Dec 13, 2022 | Advocacy, News
Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, renew calls on the Lao government to determine his fate and whereabouts and deliver justice, truth, and reparation to his family. We deplore the Lao authorities’ repeated failure to act on their human rights obligations to thoroughly investigate Sombath’s disappearance and provide adequate, effective, and prompt reparation for Sombath and his family over the past decade.
Dec 9, 2022 | Advocacy, News
Indonesia’s new Penal Code, which was passed on 6 December 2022, discriminates against women and minority groups, and is inconsistent with the rights to freedom of expression and information and to freedom of religion or belief, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).
Dec 8, 2022 | Incidencia, Noticias
Las autoridades peruanas de las tres ramas del poder público deben buscar fortalecer el Estado de Derecho y el principio de separación de poderes tras la crisis política que desencadenó ayer la detención del expresidente Pedro Castillo después de que intentara disolver el Congreso, tomar el control del poder judicial y declarar el estado de emergencia, declaró hoy la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ).
Dec 8, 2022 | Advocacy, News
Peruvian authorities in all three branches of government should strive to strengthen the rule of law and the principle of separation of powers in the wake of the political crisis that led to the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo yesterday after he tried to dissolve Congress, take control of the judiciary and declare a state of emergency, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
