Intervention in landmark European Court case on citizenship rights and trafficking: Shamima Begum v. the UK
On 10 April 2026, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) filed a joint third-party intervention in the landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Shamima Begum v. the United Kingdom,...
Türkiye: European Court Hears New Case on Jailed Rights Defender
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear pleadings on March 25, 2026 in a case brought by the human rights defender Osman Kavala, the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP), Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of...
EU: Litigating before the European Court of Human Rights to protect migrant children from detention
On 13-14 October 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) held a transnational workshop in Athens on strategic litigation before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to challenge the detention of migrant children.
ECtHR: ICJ and partners intervene in a case against Malta concerning a transgender asylum seeker’s risk of persecution and arbitrary detention
On 23 July 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the AIRE Centre, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, the Dutch Council for Refugees, Trans Europe and Central Asia and the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and...Recent News
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