UAE must end its crackdown on lawyers and human rights defenders
The ICJ calls on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities to end their crackdown on lawyers and human rights defenders.
Executive control over judiciary persists in Tunisia
The ICJ deplores the unilateral decision of the Tunisian Minister of Justice to summarily dismiss over 70 judges.
ICJ stakeholder submission for the second cycle Universal Periodic Review of Israel
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Israel during its 15th session in January 2013.
Egypt’s transition: a fundamentally flawed process
In a position paper published today, the ICJ sets out its concerns about measures taken by the transitional authorities in Egypt, in particular the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF).
ICJ oral statement on the situation of human rights in Syria
The statement was delivered today at the 19th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
The International Commission of Jurists called on the Human Rights Council, as a matter of the utmost urgency, to request that the Security Council immediately refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to take concerted and united action with the General Assembly to end the ongoing massacres in Syria.
Syria-ICJ-Human Rights Council SS19-non legal submission-2012 (Full text in PDF)
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