Mekong Region: ICJ convenes the second regional dialogue to address human rights concerns regarding special economic zones
On 20 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with Chulalongkorn University’s Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), EarthRights International, Extra-Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch Coalition) and the Mekong...
Thailand: The Eastern Special Development Zone Act should safeguard the rights of affected communities
The Eastern Special Development Zone Act B.E. 2561 (2018) (‘EEC Act’), regulating the establishment of a special economic zone in eastern Thailand, must be framed with a human-rights-based approach, and all decisions purportedly made pursuant to the Act should be made...
Thailand: ICJ calls for justice on 20th anniversary of Somchai Neelapaijit’s enforced disappearance
On 11 and 12 March 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) co-hosted a forum titled, “Enforced Justice Instead of Disappearances” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Somchai...
Sri Lanka: Judges must be left alone to make their own independent decisions relating to restrictive COVID measures
The ICJ today expressed its concern regarding the recent seminar convened by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) at which magistrates and other judicial officers were reportedly instructed to use certain sections of the Criminal Procedure Code to control protests and other public gatherings from taking place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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