Nepal: Ensure Credible Transitional Justice Appointments
Political Interference in Selections is Jeopardizing the Process. (Geneva) – The Nepal government should urgently heed the demands of conflict victims and amend the process for appointing commissioners to the country’s two transitional justice bodies, Amnesty...
EU: Access to a lawyer in juvenile justice proceedings remains a key concern in several EU Member States
In April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and partners organized two online workshops for legal practitioners from six EU Member States who work with children in conflict with the law. These workshops follow up on the Transnational Exchange Roundtable held in March 2025 in Brussels and aim to explore specific issues in greater depth and strengthen legal assistance for children in conflict with the law.
Tunisia: Arbitrarily detained lawyer Ahmed Souab must be released and criminal charges dropped
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemned today the arbitrary detention of prominent lawyer and former administrative judge Ahmed Souab, and called on the Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all criminal charges...
Egypt: Al-Sisi must reject the new Criminal Procedure Code
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must not promulgate the new Criminal Procedures Code (CPC) adopted by the Egyptian Parliament, which, if enacted, would further undermine fair trial rights and facilitate the authorities’ ongoing crackdown against politicians, human...Recent News
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