On 31 August 2021, during a side event in the context of the Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the International Commission of Jurists, Saferworld and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) launched the report Domestic accountability for arms transfers: Law, policy and practice. (more…)
The ICJ today welcomed the judgement of the Canadian Supreme Court in the Case of Araya v, Nevsun, which allows a civil lawsuit by a group of Eritrean plaintiffs to proceed against Canadian company Nevsun Resources Ltd. for its alleged involvement in forced labour, slavery, torture and other serious human rights abuses against plaintiffs. (more…)
The ICJ and Amnesty International–Canada, have intervened in appeal proceedings before the Supreme Court of Canada in the Case Araya et al versus Nevsun Resources Ltd on appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal. (more…)
The ICJ continues its series of profiles of ICJ’s women Commissioners with an interview with ICJ Vice-President Michèle Rivet. (more…)
Mr Reed Brody (United States), Ms Roberta Clarke (Barbados/Canada), Professor Juan Mendez (Argentina), Mr Alejandro Salinas Rivera (Chile) and Justice Kalyan Shrestha (Nepal) have recently been elected to join the ICJ. (more…)
B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee welcomes the following legislative and institutional steps taken by the State party: (b) Adoption of the Domestic Relations Act in Prince Edward Island that legalizes same-sex marriage, in 2008; Link to full text of the report:Concluding Observations-CCPR-Canada-2015-eng
