Aug 10, 2022 | News
The ICJ, together with Chulalongkorn University’s Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), held a consultative meeting on 10 August 2022 with a wide range of stakeholders involved in helping the Mekong countries set up SEZs to discuss the adverse human rights consequences of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the region at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University.
Jul 26, 2022
The governments in the Mekong region (including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), relevant United Nations agencies, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, donor communities, development agencies, and private sector actors must take effective steps to address serious deficiencies in the policies and legal framework governing economic development in Special Economic Zones (SEZ), urged civil society actors at an online meeting organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), EarthRights International, and the Land Watch Thai on 19 July 2022.
Nov 26, 2021 | Events, News
On 21, 23 and 26 November 2021, the ICJ co-hosted an online discussion on “Thailand’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights: 2-Year Progress Review”. The forum was co-organized with other 11 organizations.
Aug 2, 2021
Hoy, la CIJ publica un documento informativo (briefing paper) en inglés sobre el limitado acceso a vacunas contra el COVID-19, por parte de personas que no son ciudadanas colombianas, y sobre el fracaso de las autoridades colombianas en hacer público los contratos sobre vacunas contra el COVID-19 firmados con compañías farmacéuticas. Se trata de dos de los principales desafíos en la protección de los derechos humanos en el plan de adquisición y despliegue de vacunas contra el COVID-19 en el país.
Aug 2, 2021
Today, the ICJ published a briefing paper on non-citizens’ limited vaccine access and the authorities’ failure to disclose Colombia’s COVID-19 contracts with pharmaceutical companies, two of the main human rights challenges inhibiting human rights protection in the country’s vaccine acquisition and rollout plan.
