HRC59: Joint statement during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Belarus – condemning repression of lawyers and the erosion of judicial independence
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Item 4 Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Belarus 26 June 2025 Joint Oral Statement The International Bar Association, the International Commission of Jurists and Lawyers Rights Watch...
HRC59: Joint statement in defense of the International Criminal Court – condemning U.S. sanctions and political interference
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session ITEM 3 25 June 2025 Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Watch, and the...
HRC59: Statement to the Special Rapporteur–confronting global attacks on judicial independence in Guatemala and Tunisia
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 3 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers ...
Eswatini: Authorities fail to make progress in addressing dismal state of the independence of judges and lawyers
Four months on from the publication of the ICJ’s report on attacks on the legal profession, and after multiple expressions of concern relating to the state of judicial and legal independence by the UN Special Rapporteur on judges and lawyers, Eswatini has failed to...
Iran/United States: The US must desist from the unlawful use of force
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