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South Africa: Constitutional Court’s invalidation of copyright law an important step in ensuring the rights of persons with print disabilities and visual impairments

Sep 23, 2022 | News

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 Trade, Industry and Competition on 21 September 2022. In a unanimous decision, the Court confirmed a Gauteng High Court order declaring the Copyright Act unconstitutional to the extent that it fails to make provisions that uphold the rights of persons with disabilities.

Mexico: Legislation giving control of public security and law enforcement powers to the Secretary of Defense is an affront to the rule of law

Sep 21, 2022 | News

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 Secretary of Defense (SEDENA).

Thailand: Government and companies must effectively implement commitments under the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

Sep 20, 2022 | News

The draft Second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (2023-2027) (NAP), now being considered in a public hearing (2 August to 19 September), must be reviewed to ensure its consistency with international standards and effective implementation, urged participants of the online discussion organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and partners on 18 and 19 September 2022.

SAVE THE DATE – Business and human rights: from national practice to international binding standards

Sep 19, 2022 | Events, News

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).

Eswatini: The authorities should implement the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights regarding the unlawful removal of Justice Thomas Masuku

Sep 19, 2022 | Advocacy, News

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 on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) during the 33rd Extra-Ordinary Session, held from 12-19 July 2021 and published on 6 April 2022, finding that the State had been in breach of the African Charter in its conduct surrounding the removal from judicial office of Justice Thomas Masuku.

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Thailand: Government and companies must effectively implement commitments under the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

SAVE THE DATE – Business and human rights: from national practice to international binding standards

Eswatini: The authorities should implement the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights regarding the unlawful removal of Justice Thomas Masuku

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