An ICJ report, published today following a mission to Italy, examines the effectiveness of the Italian legal system in delivering access to justice for undocumented migrants who challenge orders for their expulsion or administrative detention.
The ICJ, together with JUSTICE and NJCM, today published two commentaries on the proposed directives on provisional legal aid and legal aid in European Arrest Warrant Proceedings and procedural rights for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings.
The ICJ today condemned the decision of the Constitutional Council to uphold three draft “judicial reform laws” that infringe on the independence of the judiciary, in contravention of international standards and Cambodia’s constitution.
The ICJ today published two documents based on the fourth annual Geneva Forum of Judges and Lawyers, on the topic of women and the judiciary.
The Forum brought together women judges and senior women lawyers from around the world, with a particular focus on countries from the Middle East / North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, where the ICJ had held two regional colloquia (one in Arusha and another in Tunis).
Participants drew on personal opinions, their professional experiences and their legal skills in discussing the obstacles that continue to impede women’s full and equal participation in the judiciary, the important roles that women judges can play, and the mechanisms to improve women’s representation.
The document below summarizes some of highlights of the Geneva Forum discussions.
The ICJ is also publishing today a synopsis of findings from the three meetings: Women and the World’s Judiciaries: Identifying Key Challenges and Opportunities
Women-Geneva Forum Highlights-briefing paper-2014 (full text in pdf)
The ICJ has submitted a briefing to the UN Secretary-General on capital punishment in connection with real or purported engagement in consensual sexual relations, in view of his forthcoming report on the question of the death penalty to the Human Rights Council.
The submission focuses on country developments regarding the retention, imposition and carrying out of capital punishment in connection with real or purported engagement in consensual sexual relations.
The ICJ opposes the death penalty under any circumstances and considers that laws criminalizing real or purported engagement by adults in consensual sexual relations contravene international human rights law and standards.
The UN Secretary-General will submit his report to the 27th session of the Human Rights Council (September 2014), covering developments between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014 on the question of the death penalty.
SGreportDeathPenalty-AnalysisBrief-2014
Tanzania: African CSOs Call for the Non-Recognition of the Illegitimate Government and for Transitional Justice and Fresh Elections
Türkiye: Justice Reforms Central to Fair, Durable Peace Parliamentary Commission Should Make Bold Recommendations for Change
Greece: ICJ and ECRE call the European Committee of Social Rights to ensure Greece’s compliance with migrant and refugee children’s rights
ICJ submission highlights discrimination as key obstacle to women and girls with disabilities in enforcing their human rights