In order to improve respect for the rights of workers in Southeast Asia, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), will launch a new Guidance on Freedom of Association of Workers in ASEAN. (more…)
Today, the ICJ outlined the dire human rights and rule of law situation in Myanmar before the UN Human Rights Council during the interactive dialogue on the written update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights. (more…)
The ICJ today urged the UN Human Rights Council and its Member States to work to ensure accountability for gross human rights violations and likely crimes against humanity committeed in Myanmar during the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. (more…)
The ICJ today called on UN Member States, before the Human Rights Council, to support the work of the International Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar and to actively identify possible fora for legal proceedings which could rely on evidence collected by the IIMM to help facilitate justice for the people of Myanmar. (more…)
Myanmar victims of serious human rights violations, including Rohingya living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, have expressed their desire to be included in the various international justice processes underway around the world. In response, the ICJ is holding a series of accessible online discussions on justice and accountability. (more…)
Today, the ICJ called on the Myanmar military authorities to immediately release many arbitrarily detained in Insein prison and elsewhere whose right to life and health are at great risk, arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
