World Congress on Enforced Disappearance: preventing and ending impunity for a global scourge
Geneva – On 15-16 January, The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) collaborated with the Convention against Enforced Disappearances Initiative (CEDI)* and other leading organizations to convene the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances (WCED)...
Myanmar: Four years after the military coup, widespread atrocities persist without accountability
As Myanmar enters the fourth year under military rule following the coup d’état on February 1, 2021, widespread and systematic atrocity crimes continue to be perpetrated by the military junta and armed groups across Myanmar with near total impunity, the International...
EU: New Report on Strategic Litigation of Judicial Independence
The report, Justice Under Pressure: Strategic Litigation of Judicial Independence in Europe, published by ICJ and Human Rights in Practice, provides a comprehensive overview of standards and practices on strategic litigation to defend judicial independence and accountability in Europe.
The Price of Complicity: Tunisia-EU Partnership Agreement Fuels Serious Abuses Against Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Migrants
Today, on International Migrants Day, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) published a briefing paper calling on the Tunisian authorities to immediately halt all collective expulsions and inhuman treatment of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants. The ICJ...
Bolivia: New Report Highlights Shortcomings and Challenges of Judicial Independence
Judicial election processes and reform efforts deeply flawed The ICJ, jointly with the Due Process Law Foundation and the Latin American Federation of Magistrates, today launched the report titled “Neither comprehensive judicial elections nor judicial...Recent News
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