ICJ joins in highlighting COVID-19 human rights issues at Human Rights Council
The ICJ has joined other NGOs highlighting key human rights issues in the COVID-19 pandemic, at a virtual meeting of the UN Human Rights Council. (more…)
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European governments must ensure safe and timely access to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic
A joint statement signed by the ICJ and 102 other organizations. (more…)
Libya: accountability gaps should be effectively addressed in cases before the International Criminal Court
In a briefing paper analyzing complementarity challenges between Libyan proceedings and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICJ today called for full compliance with Libya’s obligations under international law to penalize, investigate and prosecute crimes under international law. (more…)
ICJ Guidance on the Courts and COVID-19
As courts of law around the world are moving rapidly and dramatically to limit and reduce their operations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICJ has today published relevant guidance from a human rights and rule-of-law perspective. (more…)
Vietnam: ICJ urges authorities to provide access to medical treatment in prison and protect the rights of detainees during COVID pandemic
Today, the ICJ submitted an open letter to the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and acting Minister of Health, Minister of Public Security and Minister of Justice of Vietnam, expressing concerns about detainees whose physical integrity and well being are believed to be at risk. (more…)
COVID-19: the ICJ publishes a briefing paper on promoting non-citizens’ right to work in South Africa
The briefing paper is published today in the context of significant uncertainty and distress experienced by migrant workers, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless people and other non-citizens in South Africa as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures that the authorities have taken with the stated aim of responding to it. (more…)