Oct 13, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, News
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.
Oct 12, 2026 | Advocacy, Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Web Stories, Work with the UN
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...
Oct 12, 2026 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
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...
Oct 12, 2026 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News, Position papers
On the occasion of the 6th Committee (Legal) of the UN General Assembly general debate on “Conference on crimes against humanity”, the undersigned organizations and individuals would like to reiterate their full support for the progress achieved at previous 6th...
Oct 12, 2026 | Advocacy, News
On 9 October 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan launched the course “International Human Rights Law in Ensuring the Administration of Justice” at the Academy in Tashkent. The course...
Oct 5, 2026 | Advocacy, Human Rights Council, Joint Statement, News, Statements, Work with the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council 63rd Regular Session – Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Oral Statement from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the International Commission of Jurists, the...
