Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
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 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Work with the UN
On Friday last week, the 58th session of the main UN human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), came to an end after six weeks of intense work, from 24 February to 4 April 2025. This intensity illustrates the importance of the HRC’s work, including in...
Feb 20, 2025 | Advocacy, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the initiation of criminal proceedings by Almaty Police Department against lawyers Zhanna Urazbakhova and Gabit Bekitayev in Almaty. The ICJ believes that these proceedings are likely to have been undertaken in response to the lawful exercise of their professional duties.
Feb 13, 2025 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with over 60 civil society organizations, has joined an urgent appeal calling on EU leaders to take immediate action to address the global development aid crisis triggered by recent decisions by the U.S....
Nov 20, 2024 | Advocacy, Feature articles, Interview, News, Web Stories
From 16 to 19 September 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) conducted a mission to Tajikistan, focusing on improving access to justice for women survivors of gender-based violence (hereafter GBV). The mission was organized in collaboration with the...
Sep 3, 2024 | Advocacy, Cases, News, Web Stories
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is concerned by the recent response of the Swiss Federal Council (i.e., the Swiss government) to ruling of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the landmark case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland.
