Lebanon: Joint letter to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Justice regarding the investigation into the Beirut port explosion
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), alongside international and national human rights organizations and families of the victims of the August 2020 Beirut port blast, sent a letter to Lebanon’s Prime Minister and to the Minister of Justice urging them...
Joint NGO Letter to UN Member States on the situation in Lebanon
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On 18 October 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and partner human rights organizations submitted an open letter to the Thai Royal Government, concerning the extradition of Y Quynh Bdap, a Vietnamese national and United Nations-recognized refugee...
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HRC57 – Sri Lanka: Renew the mandates of the OHCHR for 2 years
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