The staff of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) – a South African human rights non-profit organisation – have received death threats and other threats of violence, forcing the organization to temporarily close down its offices. This follows SERI’s decision to provide legal representation to a group of about 600 informal traders to […]
The Transformation Resource Centre (TRC), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemn the killing of a university student and an apparently unjustified physical assault on six other students who sustained serious injuries at the hands of police during a protest at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). (more…)
Today, the ICJ, Media Institute for Southern Africa- Zimbabwe Chapter, and veritas called, before the UN Human Rights Council, on Zimbabwe to respect human rights and the rule of law to adhere to its UPR commitments. (more…)
The undersigned organizations call on member and observer States of the UN Human Rights Council to support the renewal of the UN Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) mandate on Libya, as a matter of urgency, at the upcoming 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). (more…)
Ahead of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s 50th session (HRC50) between 13 June and 8 July 2022, the International Commission of Jurists and 52 other non-governmental organizations have sent a letter to the HRC calling for the body to ensure that continued attention is paid to Sudan’s human rights situation. (more…)
On 30 March 2022, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, addressing worrying developments in Tunisia and proposing appropriate recommendations. (more…)
