Joint Statement: The ICJ joined other NGOs in calling for states to accede to the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention
As 14 February 2025 marks the first year anniversary of the signing conference of the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and other International...
EU: Urgent action needed to sustain global development aid
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with over 60 civil society organizations, has joined an urgent appeal calling on EU leaders to take immediate action to address the global development aid crisis triggered by recent decisions by the U.S....
Laos: States should ask “Where is Sombath?” at upcoming review of human rights record
15 December 2024: On the 12-year anniversary of the unresolved enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals worldwide, urge United Nations (UN) member states to express their...
Statement on the continued harassment of Crimean human rights defenders and lawyers Rustem Kyamilev and Lilia Hemedzhy
Lawyers for Lawyers, the Observatoire International des Avocats en Danger, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Commission of Jurists, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe, Front Line Defenders, and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk strongly condemn the violent raid on 7 November on the home of Crimean human rights defenders and lawyers Lilia Hemedzhy and Rustem Kyamilev, resulting in the arbitrary arrest and detention of Rustem Kyamilev.
Lao PDR: ICJ and its partners draw attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record in advance of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
On 11 October 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of Lao PDR’s human rights review scheduled for April/May 2025. In a joint submission by the ICJ, the Extra-Territorial...Recent News
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