Venezuela: ICJ and IBAHRI stress urgent need for accountability before UN Human Rights Council
The ICJ and IBAHRI today stressed the urgent need for accountability for gross human rights violations in Venezuela before the UN Human Rights Council.
Tunisia: Reverse the President’s power grab
Presidential Decree 117 on 22/09/2021 is an affront to the Rule of Law and the constitutional order and must be immediately revoked, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
Launch Event: Enhancement of implementation of international law on ESCR in Uzbekistan
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) and the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish” are holding a launch event for a new project on the enhancement of the implementation of international law on economic, social and cultural rights in the national legal framework of Uzbekistan.
Belarus: ICJ expresses concern before the UN at unfair trials of opposition members and arbitrary disbarments of lawyers
The ICJ today expressed concern at continuing human rights violations in Belarus, in particular the conviction following unfair trials of oppositions members and a continuing pattern of arbitrary disbarments and other disciplinary proceedings against lawyers.
South Africa: High Court decision on access to copyrighted material is a victory for securing the rights of visually impaired and blind persons
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