The indictment of Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park, and three other park officials for the premeditated murder of Karen activist Pholachi “Billy” Rakchongcharoen that was announced on 15 August 2022, is a welcome step towards justice, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. (more…)
The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 125 national and international organizations, including the International Commission of Jurists, working on Venezuela said today. The Mission, established in 2019 to investigate systematic human rights violations in Venezuela, has played a key role in pushing for […]
The Sri Lankan Parliament should reject the ‘22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill’ and, instead, should amend the Constitution to remove the President’s unfettered authority, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. (more…)
Singapore’s authorities must immediately halt any impending executions, and cease using punitive cost orders against lawyers representing death-row inmates, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. (more…)
The staff of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) – a South African human rights non-profit organisation – have received death threats and other threats of violence, forcing the organization to temporarily close down its offices. This follows SERI’s decision to provide legal representation to a group of about 600 informal traders to […]
The International Commission of Jurists is part of a group of 13 organizations that have issued a joint statement condemning the Sri Lankan authorities’ violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka. This includes arrests, intimidation and the brutal attack on the protest camp in Colombo on 22 July 2022. The Sri […]
