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EU: Better support structures for children in conflict with the law are needed

EU: Better support structures for children in conflict with the law are needed

May 20, 2025 | Advocacy, Events, News

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) organized a series of workshops for social workers and probation officers working with children from Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands and Slovakia. The goal was to share experiences, identify common challenges, and highlight effective practices in supporting children in conflict with the law.

Topics discussed included methods of conducting individual assessment of children, diversion options as alternatives to formal criminal proceedings, the availability of support organizations, the role of parents throughout justice processes, and the impact of institutional discrimination on children in conflict with law.

Event: renditions, extraditions and human rights

Event: renditions, extraditions and human rights

Jan 30, 2018 | Agendas, Events

The ICJ invites you to an event to discuss challenges in prevention of, and accountability for, violations of human rights in renditions and other transfers of suspects, including through past European complicity in US-led renditions, and in ongoing transfers of suspects in the CIS region.

Join us for a discussion marking the EU launch of the International Commission of Jurists’ report, Transnational Injustices: National Security Transfers and International Law. The event is kindly hosted by Ana Gomez and Eva Joly, MEPs.

Panelists will discuss the ongoing practice of states unlawfully rendering people accused of terrorism, accountability for violations of human rights in past renditions, and how the EU institutions and EU Member States should address these.

When: Tuesday 30 January 16.00 – 18.00

Where: Room A5G305, European Parliament, Brussels

RSVP to: anamaria.gomes@europarl.europa.eu 

Speakers include:

  • Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament
  • Eva Joly, Member of the European Parliament
  • Róisín Pillay, International Commission of Jurists
  • Natacha Kazachkine, Open Society European Policy Institute

A flyer for this event is available in PDF format by clicking here.

Greece: ICJ and others intervene in case challenging returns under EU-Turkey deal

Greece: ICJ and others intervene in case challenging returns under EU-Turkey deal

Oct 6, 2017 | Advocacy, Cases, Legal submissions

The ICJ and other human rights organisations intervened before the European Court of Human Rights in a case challenging the returns of migrants and refugees from Greece under the EU-Turkey deal.

The ICJ, the AIRE Centre, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles and the Dutch Council for Refugees have submitted a third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of J.B. v. Greece. The case concerns the decision of Greek authorities to return a Syrian refugee to Turkey under the legal assumption that Turkey is a safe third country for refugees, that has been introduced following the EU-Turkey deal reached in reaction to the “refugee crisis”.

The interveners challenge the implementation of the rule of safe third country in these situations with regard to Greece’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Specifically, the intervention focuses on:

  • The principle of non-refoulement under the ECHR;
  • The safe third country concept in international refugee law and EU law;
  • The respect of the right to an effective remedy in cases of returns to Turkey under the safe third country rule.

Greece-JB_v_Greece-ECtHR-amicus-ICJ&others-final-eng-2017 (download the intervention)

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