the more than 120 undersigned organisations from over 60 countries representing all regions, and dozens of legal experts, human rights defenders and members of the European Parliament, condemn unequivocally...Recent News
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