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Czech Republic: Conference highlights role of judges in protecting rights of migrants and asylum seekers
Judges play a crucial role in protecting the rights of migrants and...
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Thailand: joint submissions by ICJ and its partners to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
On 25 March 2021, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN...
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Tunisia: ICJ workshop highlights need for Specialized Criminal Chambers to deliver justice for victims of gross human rights violations
The credibility of the criminal trials currently ongoing before Tunisia’s Specialised Criminal...
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Tunisia: Joint communication to UN Special Procedures calls for immediate action to counter attacks against the transitional justice process
In a joint communication to five United Nations Special Procedures, the ICJ...
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Final conference: implementation of international law on economic, social and cultural rights in the national framework of Uzbekistan
Today, the ICJ, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...
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UN: Overview of the 46th Human Rights Council session
Today, at the close of the 46th regular session of the UN...
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Sri Lanka: jurists call for vigorous prosecution of human rights violators in Sri Lanka
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers reports that,...
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African states establish supranational Human Rights Court
The ICJ welcomes the decision taken by the Assembly of Heads of...
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ICJ elects new members from Cameroon, Colombia, India and Pakistan
Today, the ICJ announced that Mr. Rajeev Dhavan (India), Dr. Gustavo Gallon...
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UN Commission on Human Rights forsakes victims of human rights violations
The ICJ found that the UN Commission on Human Rights, which ended...
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Jurists say major states are dragging their feet on the creation of a permanent International Criminal Court
The ICJ welcomes that some progress has been made during the August...
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ICJ to send prominent trial observer to Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy’s appeal
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers will send...
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The ICJ welcomes referral of Malaysian UN Special Rapporteur case to the International Court of Justice
The ICJ welcomes the referral to the International Court of Justice of the...
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Indonesia bars trial observer for “political” reasons
The ICJ confirmed today that a representative of its Australian section who...
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Jurists welcome the nomination of Mary Robinson as new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The ICJ warmly welcomed today the nomination by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi...
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Bahrain: continued detention of Judge Abdul Amir Al-Jamri
The ICJ intervened today with His Highness Sheikh Issa Bin Salman AI-Khalifa,...
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ICJ condemns the outrageous murder of ICRC delegates in Chechnya
The ICJ expresses total shock and utter dismay over the brutal and...
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Jurists call for the preservation of the rule of law in Hong Kong
Today, the ICJ announced that its President, Justice Michael Kirby of Australia,...
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Jurists gravely concerned by the illegal use of force in the West Bank and Gaza
The ICJ is gravely concerned by the indiscriminate and excessive use of...
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ICJ elects new members from Costa Rica, Indonesia, Japan and Venezuela
Today, the ICJ announced that four new members have been elected to...
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Tunisia: jurists dismayed by politically motivated Chammari sentence
Today, the ICJ expressed its utter dismay over the five-year imprisonment sentence...
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Jurists concerned by arrest of Palestinian Human Rights Commissioner
The ICJ is deeply concerned by the arrest and possible torture of...
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Nigeria’s military government continues to violate human rights
Today, the ICJ received news of the arrest of Mr. Olisa Agbakoba...
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Pakistan: Attack on advocate Asma Jahangir
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers intervened today...
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Approving the Council of Europe’s bar on Russia’s entry, the ICJ condemns human rights violations in Chechnya
Today, the ICJ approved the decision of the Council of Europe to...
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Jurists denounce states’ obstructions in elaborating a UN Charter on human rights defenders
The ICJ voiced its concern today over the fact that a small...
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