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Singapore: Civil defamation ruling against blogger Leong Sze Hian further shrinks the space for freedom of expression online

The High Court of Singapore decision ordering a blogger to pay the...

Human rights and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines: does the Human Rights Council resolution go far enough?

By Tim Fish Hodgson, Legal Adviser on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...

Philippines: ICJ joins NGOs joint statement of concern for systematic human rights violation and impunity

The ICJ joined today seven other organisation in a statement before the...

At UN ICJ calls on Ukraine to ensure security of lawyers and judicial independence

Today, before the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ called on Ukrainian...

Turkey : Immediately free lawyer and human rights defender Öztürk Türkdoğan

The ICJ called today on the Turkish authorities to immediately release human...

Tunisia: ICJ roundtable on strengthening accountability through the Specialized Criminal Chambers

On 13 and 14 March 2021, the ICJ and the Association of...

Mission of Sir Leslie Munro to Pakistan

The newly-appointed Secretary-General of the ICJ, Sir Leslie Munro, will be visiting...

ICJ mission to the Dominican Republic

The ICJ confirmed today that it is sending at the invitation of...

Project of an International Commission of Jurists inquiry committee on Berlin

Notes about the project of an International Commission of Jurists inquiry committee...

Appointment of Sir Leslie Munro as new Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists

Effective July 1st, 1961, Sir Leslie Munro, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., will succeed Dr....

Observer at the trial of Adolf Eichmann

The ICJ has requested Dr. Pierre A. Papadatos, attorney at the Court...

Trial observer sent to Addis Ababa

The ICJ has been informed by the Ethiopian Minister of Justice that...

ICJ report: “South Africa and the Rule of Law”

The ICJ released today a detailed Report on South Africa and the...

Trial observation at Yassa-Ada, Turkey

The ICJ announced today that it has delegated Mr. Raymond Nicolet, the...

Trial in Angola: ICJ intervention for Portuguese lawyer

On July 27, 1960, the ICJ requested the intervention of Dr. Salazar,...

ICJ concerned by the situation in the Dominican Republic

The ICJ has become increasingly concerned over persistent reports from citizens of...

General update on ICJ’s activities

Dr. Jean-Flavien Lalive, a Swiss jurist and Secretary-General of the IICJ, has...

Essay contest on “The Role of the Lawyer in the Economic and Social Development of his Country within the Framework of the Rule of Law”

The ICJ announced today at its Geneva headquarters a world-wide Contest on...

New report: “The Question of Tibet and the Rule of Law”

There is prima facie evidence that the Chinese Communists have by acts...

Summary of a report on Tibet: submitted to the ICJ by Shri Purshottam Trikamdas