Oct 13, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, News
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently delivered a landmark decision in a case involving immigration detention of children. In Jas.K.B. and Others v the Czech Republic (communication No. 193/2022), the Committee found that the State party had violated the rights of two sisters under articles 3 and 37(a) and (b) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, guaranteeing the child best interests principle and their freedom from torture or other ill-treatment and from arbitrary detention, respectively. The Committee’s decision reaffirms the obligations of States towards migrant children. The ICJ, the AIRE Centre, the Dutch Council for Refugees and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) had intervened in the case by filing a legal brief with the Committee.
Aug 25, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, News
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Osman Kavala, the human rights defender and civil society leader unlawfully imprisoned in Türkiye since November 2017. The Court ruled that Kavala’s...
Jul 10, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, Joint Statement, News, Statements
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the public statements of the Minister of Defence of Montenegro, Dragan Krapovic, accusing lawyer Veselin Radulovic of being part of an organized crime team and threatening him with retaliation in connection with...
Jun 24, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Tunisian authorities to drop all charges and dismiss the sham criminal cases against Sihem Bensedrine, who faces trial tomorrow on trumped-up “fraud”, “bribery” and “abuse of official capacity” charges in...
May 15, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, Publications
Ahead of the confirmation of charges’ hearing in the El Hishri case, on 19 May 2026, before the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) publishes a Questions & Answers (Q&A) discussing the charges...
Mar 23, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions, News
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear pleadings on March 25, 2026 in a case brought by the human rights defender Osman Kavala, the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP), Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of...
