Thailand: Human rights defenders and lawyers consider strategies to further State compliance with the Convention against Torture
On 22-23 June 2024, Human rights defenders and lawyers in Thailand’s southern border provinces participated in a training co-hosted by the ICJ, ARTICLE 19, and the Cross-Cultural Foundation, in Narathiwat province, to discuss upcoming advocacy rights with the UN human...
EU: ICJ urges continued scrutiny of Hungary and Poland under Article 7 TEU
Ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council meeting on 25 June, the ICJ and other organizations call on EU Ministers in a joint letter to take the Article 7.1 TEU procedure against Hungary forward and issue recommendations.
HRC56: ICJ Statement on OPT-Israel Report
As the UN HRC56 has just discussed today the report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT) and Israel, the ICJ commends this report that concludes that Israeli authorities, members of the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian armed...
Thailand: Joint letter to the Minister of Justice regarding the abuse of judicial process, arbitrary detention, and Netiporn Sanesangkhom’s death in custody
On 14 June 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joined several human rights organizations in expressing concern over the arbitrary use of criminal proceedings and detention to target human rights defenders, activists and protesters solely for exercising...
Thailand: investigations into alleged cases of torture, ill-treatment, and enforced disappearance must comply with international human rights law and standards
Thai justice sector actors, government authorities, medical professionals, and officers of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) have undertaken discussions on how to improve and make effective investigations of torture, other ill-treatment,...Recent News
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