Building trust with a child in order to ensure their access to information and legal assistance is crucial from the very start. It can be best done in a safe space, and it is effectively impossible while the child is deprived of liberty, an ICJ workshop concluded.
Amidst emerging threats to civic space, representatives from civil society called on Singapore’s Government to abide by its international legal obligations and commitments to respect fundamental freedoms in a Human Rights Council side event.
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) and the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish” are holding an Expert Discussion on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Uzbekistan.
The use of digital technologies in the administration of justice has significantly increased over the recent years, a trend that has been further accelerated by COVID-19. Virtual courts, the use of algorithms and smart prisons have the potential to enhance efficiency and accessibility but may also carry adverse human rights impacts. This event will provide an overview of this emerging field and an opportunity to discuss the human rights implications, including concerns around the right to a fair trial, due process, non-discrimination, and equality and equal protection before the law.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights (ABA CHR), the Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) are co-organizing a side event during the 47th UN HR Council session, on July 6th, at 15:00 CEST/ 9 am EST.
On Friday 2 July, the ICJ, alongside IBAHRI, OHCHR and other partners, organize an online event to launch the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association: “Access to justice as an integral element of the protection of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly”.
This side event aims to bring together the UN Special Rapporteur, civil society representatives, UN bodies and State representatives to discuss their intersecting roles in promoting access to justice as an integral element of the protection of rights to freedom of peaceful assembly. The event will further examine specific challenges related to access to justice in relation to peaceful assemblies. Finally, it will expand on the important role of lawyers in the context of peaceful assemblies.
The event will also examine how the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur can address impunity for violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly; explore how the international human rights community can support the work of national legal networks to protect and promote the right to freedom of peaceful assembly; and, discuss practical measures necessary to follow up the reports recommendations.
Format: The side event will be held online with experts from civil society, state and UN bodies. Space will be provided for interactions with participants from the floor.
Date: 2 July 2021 – 47th UN Human Rights Council Session
Time: 14:00-15:30 Geneva, Switzerland
Language: English, French and Spanish Translation will be provided
Panelists:
Moderator: Baroness H. Kennedy QC
Register here.
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