Today, the ICJ, in two separate statements before the UN Human Rights Council, alerted its Members to the continuing lack of independence and impunity for gross human rights violations in Venezuela.
Thai government and justice sector actors must take effective measures to stem the misuse of lawsuits to harass and silence journalists, so-called SLAPP suits, said media workers at a workshop convened by the ICJ on 12 March 2022.
The ICJ called on the UN Human Rights Council today to renew the mandate of the OHCHR examination team on the situation of human rights in Belarus and to work towards ensuring accountabiltiy for crimes under international law.
People across Russia will lose crucial human rights protections as a result of the Russian Federation’s expulsion from the Council of Europe following its military aggression against Ukraine, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) warned today.
Immigration detention of children is unlawful according to international law and States are obliged to implement alternatives to detention. One of the best solutions for unaccompanied children is their placement into mainstream child protection systems, which already works well in some countries in the EU, an ICJ webinar was told.
HRC62: Joint Statement Urging States to Act with Urgency to Protect Civilians in El Obeid
UN human rights experts find Egypt’s detention of activist Ahmad Assayed Suleiman (“Gika”) arbitrary and call for his immediate release
HRC62: Joint oral statement in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand