Oct 9, 2024 | Advocacy, News
The Tunisian presidential election, held on 6 October 2024, failed to meet international standards on fairness and transparency, and to ensure Tunisians’ human right to take part in the conduct of public affairs and to be elected to public office, the International Commission of Jurists said today. On 7 October, the Electoral Commission (ISIE) announced that President Kaïs Saïed had been re-elected by 90.69% of the electorate on a turnout of 28%.
Oct 7, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement
Today, the ICJ joins Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute in supporting the call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia to increase women’s presence in Cambodia’s legislature, judiciary, legal profession, human...
Oct 7, 2024 | Analysis briefs
International law – including, chiefly, international humanitarian law – must be the compass for all warring parties and all States to end ongoing atrocities, secure a lasting ceasefire and ensure accountability for serious crimes under international law, the...
Oct 2, 2024 | Advocacy, News
Proposed Changes Threaten Fair Trial Rights, Empower Abusive Officials. (Geneva, September 30, 2024) – The Egyptian Parliament must reject a proposed draft law that would replace the 1950 Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), Amnesty International, Dignity, Human Rights...
Sep 30, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications, Reports
International accountability bodies and actors have taken significant steps towards achieving gender-competent justice, including, in particular, for survivors of war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide in Myanmar, but can do more to integrate a...
