Today, ICJ and nine others organizations called on the Government of Singapore to withdraw the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill (‘FICA’). FICA’s provisions contravene international legal and human rights principles – including the rights to freedom of expression, association, participation in public affairs, and privacy – and will further curtail civic space, both online and offline.
Thailand’s parliament should amend the draft law on torture and enforced disappearance without delay in order to ensure compliance with Thailand’s international legal obligations, said the ICJ and Amnesty International.
Thai authorities discussed how to improve investigations of serious human rights violations during a workshop co-hosted by the ICJ, Thailand’s Ministry of Justice, and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Amidst emerging threats to civic space, representatives from civil society called on Singapore’s Government to abide by its international legal obligations and commitments to respect fundamental freedoms in a Human Rights Council side event.
Nepal’s judiciary must overcome gender stereotypes to improve women’s access to justice in the country, said participants at a workshop organized by the ICJ and the Supreme Court Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Committee on 24th and 25th September, 2021.
Nepal’s authorities have largely failed to comply with their obligations under international law as well as the country’s constitution to guarantee the right to heath of all people facing the continued threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the ICJ in a briefing paper published today.
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