Human Rights Council: Establish an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
Joint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast (more…)
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Uganda: Government must reverse suppression of 54 NGOs
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…)
Thailand: Organizations express concern regarding the right to peaceful assembly
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…)
South Africa: Copyright law must allow for enhanced accessibility of reading material to persons with disabilities
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…)
Joint letter: Renewal of United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Libya of vital importance
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…)
eSwatini: ICJ urges multinational mobile telecommunications company MTN to immediately restore internet access in eSwatini
In a letter dated 8 July 2021, ICJ expressed its concerns that the MTN Group has agreed to implement an unlawful request from the Swazi government to disrupt internet access in eSwatini. (more…)