An opinion piece by International Commission of Jurists’ International Legal Advisor for Southeast Asia Emerlynne Gil on the Philippines’ reluctance to speak out about Brunei’s new Penal Code. (more…)
More than 40 delegates from nine countries attended a regional workshop for ASEAN lawyers in Bangkok April 28-30 on the promotion and protection of the rights of human rights defenders. (more…)
The ICJ has submitted a briefing to the UN Secretary-General on capital punishment in connection with real or purported engagement in consensual sexual relations, in view of his forthcoming report on the question of the death penalty to the Human Rights Council. (more…)
An opinion piece by International Commission of Jurists’ International legal adviser for Southeast Asia Emerlynne Gil. (more…)
A statement by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah suggesting that critics of Brunei Darussalam’s new Penal Code may be criminally prosecuted for slander is clearly meant to curb freedom of expression and opinion in the country, the ICJ said. (more…)
