Mar 27, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
The ICJ, together with 37 key civil society, human rights, journalist and media support organizations, published a joint public statement on the 2024 Rule of Law Report.
Mar 25, 2024 | Advocacy, News
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) addressed dire human rights situations requiring the Council’s attention, calling for increased resources for the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian...
Mar 22, 2024 | Advocacy, Agendas, Events, News, Video clips
On 21-22 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with Forum for Human Rights, Human Rights in Practice, aditus and Free Courts, held a workshop on tackling attacks on judicial independence and the autonomy of the prosecution through disciplinary and criminal proceedings, in Prague.
Mar 11, 2024 | Advocacy, Events, News
On 11 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the “Yuksalish” Movement, Mark Weil’s “Ilkhom” Theatre and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held an international public discussion on “Advancing Cultural Rights...
Mar 5, 2024 | Advocacy, Press Releases
Government links 10% compensation of victims to former dictator’s “rehabilitation” (5 March 2024) Victims of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré have begun receiving compensation amounting to a total of $16.5 million (10 billion CFA francs). Habré, who ruled Chad...
Mar 5, 2024 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The International Commission of Jurists – in collaboration with the Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA), Disability Rights Watch (DRW), the Southern Africa Litigation Centre and the Validity Foundation – have made a joint submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee), ahead of the examination Zambia’s initial report under article 35 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 6 and 7 March 2024.