Oct 13, 2026 | Advocacy, Cases, News
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently delivered a landmark decision in a case involving immigration detention of children. In Jas.K.B. and Others v the Czech Republic (communication No. 193/2022), the Committee found that the State party had violated the rights of two sisters under articles 3 and 37(a) and (b) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, guaranteeing the child best interests principle and their freedom from torture or other ill-treatment and from arbitrary detention, respectively. The Committee’s decision reaffirms the obligations of States towards migrant children. The ICJ, the AIRE Centre, the Dutch Council for Refugees and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) had intervened in the case by filing a legal brief with the Committee.
Oct 12, 2026 | Advocacy, Human Rights Council, News, Statements, Web Stories, Work with the UN
The United Nations is presently grappling with major restructuring likely to involve significant changes, while the process for electing a new Secretary-General is nearing its conclusion. Amidst this instability and uncertainty, the UN’s main human rights body, the...
Oct 12, 2026 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), the more than 120 undersigned organisations from over 60 countries representing all regions, and dozens of legal experts, human rights defenders and members of the European Parliament, condemn unequivocally...
Jul 30, 2026 | Advocacy, Analysis briefs, News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) commends the recommendations on the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Libya featured in the final report of the Structured Dialogue consultations led by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya...
Jul 2, 2026 | Advocacy, News
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that Egypt’s three-year – and ongoing – detention of activist Ahmed Assayed Suleiman (aka Gika) is arbitrary and violates his rights to liberty, to freedom of opinion and expression, to a fair trial and...
