Jul 11, 2023 | News
The ICJ condemns the violent attacks on human rights lawyer, Obey Shava, who was severely beaten by four unidentified assailants The Zimbabwean authorities must conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into his assault and bring to justice those responsible for the attack. They must also take measures to protect Obey Shava’s well-being and physical safety
Obey Shava is a human rights lawyer, co-founder of Shava Law Chambers, and a member of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). He has been providing legal representation to activists from the Zimbabwean opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). CCC spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere, described the incident as a cowardly act done at a time Shava has been litigating on behalf of her party in the double candidates fraud cases as well as electoral appeals that have emerged in the build-up to the country’s harmonized elections on August 23.
Jul 7, 2023 | News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today condemned a series of violent assaults against lawyers and a journalist in the Russian Federation.
The assaults targeted lawyer Alexander Nemov and Yelena Milashina, a journalist of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta in Chechnya, followed by another attack on lawyer Elena Ponomareva in Moscow. They are part of a worrying broader pattern of violence against persons for carrying out their important professional functions as lawyers and journalists.
Jun 29, 2023
An update to the October 2022 report: “Violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief since the coup d’état in Myanmar”. This publication provides an overview of the violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief perpetrated in the period between the 2021 military coup, on 1 February 2021, and 30 April 30 2023, and updates the data presented in the October 2022 report
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Jun 21, 2023
The ICJ addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today to deplore the serious human rights violations, and attacks on the rule of law and civic space in Sri Lanka and Tunisia, during a debate on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ annual report.
Jun 3, 2023
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in coordination with its local partner Advocacy Forum (AF) and Nepal’s Office of the Chief Attorney (OCA), held a two-day capacity building workshop for the members of the local detention Monitoring Committee, government officials, and human rights defenders in Sudurpaschim Province on 31 May-1 June 2023. The objective of the workshop was to impart knowledge and exchange views on effective monitoring of places of detention and documentation mainly of cases torture and other ill-treatment in detention with a view to facilitating prevention and redress.
