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Laos: After 13 years, renewed international action needed to ensure justice in Sombath Somphone’s enforced disappearance
15 December 2025. On the 13-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of...
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Uzbekistan: ICJ launches Winter School on international human rights law
The International Commission of Jurists today opened its Winter School on international...
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Thailand/Cambodia: Suspend trial of Uyghur detainees and implement UN request to redress multiple human rights violations
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the International Commission of...
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Myanmar: General Elections a Sham to Legitimize Military Rule and Not Restore Democracy
The Myanmar military authorities have scheduled general elections to take place in...
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Carlos Ayala: The battle for the rule of law in Latin America
In an exclusive interview, Carlos Ayala, President of the International Commission of...
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Tajikistan: Legal and institutional reforms are required to meet international human rights obligations on GBV
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Office of the...
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Tajikistan: Lawyer Wrongfully Held for a Decade Free Buzurgmehr Yorov and All Others Held for Exercising their Human Rights
(September 29, 2025) – Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights...
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Asia-Pacific: Business and Human Rights Forum Participants Consider Strategies to Ensure Companies Respect Human Rights in the Digital Space
On 18 September 2025, at the Asia-Pacific meeting of the UN Responsible...
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Joint Statement: Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law
We, the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations, welcome the decision...
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Lesotho: Further measures needed to ensure access to justice for persons with disabilities – New ICJ Report
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today launched a new report titled...
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Lesotho: ICJ initiates project to combat sexual and gender-based violence
Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and local partners, the People’s...
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ICJ mourns the passing of ICJ Commissioner Justice Moses Hungwe Chinhengo
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Justice Moses...
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HRC 60: Oral Statement on arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances in Egypt
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Statement by...
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EU: Procedural safeguards for migrant children must not regress under the Pact on Migration and Asylum
On 16-17 September 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) hosted a...
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Sri Lanka: ICJ calls for repeal or substantial revision of Online Safety Act
On 12 September 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted observations...
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The International Commission of Jurists Welcomes Our New Commissioners
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is proud to announce the appointment...
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Lebanon: Ensure draft media law upholds free expression
(Beirut, September 16, 2025) – Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that the draft...
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Nepal: Protesters Demand Integrity, Rights, Rule of Law
© Photo by: Kamal Prasai, Online Khabar (London, September 13, 2025) All...
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India: Joint statement urging Indian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid
12 September 2025 ASA 20/0287/2025 The undersigned organisations call for the immediate...
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HRC60: Statement by the International Commission of Jurists in the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Item 3 Statement by...
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HRC60: International Commission of Jurists in the General Debate under Item 2
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session General Debate Item 2...
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Serbia: Political leaders must cease interference with the judiciary
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the escalating pattern of public...
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Asia Pacific Region: human rights defenders consider how to address new UN Cybercrime Convention
On 25 August 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with...
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HRC60 Joint Statement: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report and Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Item 2: Enhanced...
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Joint Statement on Afghanistan: HRC must urgently establish an independent international accountability mechanism
JOINT ORAL STATEMENT Item 2: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Afghanistan HRC MUST...
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HRC60: Joint Statement in the Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Item 2 Joint Statement...
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