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September 16, 2021

Tunisia: Political will and judicial independence needed for effective accountability, warn NGOs before UN Human Rights Council

The ICJ, together with the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and Avocats Sans Frontiers (ASF) delivered today a statement before the UN Human Rights Council during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence on the situation of accountability for gross human rights violations in […]

September 15, 2021

UN: ICJ raises concerns for human rights, rule of law and accountability crises in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Venezuela

At the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ today raised the attention of UN Member States to the dire situation of human rights and lack of accountability in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Venezuela. (more…)

September 14, 2021

Yemen: ICJ calls on UN Human Rights Council for multi-year renewal of the Group of Eminent Experts to further accountability

Today, the ICJ called on the UN Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen for a multi-year term, to establish an independent international mechanism on criminal accountability and to urge the Security Council to refer the situation of Yemen to the ICC. (more…)

September 13, 2021

ICJ calls on States to support International Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar

The ICJ today called on UN Member States, before the Human Rights Council, to support the work of the International Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar and to actively identify possible fora for legal proceedings which could rely on evidence collected by the IIMM to help facilitate justice for the people of Myanmar. (more…)

September 9, 2021

Open appeal to UN Member States to ensure the adoption of a resolution creating an investigative mechanism on Afghanistan at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council

The ICJ, together with 54 civil society organisations, launched today an appeal to call on UN Member States to establish an independnet investigative mechanism on Afghanistan. (more…)

August 24, 2021

ICJ and ARTICLE 19 call on UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent mechanism on Afghanistan

Today, in response to the unfolding human rights crisis in Afghanistan, the UN Human Rights Council convened its 31st Special Session, during which the ICJ and ARTICLE 19 called on Member States to respond to the gravity of the crisis and establish a robust independent accountability and monitoring mechanism. (more…)

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