On 12 October 2022, join us for a conference on business and human rights jointly organized by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES).
A lack of awareness among legal practitioners about sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and how colonial era laws negatively affect equality in Sri Lanka is one of the main reasons for challenges in access to justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) individuals, said participants at a legal awareness workshop organized by the International Commission of Jurists and its partner organizations from BRIDGE to Equality (Building Resilience, Inclusion, Diversity, and Legal Gains for SOGIESC Equality) in Sri Lanka from 9 to 11 September 2022.
A Comissão Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) conclamou hoje o Presidente Bolsonaro e outros funcionários públicos a respeitar plenamente a independência do Poder Judiciário e dos procedimentos eleitorais durante o período em torno das eleições presidenciais de 2 de outubro.
The ICJ called today on President Bolsonaro and other public officials to fully respect judicial independence and the independent electoral procedures during the period surrounding the 2 October Presidential elections.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) underlines the need for the judiciary to step in to enforce the right to education and to improve access to quality education in Kenya. In addition, and in partnership with the East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights), the ICJ calls on the Kenyan authorities to adopt effective measures to ensure the effective implementation of public education and regulation of private actors in education, to meet its international legal obligations.
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Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) On the Universal Periodic Review outcome for Lao PDR