Big Brother Watch v. UK: A Landmark Judgment Missing the Mark
An opinion piece by Massimo Frigo, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser, Europe and Central Asia Programme. (more…)
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European Court of Human Rights issues landmark ruling on mass surveillance
The ICJ welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of B.B.W. and others v. the United Kingdom, setting out important guarantees against mass surveillance online. (more…)
European Union: independent judiciary and effective remedies must be at the core of the EU Regulation on “Terrorist Content Online”, warns ICJ
The ICJ called today on the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission to give a central role to the judiciary and ensure effective judicial remedies to prevent and redress human rights violations, in the draft Regulation on “Terrorist Content Online”. (more…)
Egypt: authorities must release Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights staffers and cease persecution of civil society
The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defenders Gasser Abdel-Razek, Mohamed Bashseer and Karim Ennarah. (more…)
Turkey: 2nd politically motivated trial for rights defender Osman Kavala
A new bogus indictment against human rights defender and businessman, Osman Kavala, and US academic, Henri Barkey, for allegedly spying and attempting to overthrow Turkey’s constitutional order is politically motivated and bereft of legal credibility, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ said today. (more…)
Tunisia: Parliament should reject the draft law on the state of emergency
Tunisian Parliament should reject the revised Draft Law No. 91-2018 on the state of emergency when it is tabled in the plenary session starting tomorrow, said the ICJ today. (more…)