The Indian Police Service and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force must desist from the use of unlawful force and ill-treatment against demonstrators protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the ICJ said today. (more…)
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On 16 and 17 December, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in cooperation with the Tajikistan Bar Association (Tajikistan Union of Lawyers) and the Legal Policy Research Centre (LPRC) is organising a seminar “The Role of the Bar Association in ensuring security of lawyers”. (more…)
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Today begins in Ankara (Turkey) a one-day workshop for lawyers and CSO practitioners to discuss and brainstorm on an alternative Justice Reform Strategy. (more…)
AgendasEventsNewsThe ICJ has urged the UN Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers to ensure that his upcoming report on challenges to the independence of prosecutors, fully addresses abuse of prosecution powers to target human rights defenders, political opponents or others, or giving rise to a more general and systemic lack of fair trial […]
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On 15 December 2019, the ICJ joined 87 organizations and 11 individuals in a statement urging the Lao and Thai governments to investigate apparent cases of enforced disappearance and demanding that the Lao government finally reveal Sombath Somphone’s whereabouts and ensure justice for him and his family. (more…)
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