Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
Feb 10, 2025
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS (ICJ) AND GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (GI-ESCR) SUBMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EXAMINATION OF KENYA’S SIXTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER ARTICLES 16 AND 17 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Oct 11, 2024 | News
On 30 September 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners intervened before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in two cases related to the treatment of asylum seekers at the European Union’s borders with Belarus.
Sep 18, 2024 | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Work with the UN
On 9 September 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in preparation for its upcoming review of Lao PDR’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention on the...
Aug 19, 2024 | Advocacy, Legal submissions, News
On 16 August 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a legal brief (amicus curiae) to the Bangkok Criminal Court, in the context of the proceedings arising from Vietnam’s request to Thailand for the extradition of Y Quynh Bdap, a refugee...
