Guatemalan officials and the justice system as a whole have failed to deliver accountability and provide redress for enforced disappearances and unlawful deaths, said the ICJ in a report released today. It is estimated that around 45,000 people were subjected to enforced disappearance during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), including some 5,000 children.
On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned organizations, reiterate our calls on the Lao government to determine his fate and whereabouts, and deliver justice to him and his family.
President Saied’s continued attacks on the separation of powers and the 2014 constitution should receive international condemnation, said the ICJ today.
On 9 December 2021, the ICJ and 11 other organizations co-hosted an online panel discussion entitled: “Time to Fight Against SLAPPs in Southeast Asia”.
From 21 to 23 November the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Global Health Law Consortium (GHLC) co-convened 30 leading experts in human rights and global and public health law in Mantello, Italy, to reflect on the human rights dimensions of public health emergencies, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Tunisia’s authorities have failed to act upon the IVD recommendations to uphold judicial independence as a prerequisite to the rule of law and a fundamental safeguard for constitutional rights and freedoms, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said in a briefing paper published today.
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The International Commission of Jurists Welcomes Our New Commissioners