The conviction of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi today after an unfair process on trumped-up charges exposes the extent of the military’s control over the judiciary, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today.
The Tunisian authorities must immediately release detained opposition politicians Noureddine el-Bhiri and Fathi Baldi and end the abuse of emergency powers to subject members of the political opposition to arbitrary arrest and other human rights violations, said the ICJ today
The ICJ launches today a series of videos on access to justice challenges in cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Peru, Colombia and Guatemala; the videos also include recommendations to each State on urgent measures to take to fight against impunity for these crimes. The videos were produced as part of the project “Promoting justice for extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Colombia, Guatemala and Peru”, supported by the European Union.
Judges play a crucial role in ensuring that Uzbekistan implements its international law obligations to protect economic, social and cultural rights, a training seminar for judges in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, heard this week.
Civil society should play an active role in the UN treaty bodies reviews of Uzbekistan’s human rights record, an ICJ event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, emphasised.
The ICJ joins other international human rights NGOs in demanding the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation
Egypt: End grossly unfair prosecution of human rights defender Dr Ahmad Amasha and release him immediately
Afghanistan: Open Letter to the UN Human Rights Council Urging Support for Accountability Amid the Deepening Human Rights and Humanitarian Crisis