Jul 22, 2024 | Advocacy, Reports
In Mathare, a large informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, there is an urgent need to improve access to quality public education, and to regulate private actors providing educational services in the community. These are some of the key findings in ‘Build Us More Schools’: The Quest for Quality Free Education in Mabatini and Ngei Wards of Mathare, Nairobi, a research report published today.
Jul 19, 2024 | Advocacy, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) commends the findings by the International Court of Justice in its landmark Advisory Opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The ICJ calls...
Jul 19, 2024 | Advocacy, Events, News
Colonial-era laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ individuals continue to be a source of human rights violations in Sri Lanka. LGBTIQ+ individuals are targeted, harassed, arbitrarily detained and mistreated because of animosity and even hatred motivated by their...
Jul 19, 2024 | Advocacy, News
On 3rd June 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) on India’s human rights record under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The ICJ drew the Committee’s...
Jul 19, 2024 | Advocacy, News
Tomorrow marks 19 years since the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergencies (the Emergency Decree) was used by the then Prime Minister of Thailand to declare a state of emergency in Thailand’s southern border provinces (Deep South). The...
Jul 15, 2024 | Advocacy, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the Tunisian authorities’ continued attacks on opposition leaders, including the recent arbitrary arrest and detention of Lofti Mraihi, the Republican People’s Union party leader and prospective presidential...
