A human rights-based approach to criminal law: Africa regional consultation
On 5 and 6 June 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners – the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Commonwealth Secretariat – held an Africa regional consultation on a human rights-based approach to criminal law with stakeholders in Nairobi, Kenya.
Uzbekistan: ICJ launches international human rights law course at the Higher School of Judges
On 11 June 2024, the ICJ, in collaboration with the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) and the Higher School of Judges (HSJ) under the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, launched an international human rights law course for law students seeking to become judges.
Egypt: authorities must immediately release political opponent Ahmad Tantawi and quash his politically-motivated and wrongful conviction
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the decision of the Matriya Misdemeanor Court of Appeal in Cairo to uphold the conviction and one-year prison sentence of prominent political opponent Ahmad Tantawi on 27 May 2024. The Matriya Misdemeanor Court in...
Venezuela: the collapse of public education
In a report released today on the right to education in Venezuela, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) called on Venezuela to take immediate measures to reverse the sharp deterioration of the public education system over the past decade. The report, Hidden...
ECtHR: ICJ and FORUM intervene in defense of children below the age of criminal responsibility in the Czech justice system
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Forum for Human Rights (FORUM) submitted written comments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case Hlaváček v. the Czech Republic. The intervention concerns procedural guarantees of children below the...Recent News
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