Jun 30, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Legal submissions, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has submitted comments to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the Draft General Comment No. 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and to an effective remedy.
Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
Apr 17, 2025 | Advocacy, Events, News, Special Procedures, Web Stories, Work with the UN
The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers emphasized the fundamental importance of the independence of judges and lawyers in the protection of human rights and the rule of law. In a social media post issued on 13 April 2025 after meeting...
Apr 3, 2025 | Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Work with the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council 58th Regular Session Agenda Item 10 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists in the General Debate on Item 10 1 April 2025 Mr. President, The International Commission of Jurists shares the great concerns expressed...
Mar 27, 2025 | Advocacy, News, Position papers
In a joint paper published today, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urge the UN Member States of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to establish a follow-up mechanism to the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya...