Venezuela: Civil society under continuous siege
An opinion piece by Carlos Lusverti, Latin America Legal Consultant at the International Commission of Jurists. (more…)
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Thailand: ICJ Workshop participants say authorities must do more to prevent and redress enforced disappearances
Thailand must pass a draft law before the Senate that would criminalize enforced disappearances and do more to put an end to such violations, international experts and Thai human rights defenders urged at a workshop co-hosted on 30 June in Bangkok by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Thailand’s Ministry of Justice. (more…)
Fundamentally flawed: Tunisia’s ‘constitution-making’ process
Tunisia’s President, Kais Saied, has instigated and set in motion a process aimed at replacing the country’s existing consensus-based 2014 constitution in a way that is devoid of any legal basis, democratic legitimacy, inclusivity, accountability and transparency. (more…)
The Russian Federation: Arbitrarily detained lawyer Dmitry Talantov must be released
The ICJ condemns the arrest and the criminal charging of Dmitry Talantov, the President of the Bar Association of Udmurtia region, on 28 June 2022, for exercising his right to freedom of expression. The ICJ calls for his immediate release and the dropping of all charges. Talantov, who was arrested in Izhevsk at about 10.00, […]
Singapore: Drop investigations and cease harassment against human rights defenders
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 6 other human rights organizations urgently call on the Singaporean authorities to drop their criminal investigations of human rights defenders Kirsten Han and Rocky Howe and cease harassing them through legal processes for their work. (more…)
ICJ joint statement on same sex relationships in Sri Lanka
ICJ joins hands with ILGA Asia, Amnesty International, and Equal Ground to issue a statement on same-sex relationships in Sri Lanka. (more…)