Tunisia: President must reestablish the rule of law
President Kais Saied must immediately revoke his decree renewing the State of Exception and related measures sine die, the International Commission of Jurists said today.
EU/India: The EU must break its silence on India’s human rights record
Ahead of the informal meeting of the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers in Slovenia in September, ICJ along with other international human rights organizations, wrote an open letter to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Josep Borrell to express their grave concerns about the continued reticence from the EU and its member states in effectively engaging India on human rights.
States must implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology
ICJ along with 155 civil society organizations and 26 independent experts worldwide call on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology.
Sri Lanka: Judges must be left alone to make their own independent decisions relating to restrictive COVID measures
The ICJ today expressed its concern regarding the recent seminar convened by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) at which magistrates and other judicial officers were reportedly instructed to use certain sections of the Criminal Procedure Code to control protests and other public gatherings from taking place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Africa: Scrapping of discriminatory provisions against non-citizens in Gauteng Bill a welcome step forward
Today the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), applauded the removal of discriminatory provisions in an updated version of the Gauteng Township Economic Development Bill (GTED Bill). The Bill is open for further comments until 30 August.
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