We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by the Egyptian state. (more…)
Joint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast (more…)
Uganda’s government must immediately reverse its effort to suppress the work of 54 civil society organizations, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
ICJ along with 12 civil society organizations, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, expressing concern regarding the right to peaceful assembly in Thailand. (more…)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), in a joint submission urged the South African Parliament to act to ensure that reading materials are made more widely accessible to persons with disabilities and that the country’s copyright laws are amended to advance rather than impede that objective. (more…)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joined several human rights organizations in signing the following letter, urging state representatives at the Human Rights Council to ensure the extension of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya’s mandate. (more…)
