The ICJ is deeply concerned by the assassination attempt perpetrated against Mr. Akin Birdal, President of the largest Turkish non-governmental human rights organization, the Human Rights Association (IHD), on 12 May 1998.
Today, the ICJ stated that the critical political situation in Kenya required immediate action to avoid further deterioration of the political climate.
The ICJ has organized workshops and seminars to encourage the development of legal services in rural areas in Asia, Africa and Latin America. In Africa, training programmes focused on promoting the concept of paralegals in East, West, Central and Southern Africa.
The essential mission of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is to universally promote the Rule of Law and the legal protection of all human rights, whether they are economic, social, cultural, civil or political.
The ICJ has been concerned by developments in Tibet for almost four decades. In 1959 the ICJ published “The Question of Tibet and the Rule of Law”, which examined Chinese policy in Tibet, violations of human rights in Tibet and the position of Tibet in international law.
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