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Region and country Archives: Middle East and North Africa

Israel/OPT: Joint Support for Call for a Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention 1949

In light of credible allegations of ongoing violations of international humanitarian law arising from the protracted armed conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular in the Gaza Strip, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International (AI), and Human Rights Watch (HRW) support the call by a number of High Contracting Parties […]

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Gaza/Palestine: States have a Duty to Prevent Genocide

LEGAL BRIEFER: States’ Duty to Prevent Genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention This legal briefer focuses on States’ duty to prevent genocide under international law. However, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) notes that there are credible allegations of other serious crimes under international law having been committed in the course of the ongoing hostilities […]

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The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ judgment of 22 September 2022: A clear rebuke of Tunisia’s authoritarian drift

Today, the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) opens its 71st Ordinary Session. To mark the occasion, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with inkyfada, looks back at ACtHPR’s September 2022 judgement against Tunisia, in which it ordered the republic to return to constitutional democracy and establish an independent constitutional court. […]

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Libya: New Q&A on current attacks on the right to freedom of association

A new question-and-answer briefing by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) examines recent developments that have detrimentally affected the right to freedom of association in Libya against the backdrop of an increasing crackdown on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). Among such negative developments, the authorities have even begun enforcing repressive Gadhafi-era legislation, namely, Law No. 19 […]

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