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The ICJ expressed concern today at the lack of accountabiltiy for human rights violations occurring in the Philippines, before the UN Human Rights Council.
Libya: at UN Human Rights Council, ICJ calls on States to ensure support for the Fact-Finding Mission
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Oral Statement to the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and ICJ, NGOs in special consultative status
Madame President,
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Commission of Jurists welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report.[1] We agree that long-term “regression of… democratic space and civil and political rights and freedoms, interlinked with… monopolization of power” is the key issue.[2]
Ukraine: ICJ expresses concern for attacks to judges and lawyers before UN Human Rights Council
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UN: ICJ supports ban on non-human rights compliant AI apps and expresses concern at attacks on Special Procedures’ work
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