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Turkey Flouts European Court Judgments: Council of Europe Committee Should Trigger Infringement Proceedings
(Istanbul, June 4, 2021) – The Council of Europe should insist that...
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Summer School: Family life and rights of migrant children in the EU
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, in collaboration with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ),...
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Pakistan: Escalating Attacks on Journalists
A recent series of attacks and growing pressure on journalists who criticize...
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Webinar: Immigration detention of children in the EU
On Thursday 3 June 2pm CET, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)...
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Briefing paper: Detention in the EU Migration and Asylum Pact proposals
European legislators should reject the Screening Regulation proposal and revise the amended...
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Thailand civil society, government, discuss improving laws governing land rights to protect economic, social, and cultural rights
Thailand’s laws and practices governing the rights of land users may result...
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Rule of Law Must be Respected in Relation to Detainees in Guantanamo Bay
The ICJ urges the US Government to clarify the legal basis of...
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Malawi: threat to the Rule of Law
The ICJ is today attending, as an observer, closed hearings in Blantyre,...
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ICJ Commissioner Van Boven appointed UN Rapporteur on Torture
The ICJ expresses its warmest congratulations to Vice-President and Commission Member Theo...
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Rights groups support Belgium’s universal jurisdiction law
Three leading international human rights groups today voiced support for the Belgian...
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ICJ urges respect of Geneva Conventions in Afghan city of Kunduz
The ICJ is concerned about the potential fate of Afghan and foreign...
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US military commissions should not try accused terrorists
The ICJ is alarmed by the Executive Order issued by President Bush...
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Jurists Protest Removal of Three Judges by Parliament
The ICJ has written to President Bakili Muluzi of the Republic of...
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ICJ condemns killing of Spanish judge
The ICJ condemns the murder of José María Lidón Corbi, Magistrate of...
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Following killing, ICJ asks Mexico to protect human rights defenders
The ICJ today wrote to Mexican President Vincente Fox (photo) asking for...
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The ICJ horrorred at terrorist attacks in the USA
The ICJ expresses is horrorred at the inhuman terrorist attack in New...
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Protecting human rights in the era of globalization: UN body warns against conflicts between trade-related agreements and human rights
Joint press release with Lutheran World Federation (LWF), World Organization against Torture...
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Gibraltar: trial observation finding
The ICJ has noted the ruling of the Magistrates’ Court in Gibraltar...
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ICJ urges government to investigate death threats against Prosecutor
The ICJ today wrote to the Government of Guatemala expressing deep concern...
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The ICJ and Amnesty present a memorandum on the right to truth and military tribunals concerning enforced disappearances
Communicated to the President Fernando de la Rúa, the memorandum concerns the...
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Milosevic at the Hague : a legal watershed
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today described the handing over of...
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Guatemala: Amicus Curaie on the right to truth
On 20 June, the ICJ submitted an amicus curiae on the right...
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UN Commission on Human Rights: two significant outcomes
Advances in negotiations on a treaty on Enforced Disappearances and an Optional...
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ICJ to visit Zimbabwe
The ICJ today welcomed the decision of the Government of Zimbabwe to...
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Peace Brigades International wins 2001 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
The ICJ – a member of the Martin Ennals Foundation – is...
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Announcement by UNHCR: Mary Robinson, not to seek reappointment
The ICJ salutes Mary Robinson for her leadership and advocacy for human...
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