Judges must view safe country of origin designations with caution and need to make sure individual cases are properly assessed in asylum procedures, judges and experts said during a seminar for Irish and Czech judges held by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Immigrant Council of Ireland and Forum for Human Rights. (more…)
Israel must immediately remedy its failure to ensure full and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said in a briefing paper released today. (more…)
Presidential Decree 117 on 22/09/2021 is an affront to the Rule of Law and the constitutional order and must be immediately revoked, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) and the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish” are holding a launch event for a new project on the enhancement of the implementation of international law on economic, social and cultural rights in the national […]
The International Commission of Jurists welcomes the decision by the High Court of South Africa to declare unconstitutional South Africa’s Copyright Act, as it failed to make provision for persons with visual impairments and other disabilities to access literary works in readable format. The ICJ participated in the case as a third party. At a […]
The Republic of Korea must immediately release Yang Kyeung-soo, president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), who has been held in pre-trial detention since 2 September, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
