The prolonged and unlawful detention of Selahattin Demirtaş constitutes a serious breach of his human rights and represents a deepening of the rule of law crisis in Turkey. The Turkish authorities should release him from detention, drop the abusive criminal proceedings against him and refrain from weaponising the law to stifle the exercise of free expression in public debate.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission for the Committee’s review of Sri Lanka in its 135th session to be held in June-July 2022. The ICJ brings to the Committee’s attention a select range of areas where Sri Lanka has failed to comply with its ICCPR obligations. This limited submission is without prejudice to numerous other areas in which Sri Lanka may be in violation of the Covenant.
Please find the submission here: ICJ Sri Lanka Submission Human Rights Committee 30 May
On Wednesday 15th June 2022, from 11:00 to 12:15 CET, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) will hold a webinar on the need for the EU to safeguard migrant children’s human rights, and the scope for alternatives to detention foreseen in the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration.
En un documento publicado hoy, la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) llama la atención sobre los numerosos obstáculos y restricciones a los que se enfrentan las abogadas y los abogados en Venezuela al ejercer su profesión.
Las abogadass y los abogados que actúan de forma independiente son frecuentemente sometidos a acosos, intimidaciones, e incluso, a sanciones penales. Las abogadas y los abogados que actúan en casos de alto perfil, particularmente en casos con contenido político o que involucran violaciones a los derechos humanos, están especialmente en riesgo.
Como demuestra el documento, el entorno institucional no garantiza adecuadamente la independencia del sistema judicial, ni la protección de los derechos humanos.
In a briefing paper released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls attention to the numerous obstacles and restrictions that Venezuelan lawyers face in exercising their profession.
Tunisia: Quash sham conviction and sentence of judges’ association President, Anas Hmedi
The UN Human Rights Council makes significant but limited progress in addressing human rights around the world, as atrocities multiply in the Middle East and elsewhere
ICJ hosts an African Regional Convening in Kenya on Transformative Equality Jurisprudence
Russian Federation: Arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Maria Bontsler must be released