Sep 15, 2023 | Advocacy, News
The ICJ welcomes the last report of Mr. Fabian Salvioli as he ends his 6-year tenure as the UN Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. The report, presented to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 September 2023, compiles and analyses existing international standards under the five pillars of transitional justice: truth, justice, reparation, memorialization and guarantees of non-recurrence.
Sep 11, 2023 | Advocacy, News
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) convened today in Geneva for the start of its 54th session. The ICJ delivered statements on three situations in which gross and systematic violations of human rights are committed: Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. These situations require sustained attention by the international community, including within the HRC, and more robust measures to ensure accountability for these violations, some of which are likely to constitute crimes under international law.
Sep 1, 2023 | Advocacy, News
Escalating Attacks on Free Expression
Lebanese authorities’ arrest and investigation of prominent comedian Nour Hajjar, solely in retaliation for his jokes, represents a new escalation in Lebanon’s crackdown on public criticism, the Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon said today.
Aug 30, 2023 | Advocacy, News
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the ICJ denounces Egypt’s widespread and systematic resort to enforced disappearance to crackdown on dissidents, and calls on the Egyptian authorities to:
As part of its campaign, “Stop Enforced Disappearance,” launched on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30 August 2015, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms has published annual reports on enforced disappearances in Egypt since 2015. Over the course of seven years, the campaign has documented the enforced disappearance of 3,088 people from the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) and other official and unofficial detention sites. The campaign has also monitored the phenomenon’s patterns over the same period, showing that its practice is systematic and widespread.
Aug 16, 2023 | Advocacy, News
Hold Thai companies accountable for wrongdoing outside the country’s borders,” urged participants at a dialogue co-hosted by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on 8 June 2023 at Chiang Mai University
Aug 5, 2023 | Advocacy, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 18 other organizations call on Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication to reconsider the fatally flawed draft Decree 72/2013/ND-CP, that, if adopted, would mandate real identity registration for all social media accounts accessible in Vietnam.
