Cambodia: Implement UN recommendations and ensure the independence of the judiciary
Today, the ICJ joins Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute in supporting the call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia to increase women’s presence in Cambodia’s legislature, judiciary, legal profession, human...
UN Human Rights Council faces growing strains, but makes progress on racial justice and law enforcement, and addresses the situation in Eritrea
As the UN Human Rights Council concludes its 56th session, the ICJ warns that political deadlock and waning commitment by States to long agreed human rights objectives continues to limit the Council’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mandate to protect and promote human rights around the world.
Libya: the Human Rights Council must establish an independent international investigative mechanism
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) participated in the interactive dialogue on the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya. In a...
Venezuela: Systematic failure by the Prosecution Office to tackle gross human rights violations brings about near total-impunity
In a report released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) evaluates the failure of Venezuela’s Public Prosecutor’s Office to address cases involving gross human rights violations amounting crimes under international criminal law. The report concludes...Recent News
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