A human rights-based approach to criminal law: new Practitioners’ Guide on decriminalization of Poverty and Status
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) – together with the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS) and the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec) – has launched a new Practitioners’ Guide on “A Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law, Including the...
South Africa: ICJ asks the Supreme Court of Appeal to affirm that informal waste reclaimers must have the rights to work and housing protected in eviction proceedings
Today, the ICJ will argue a case before the Supreme Court of Appeal, as an amicus curiae, that the rights to housing and work for persons working in the informal sector to reclaim waste for recycling must be protected in line with international law and standards.
Egypt: End crackdown on journalists
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the Egyptian authorities’ arbitrary arrest and detention, and enforced disappearance, of satirical cartoonist Ashraf Omar and journalist Khaled Mamdouh for the legitimate exercise of their right to freedom of...
‘Build Us More Schools’: The Quest for Quality Free Education in Mabatini and Ngei Wards of Mathare, Nairobi
The report was produced by the Mathare Community Education Taskforce (Taskforce), in partnership with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR).
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