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Sri Lanka: newly established Commission of Inquiry is a travesty of justice
The ICJ stated today that a newly appointed Commission of Inquiry tasked...
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Global accountability demands greater support for investigations, insist the Netherlands and ICJ
Justice for serious human rights violations requires more effective evidence collection and...
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ICJ and Cordaid report highlights the need for religious and customary laws to empower rather than discriminate against women and girls
Today the ICJ in collaboration with Cordaid issued a report on a...
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Martin Ennals Award Finalists 2021 shine a light on abuses in authoritarian states
Soltan Achilova, Loujain AlHathloul and Yu Wensheng, three outstanding human rights defenders...
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Zimbabwe: journalist and lawyers detained for exercising their rights to free expression must be released
The ICJ today condemned the arbitrary arrests in recent days of prominent...
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Greece: online training on fair and effective asylum procedures
Today, the ICJ in collaboration with Greek Council of Refugees (GCR) is...
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Countdown to free and fair elections in South Africa
The ICJ releases today the full text of a statement that marks...
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Jurists denounce stalling of democratic process in Haiti
The ICJ strongly denounces the assassination of a number of persons, including...
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ICJ welcomes UN appointment of Special Rapporteur on Sexual Slavery
The ICJ welcomes the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur on sexual...
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ICJ calls for equal participation of women in development and denounces fraudulent enrichment of top officials
The ICJ said today, before the 45th Session of the UN Sub-Commission...
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Jurists say Israeli raids on South Lebanon violate international law
The ICJ said today that the on-going Israeli raids on the South...
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Nigerian Government should respect people’s choice
Today, the lCJ expressed its concern over the recent interference in the...
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NGOs register of complaints and communications to the African Commission opened at the ICJ
Conclusions and recommendations of the 4th NGO Workshop, in Banjul March 26-28....
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The collapse of Constitutional order in Guatemala
On the 25 May 1993, the President of Guatemala, Jorge Serrano Elias...
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Jurists campaign for the establishment of a permanent International Penal Court
Today, the ICJ launched a campaign for the establishment of a permanent...
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Jurists call for an International Penal Court
During the discussion on the human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia,...
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Jurists call for a Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories
The ICJ intervened at the 49th session of the United Nations Commission...
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Jurists say Israeli deportations threaten international peace and security
The ICJ intervened today with the President of the UN Security Council...
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Chile judiciary shut its eyes to junta’s brutality, report says
Chile’s judiciary was a pliant partner of the military junta and shut...
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Jurists monitor elections in Madagascar
The ICJ, given the responsibility by the European Economic Community of supervising...
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ICJ and Fordham University commemorate El Salvador murders
Exactly three years ago, on 16 November 1989, six Jesuit priests were...
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International experts reject amnesty for human rights abuses
Perpetrators of grave human rights violations must be pursued and punished under...
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Jurists seek inquiry into death of Malawi opposition leader
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers is seeking...
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Marcos verdict sets precedent for rights victims, the ICJ says
Victims of human rights abuses have broken new legal ground by winning...
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Interim Thai Government interferes with judicial independence
Forty-eight hours before the recent general elections in Thailand, the interim government...
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Law is a dangerous profession in Colombia
Judges and lawyers in Colombia work in a dangerous profession, says a...
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