Legal practitioners from Nepal have agreed that gender stereotyping discourages women from accessing judicial processes so lawyers must be mindful of such stereotypes and biases while providing legal services. The lawyers also formulated action points that they are committed to implementing to eliminate gender stereotyping and discriminatory attitudes towards women.
ILGA Asia and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) organized a webinar on the use of strategic litigation to protect and promote the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) persons in Asia in Bangkok on 28 October 2022.
Civil society actors discussed how to bring Thai law and practices in compliance with international law and standards, and enhance their engagement with the UN human rights mechanisms, in a workshop organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in cooperation with ARTICLE 19, between 21 and 22 October 2022 in the province of Khon Kaen, in the country’s Northeast.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) reiterated the international human rights law and standards relevant to the use of the death penalty, and the imposition of cost sanctions against death row lawyers, in an open letter published today.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), the AIRE Centre and the Global Campus of human rights have submitted a joint third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of a A.D. v Malta, concerning the detention of a child seeking asylum in Malta.
In partnership with OutRight Action International, a leading advocacy organization for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTIQ) people, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held a workshop to engage the Lesotho judiciary on the human rights of LGBT individuals in the country. In particular, the workshop unpacked how the judiciary could be a key role player in ensuring that the human rights of LGBTIQ persons are upheld.
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EU: Litigating before the European Court of Human Rights to protect migrant children from detention