Today, the ICJ condemned the practice of shooting unarmed demonstrators with lethal firearms, which has caused the death of at least 12 Gambian children and one official of the Gambian Red Cross Society.
Today, the ICJ denounced the escalation of attacks by the Robert G. Mugabe regime on the rule of law and human rights in Zimbabwe.
Senegal has become the first country to ratify the Rome Statute for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court.
Today, the ICJ received news of the arrest of Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (photo), the President of the Civil Liberties Organization. This arrest is the latest in a series of disturbing developments occurring in Nigeria.
Today, the ICJ declared that tension is back in Burundi, particularly in the capital city of Bujumbura. According to reliable sources, since 3 January, certain areas of the city have proclaimed civil disobedience.
The ICJ said today that the UN should extend the mandate of the International Tribunal on the former-Yugoslavia to the crimes now being committed in Rwanda.
Russian Federation: Arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Maria Bontsler must be released
ICJ Oral statement at HRC urgent debate on protection of children and schools in armed conflict
Joint Statement from Legal Experts on Genetic Sex Testing in Sport
HRC on Iran: the Council must condemn human rights violations by all parties to this conflict