Thailand: Deportation of Uyghur Detainees to China exposes them to a real risk of grave human rights violations in violation of international and Thai law
Today (27 February 2025), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the reported deportation of at least 40 Uyghur detainees from Thailand’s immigration center in Bangkok to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. “We condemn the deportations in the...
Thailand: ICJ’s training on effective forensic investigations of potentially unlawful deaths and enforced disappearances
On 19–20 February 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) co-hosted (see background below for the list of other co-hosts) a workshop in Thailand for 26 forensic doctors and government and administrative officials involved in forensic investigations of...
Thailand: Two years into the adoption of the Anti-Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, justice for victims and survivors remains unattainable
As Thailand marks the second anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act (the Act) on 22 February 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Thai authorities to take immediate...
Joint Statement: The ICJ joined other NGOs in calling for states to accede to the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention
As 14 February 2025 marks the first year anniversary of the signing conference of the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and other International...
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The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the initiation of criminal proceedings by Almaty Police Department against lawyers Zhanna Urazbakhova and Gabit Bekitayev in Almaty. The ICJ believes that these proceedings are likely to have been undertaken in response to the lawful exercise of their professional duties.
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