Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Legal submissions, News
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
Apr 23, 2025 | Advocacy, News, Press Releases
The guilty verdicts and the shockingly harsh sentences, delivered on the night of 18 April 2025, after a sham trial of 37 defendants – an almost foregone conclusion to Tunisia’s so-called conspiracy case – are the culmination of a gross miscarriage of justice and...
Apr 17, 2025 | Joint Statement, News
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the Libyan authorities’ latest crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their staff, solely for providing humanitarian assistance to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya. .هذا البيان الصحفي...
Apr 17, 2025 | Advocacy, Events, News, Web Stories
The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers emphasized the fundamental importance of the independence of judges and lawyers in the protection of human rights and the rule of law. In a social media post issued on 13 April 2025 after meeting...
Apr 16, 2025 | Advocacy, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is concerned by the instrumentalization of the prosecuting authorities to intimidate journalists solely for the legitimate exercise of their right to freedom of expression. .هذا البيان الصحفي متوفر باللغة العربية أيضاً On...
Apr 15, 2025 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
We, the undersigned organisations, law societies, bar associations, and members of the legal profession, express our grave concern following the violent crackdown on peaceful assembly and malicious arrest of prominent Tanzanian human rights lawyer, opposition leader,...