Legal practitioners from Nepal have agreed that gender stereotyping discourages women from accessing judicial processes so lawyers must be mindful of such stereotypes and biases while providing legal services. The lawyers also formulated action points that they are committed to implementing to eliminate gender stereotyping and discriminatory attitudes towards women.
We are writing to raise our deep concerns about the Iranian authorities’ mobilization of their well-honed machinery of repression to ruthlessly crackdown on current nationwide protests.
The local ‘judicial committees’ established by Nepal’s 2015 Constitution have shown that with sufficient resources and expertise they can improve access to justice, especially for women. This was one of the key findings of a consultation organized by the International Commission of Jurists and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Law (SAARC Law Nepal) on the “Role of Justice Sector Actors on Enhancing Women’s Access to Justice in Nepal” held on 21 September 2022 in Kathmandu.
The ICJ, in partnership with the Indonesia Judicial Training Center Institution (Litbangdiklatkumdil), convened two judicial dialogues from the 19-20 September 2022 and 22-23 September 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia, aimed at addressing gender perspectives in judicial acts and advancing women’s access to justice.
The UN Human Rights Council should establish an accountabiliy mechanism for gross human rights violations in Afghansitan, in particular against women and girls, urged today the ICJ.
Sri Lanka: Counter-terror police must cease the harassment of Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan
Sudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission for two more years
Israel/Palestine: Immediately halt Gaza’s occupation plan
Nepal: Lawyers urge authorities to address inaccessibility of justice system to women and girls with disabilities