The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted a resolution in response to the first-ever collective complaint lodged by the ICJ against Portugal under the European Social Charter. (more…)
Human rights are systematically violated in Myanmar (formerly Burma), according to a report issued today by the Geneva-based ICJ. (more…)
The ICJ today announced that it will send a leading African lawyer to observe the trial in Kenya against lawyer Pheroze Nowrojee. (more…)
Adama Dieng, a Senegalese jurist, has been named Secretary-General of the ICJ, it was announced today in Geneva. Dieng replaces Niall MacDermot who headed the ICJ for 20 years and who retired last month. (more…)
On the 8 October, 1990, major confrontations took place at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem between police and border guards and civilians. (more…)
The ICJ calls upon the ruling military council to hand over power to the National League for Democracy which won over 80% of the seats in the recent election for the National Assembly. (more…)
