Apr 13, 2023 | Advocacy, News
The statement is available in Arabic here.
“Civil society organisations dismayed by inadequate Human Rights Council Libya resolution despite worsening situation”
On 4 April, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted resolution 52/L.33 on “Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya” that fails to establish a mechanism to follow-up on the work of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM). The 52nd session of the HRC marked the end of the FFM’s mandate.
Apr 12, 2023 | Advocacy, News
Following the conviction today of journalist Nguyen Lan Thang on spurious charges, the ICJ has called on the Vietnamese judiciary to quash the conviction and immediately and unconditionally release him.
Apr 6, 2023 | Advocacy, News, Open letters
The ICJ today denounced before the UN Human Rights Council the systematic impunity enjoyed by the military junta and other members of the military for gross human rights violations against many of Myanmar’s ethnic and religious minorities.
Apr 5, 2023 | Advocacy, News
A group of Thai lawyers discussed strategies for defending the rights of individual users who have been prosecuted based on social media content and ensuring that any use of digital information as evidence in criminal proceedings fully respects the right to privacy.
Apr 4, 2023 | Advocacy, News
The economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) guaranteed in Nepal’s Constitution are enforceable in Nepal’s courts, which routinely apply international human rights law and standards, including the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Nevertheless, Nepali lawyers have bemoaned the authorities’ failure – as elsewhere in the world – to execute and implement court orders and judgments.
Apr 3, 2023 | Advocacy, News
Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) at the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya
