Türkiye’s authorities must immediately free human rights defender and philanthropist Osman Kavala, after a damning judgment of the European Court of Human Rights held the State did not act in good faith by keeping him behind bars despite a previous ruling of the Court requiring his release.
As it concludes its 50th session, the UN Human Rights Council has shown that it can act to address the human rights situations in countries in crisis, such as Libya, Syria, Belarus, Afghanistan, Sudan and Eritrea. It also has been able to withstand fierce opposition from retrograde States to work to protect those suffering violence and discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. However, the Council continues to fail to address some of the direst human rights situations in powerful countries, such as the Russian Federation and China.
Thailand’s Senate must pass a draft law that would criminalize enforced disappearances and do more to put an end to such violations, international experts and Thai human rights defenders urged at a workshop co-hosted on 30 June in Bangkok by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Thailand’s Ministry of Justice.
On 28 – 29 May, the ICJ convened a South Asia Judicial Dialogue with the participation of thirty South Asian judges from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan to discuss the implementation of the Bangkok General Guidance for Judges in Applying a Gender Perspective (BGG).
The victims of the late Chadian president Hissène Habré have yet to receive any reparations, six years after his historic conviction in Senegal, seven organizations said today.
South Africa: ICJ urges high court to apply international law protecting migrants and refugees from discrimination and xenophobia in case involving vigilante attacks
Civil Society Statement Ahead of Cour de Cassation Hearing on Immunities for State Officials in the Case of Bashar al-Assad
Palestine/Israel: Israel must immediately stop its criminal forcible displacement in Gaza
ICJ Submission on draft General Comment No. 27 on Children’s access to justice and effective remedy