The Tajikistan judicial authorities should drop disciplinary proceedings against a judge, initiated immediately after he issued a rare acquittal in a criminal case, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. Judges should be free to issue decisions based on law and their personal assessment of facts, the ICJ stressed.
Today, in advance of the fifth anniversary of the unlawful killing of prominent political commentator and human rights defender Kem Ley, the 45 undersigned organizations reiterate their call for the Cambodian authorities to create an independent Commission of Inquiry tasked with conducting an independent, impartial and effective investigation into Kem Ley’s death.
ICJ and seven other international human rights organizations are deeply saddened by the death in custody of Fr. Stan Swamy, 84 year-old Jesuit priest and human rights defender, on 05 July 2021.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the International Commission of Jurists are deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus, in particular, the ongoing, systematic attacks on the independence of the legal profession and the judiciary’s lack of independence.
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.
There is a critical need for UN Member States and Secretary-General to use a new UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy to develop an independent oversight mechanism to assess and mitigate harm from counterterrorism measures.
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