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Venezuela: politicized judiciary tool of repression rather than defender of rule of law  

Venezuela’s judiciary has become a tool for political control of the country...

Thailand: New ICJ report highlights intensified online restrictions   

The Thai authorities should immediately reform laws, policies and practices that have...

More than words: it is time for urgent action on COVID-19 vaccines (UN Statement)

The ICJ and Human Rights Watch today addressed the UN Human Rights...

EU: Real alternatives to detention for migrant children should be used

Children should never be detained in immigration context. Immigration detention of children...

Nepal: Women still await justice for conflict-related sexual violence

Victims of sexual and gender-based violence during Nepal’s 10-year-long civil war still...

Tunisia: workshop on legal reasoning and judgment drafting for Specialized Criminal Chambers cases

On 19-20 June, the ICJ, in partnership with the Tunisian Association of...

ICJ urges Malaysian government not to undermine the rule of law

The ICJ’s CIJL is concerned by the government’s proposal to amend the...

ICJ calls for condemnation of other Israeli violations of international law

The ICJ welcomes the resolution of the UN Security Council declaring that...

Malaysia: detentions without charges

The ICJ has urged the government of Malaysia to bring to trial...

The immunity of judges in Italy

Following the 8 November 1987 referendum abolishing the law limiting the civil...

ICJ mission to Singapore dismisses allegations of ‘Marxist conspiracy’

The ICJ visited Singapore to investigate and report on the detentions under...

Crimes against humanity in Bangladesh

In April 1972, Niall MacDermot, Q.C, Secretary-General of the ICJ, paid a...

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