Kenya: Security forces must refrain from unlawful use of force at ongoing demonstrations
The ICJ recalls that, under international law, security forces must respect the principles of necessity and proportionality and that the use of lethal force is only permissible when strictly necessary to protect life.
A human rights-based approach to criminal law: Africa regional consultation
On 5 and 6 June 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners – the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Commonwealth Secretariat – held an Africa regional consultation on a human rights-based approach to criminal law with stakeholders in Nairobi, Kenya.
Uganda: ICJ condemns the abject and hateful Constitutional Court judgment upholding the constitutionality of the “Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023”
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is gravely concerned about the disastrous impact on human rights of the Ugandan Constitutional Court’s refusal to strike down the “Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023” (AHA).
Zambia: Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations
A range of Zambian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) – who early in March this year made submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) ahead of its examination of Zambia’s compliance with and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – have welcomed the Committee’s concluding observations and called on the Zambian authorities to take expeditious steps to ensure their implementation.
Chad: Hissène Habré’s victims receive $16.5 million
Government links 10% compensation of victims to former dictator’s “rehabilitation” (5 March 2024) Victims of former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré have begun receiving compensation amounting to a total of $16.5 million (10 billion CFA francs). Habré, who ruled Chad...Recent News
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