The Supreme Court of Thailand today rejected hearing crucial phone evidence in the case against five police officers who have been accused of subjecting prominent Thai lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit to enforced disappearance in Bangkok on 12 March 2004.
The ICJ has released a briefing paper entitled ‘International Human Rights Law and Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Legislation. Requirements and Good Practices.’
Ensuring women’s enjoyment of their human rights on a basis of equality and without discrimination is a fundamental tenet of international law and is enshrined in a range of international human rights treaty provisions. In order to give effect to this obligation, States must enact legislative guarantees of gender equality and prohibitions of discrimination that are effective and fit for purpose.
This short briefing paper provides an overview of the basic components that international treaty monitoring bodies have repeatedly held must be encompassed within national legal provisions in order to meet the requirements of international law and standards.
GenderEquality&NonDiscriminationLegislation-BriefingPaper-Legal-2014 (download briefing paper in PDF)
Thai authorities should revoke the declaration of Martial Law throughout the country and restore media freedom, the International Commission of Jurists said today.
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has just finalized its review of El Salvador, one of the State parties under examination during the 52nd session of the Committee held between the 28 April and 23 May 2014.
A joint statement from civil society groups, including ICJ, calling on Cambodia’s National Assembly to delay debate on the three draft laws related to the judiciary.
Development of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
ICJ Publications on the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Preparatory Committee meetings for the negotiation of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
EU: Strategies and good practices for ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings