Europe: Strengthening access to justice for child victims with disabilities, from legal rights to meaningful participation
Access to justice for child victims with disabilities should not depend on the child’s ability to adapt to existing procedures, participants stressed at the international conference “From Rights to Reality: Ensuring Meaningful Participation of Child Victims with Disabilities in Criminal Proceedings”, held by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners in Brussels on 3 and 4 November 2026.
Kenya: Kenya authorities must take steps to improve access to justice for women with disabilities, says UN Committee
Kenyan organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) have welcomed the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’s (the Committee) Concluding observations on Kenya’s ninth periodic report under the...
Pakistan: International civil society organisations condemn the sentencing of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
Joint statement by international civil society organisations working on the protection of lawyers, human rights defenders and freedom of expression We, the undersigned international civil society organisations, strongly condemn the recent sentencing of prominent...
Poland: The Constitutional Tribunal crisis must be resolved by law, not by force
The suspension of the President and Vice-President of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, carried out with the involvement of the police, and the refusal of the President of Poland to receive the oath of five judges elected by the Sejm, have further deepened the crisis...
Egypt: Unjust conviction of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief marks serious escalation in media crackdown
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) strongly condemns the conviction and sentence of Lina Attalah, Editor-in-Chief at Mada Masr, on 27 October 2026, on a charge of operating a website without a licence, along with the order for the closure of Mada Masr, one...Recent News
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Pakistan: International civil society organisations condemn the sentencing of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha06 Nov 2026