Today, the ICJ called on the Myanmar military authorities to immediately release many arbitrarily detained in Insein prison and elsewhere whose right to life and health are at great risk, arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
An independent and impartial judiciary must hold in check President Kais Saied’s arbitrary exercise of power, the international Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
As the first anniversary of the devastating Beirut port blast approaches, the Lebanese government must stop interfering with the ongoing judicial investigation into the explosion and ensure that those responsible be held to account, the ICJ said today.
17 international human rights organizations today denounced the Thai government’s newly announced Regulation No. 29, which empowers the authorities to censor online expression, and investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for communications that may “instigate fear”. The Regulation is the government’s latest attack on the right to freedom of expression and information in Thailand.
Hoy, la CIJ publica un documento informativo (briefing paper) en inglés sobre el limitado acceso a vacunas contra el COVID-19, por parte de personas que no son ciudadanas colombianas, y sobre el fracaso de las autoridades colombianas en hacer público los contratos sobre vacunas contra el COVID-19 firmados con compañías farmacéuticas. Se trata de dos de los principales desafíos en la protección de los derechos humanos en el plan de adquisición y despliegue de vacunas contra el COVID-19 en el país.
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