South Africa: Military Courts should be allowed to operate independently and without undue influence from political authorities
As the Constitutional Court begins deliberations in a highly consequential case concerning sexual abuse in the South African Military, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has submitted argument that South Africa bears obligations under international law to ensure that courts and tribunals, including military courts, are competent, independent, impartial and allow for a fair and public hearing.
ECtHR: ICJ and FORUM intervene in defense of children below the age of criminal responsibility in the Czech justice system
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Forum for Human Rights (FORUM) submitted written comments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case Hlaváček v. the Czech Republic. The intervention concerns procedural guarantees of children below the...Libya: ICJ makes a submission on Libya’s compliance with the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa
On 31 March 2024, in response to a Call for Inputs on the Study to Assess the Level of Compliance of National Legislations with the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) filed a submission on the...
Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee: Tunisia Must Answer for Attacks on Judicial Independence
Geneva, 12 February 2024. Today, with the support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human Rights in Practice, Judge Youssef Bouzakher, President of the dissolved High Judicial Council (HJC) and one of the 57 judges and prosecutors...Recent News
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