The Sri Lankan 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 Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka on 30 and 31 of October.
The ICJ held a webinar on 25 October 2021 which gathered ICJ Commissioners and Indonesian judges to discuss progress and challenges in the advancement of women’s access to justice in compliance with international human rights law.
Ahead of her upcoming trial on 4 November, 28 human rights and freedom of expression organizations today condemn the ongoing arbitrary detention of independent journalist and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang.
At a webinar co-convened by the ICJ on 23 October, participants discussed the persistent prevalence of gender stereotyping and discrimination in the justice sector in the Philippines, and the actions needed to combat these attitudes and practices.
The Thai government must ensure that measures taken with the purpose of containing the COVID-19 pandemic do not impede access to justice and the operation of the courts, the ICJ said in a briefing paper issued today.
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.
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