South Africa: ICJ and partners meet to celebrate and advance the role of women in African judiciaries
Women judges continue to play an indispensable role in judiciaries across Africa. Despite gains in made towards greater representation in judiciaries, women judges and legal professionals face numerous gender-related challenges. In this connection, the International...
Thailand: ICJ’s training on effective forensic investigations of potentially unlawful deaths and enforced disappearances
On 19–20 February 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) co-hosted (see background below for the list of other co-hosts) a workshop in Thailand for 26 forensic doctors and government and administrative officials involved in forensic investigations of...
World Congress on Enforced Disappearance: preventing and ending impunity for a global scourge
Geneva – On 15-16 January, The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) collaborated with the Convention against Enforced Disappearances Initiative (CEDI)* and other leading organizations to convene the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances (WCED)...
EU: Judicial independence in Member States discussed at the European Parliament
On 15 January 2025, the ICJ, in cooperation with MEP Michal Wawrykiewicz and MEP Tineke Strik, hosted the final event of the Rule of Law for Lawyers (ROLL) project at the European Parliament.
#WCED: 1st World Congress on Enforced Disappearances
To this day, the crime of enforced disappearance remains widespread across the world and widely unprosecuted, with devastating repercussions on entire societies. This year, the ICJ is co-sponsoring the 1st World Congress in Geneva on Enforced Disappearances on 15-16...Recent News
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