Czechia should take steps to reform the existing child justice system in a way that provides children with mandatory legal representation from their very first contact with the law, with a wide range of non-judicial solutions, said ICJ and Forum for Human Rights (Forum) in their submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and […]
The ICJ submitted today a contribution to the work of a Council of Europe Committee drafting a recommendation on human rights and the protection of the environment. (more…)
The Singapore government has used the non-human rights compliant Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 (POFMA) to arbitrarily restrict the right to freedom of expression and information online, the ICJ said in a new legal briefing published today. (more…)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes today’s judgment of the European Court of Human Rights holding that the Polish Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Chamber is not a legitimate tribunal established by law due to impermissible political interference in the appointment of its judges by the Executive and Legislative powers. (more…)
On 9 July 2021, the ICJ, along with other civil society organizations, submitted a legal brief to the Bangkok Court of Appeal in the appeal by 13 trade union leaders of the State Railway Union of Thailand against their conviction on neglect of official duties charges arising from their involvement in a national rail safety […]
The ICJ recently submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador. (more…)
