On 16 April 2022, the ICJ, together with Advocacy Forum-Nepal and the Judges Society-Nepal, organized the National Judicial Dialogue on the Role of Justice Sector Actors in Effective Implementation of Criminal Code Provisions and Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Serious Crimes.
Today, the ICJ published its new Legal Guidance on Internet Restrictions and Shutdowns in Africa, a useful tool for policy makers, legal professionals and civil society to address unlawful and arbitrary practices of internet shutdown for the purpose of suppressing access to information and the exercise of freedom of expression.
El 26 de abril de 2022, la Asamblea Nacional venezolana, electa en 2020, nombró 20 magistradas y magistrados al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ). La mayoría de estos nombramientos fueron motivados políticamente. Por ello, los nombramientos desconocen el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos y los estándares sobre independencia judicial.
On 26 April 2022, the Venezuelan National Assembly elected in 2020 appointed 20 justices to the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, TSJ). Most of these appointments were politically motivated. As a result, the process violated international human rights law and standards on judicial independence.
The ICJ has published today a set of training materials on Alternatives to Detention for Migrant Children
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