Development of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
In December 2024, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution 79/122 to move the International Law Commission’s (ILC) Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (Draft Articles) to a Conference of Plenipotentiaries to be held in...
ICJ Publications on the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Briefing Papers The ICJ is publishing a series of briefing papers on the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles, making recommendations for amendment of those articles and the inclusion of additional provisions with a view to bolstering their protective...
Preparatory Committee meetings for the negotiation of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
First preparatory Committee meeting: 19 to 30 January 2026 From 19 to 30 January 2026, States convened the first of two Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meetings to discuss proposed amendments to the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and...
Intervention in landmark European Court case on citizenship rights and trafficking: Shamima Begum v. the UK
On 10 April 2026, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) filed a joint third-party intervention in the landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Shamima Begum v. the United Kingdom,...
Council of Europe: ICJ, Amnesty International and FIDH urge Member States to uphold the integrity of the European human rights system ahead of Chisinau Ministerial meeting
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter ahead of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ 135th Session in Chișinău, on 14–15 May 2026, addressed to senior leaders of the Council of Europe and its Member States.
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