Lebanon: Joint letter to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Justice regarding the investigation into the Beirut port explosion
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), alongside international and national human rights organizations and families of the victims of the August 2020 Beirut port blast, sent a letter to Lebanon’s Prime Minister and to the Minister of Justice urging them...
HRC58: ICJ Statement on the situation of human rights in Tunisia, Sri Lanka, and Guatemala
United Nations Human Rights Council 58th Regular Session General Debate Item 2 Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the General Debate on Item 2 Mr. President, As OHCHR states, in Tunisia, the authorities have continued to weaponize the...
Kazakhstan: Criminal proceedings against lawyers Zhanna Urazbakhova and Gabit Bekitayev must be dropped
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the initiation of criminal proceedings by Almaty Police Department against lawyers Zhanna Urazbakhova and Gabit Bekitayev in Almaty. The ICJ believes that these proceedings are likely to have been undertaken in response to the lawful exercise of their professional duties.
Slovakia: The ICJ addresses the National Judicial Council on threats to judicial independence
On 14 February 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) denounced what appears to be improper interference by the executive in the work of the NJC, and emphasized that judicial councils must remain independent from parliamentary and executive influence to...Recent News
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