Apr 15, 2011 | Events
On 18 April, the ICJ will hold a workshop on migration and human rights in Europe where it will explore the situation of the asylum system at the EU level and in certain EU Member States.
This comes after the issuance of the judgment in the caseM.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece by the European Court of Human Rights. The workshop will gather national and international lawyers, NGOs, and EU officials in the Brussels office ofFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LPP.
Non-refoulement-Europe-event-2011 (full text, PDF)
Non-refoulement-Europe-summary of the workshop-event-2011 (full text, PDF)
Jan 12, 2011 | News
The ICJ today expressed its concern at the increasing instances of harassment and persecution of lawyers in Belarus following the recent suppression of protests at the outcome of the presidential elections.
The attacks include the initiation and endorsement of disbarment proceedings against lawyers by the Ministry of Justice and attempts to stifle their exercise of freedom of expression.
Belarus-harassment-lawyers-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
Belarus-harassment-lawyers-news-2011-rus (full text in Russia, PDF)
Dec 16, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other NGOs submitted written comments to the informal group on accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights on the occasion of its meeting of 6-8 December 2010.
The NGO paper addressed the proposed co-respondent mechanism of the European Court of Human Rights and consultation with civil society on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.
EU-accessionECHR-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 15, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other human rights groups published a paper raising concerns at proposals being considered in the Council of Europe to impose fees on applicants to the European Court of Human Rights.
ECHR-fees-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
Dec 15, 2010 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
The ICJ and other human rights groups submitted their comments to the Steering Committee on Human Rights (CDDH) at its meeting in November 2010.
Europe-guidelines-impunity-advocacy-2010 (full text, PDF)
