The ICJ condemned the declaration of yet another state of emergency on Tuesday 24 May by the government of Hungary, and called on the government to desist from using it as a basis to undertake any measure that would further erode the already dismal state of rule of law in the country.
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) in cooperation with the Supreme School of Judges (SSJ) are organizing a training workshop on international law and standards on economic, social and cultural rights for judges and lawyers in Samarkand in the framework of EU-funded project “Enhancing the Quality of Uzbekistan’s Application of international Law (EQUAL)”.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) invites you to a discussion following the publication of the Report of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism’s mission of experts ‘Report on Violations of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Ukraine since 24 February 2022’.
During the International Roundtable on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the European Union, held by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partner organizations Immigration Council of Ireland, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, the Greek Council for Refugees and Forum for Human Rights, judges, lawyers, experts and NGO representatives from Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic and Ireland came together to discuss the challenges involved in safeguarding the rights of migrants and refugees in the EU.
The ICJ has published today a set of training materials on Alternatives to Detention for Migrant Children
In a briefing paper published today, the ICJ called on the European Union and its Member States to put an end to the criminalization of humanitarian assistance to migrants, by redefining the crime of smuggling of migrants to exclude humanitarian assistance, and by refraining from prosecuting those providing humanitarian assistance and other support.
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