Thailand: Joint letter to the Minister of Justice regarding the abuse of judicial process, arbitrary detention, and Netiporn Sanesangkhom’s death in custody
On 14 June 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joined several human rights organizations in expressing concern over the arbitrary use of criminal proceedings and detention to target human rights defenders, activists and protesters solely for exercising...
Thailand: investigations into alleged cases of torture, ill-treatment, and enforced disappearance must comply with international human rights law and standards
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Switzerland: ICJ expresses concern over Parliament’s rejection of the European Court ruling
The ICJ is concerned by the declaratory and non-binding decision of the National Council, the Swiss Parliament’s lower chamber, on 12 June 2024, inviting the Federal Council, the Swiss Government, effectively to ignore the landmark ruling of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland.
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Carlos Lusverti Latin America Legal advisor International Commission of Jurists The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela (FFM), established by the UN’s Human Rights Council in 2019, concluded that Venezuelan authorities use arbitrary...
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