HRC59: Statement to the Special Rapporteur–confronting global attacks on judicial independence in Guatemala and Tunisia
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 3 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers ...
HRC59: Statement on the High Commissioner’s report – addressing accountability gaps in Sri Lanka, Libya, and global attacks on justice
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 2 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Annual Report 17 June 2025 High Commissioner, The International Commission of...
HRC59: Joint statement on the report of Special Rapporteur in Afghanistan
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 2 Oral Statement under the Enhanced ID on report of SR in Afghanistan 16 June 2025 Mr. Special Rapporteur, The ICJ and IBAHRI concur with your main findings, including that Afghan women, girls and...
Thailand: Laws and practices do not meet international obligations to address gender-based violence, ICJ tells UN Committee
On 19 May, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with the Thai NGO SHero Thailand, submitted an alternative report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) ahead of its upcoming review of...
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On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
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