“Judges should take concrete steps to break barriers that women are still facing in accessing justice and should play key role to ensure that courts are more gender responsive and women are able to access justice equally and without discrimination”.
Today the ICJ condemned the actions by the Israeli authorities to forcibly close the offices of seven leading Palestinian human rights organizations, effectively obliterating much of the critical human rights protective work carried out in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
The indictment of Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park, and three other park officials for the premeditated murder of Karen activist Pholachi “Billy” Rakchongcharoen that was announced on 15 August 2022, is a welcome step towards justice, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today.
The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 125 national and international organizations, including the International Commission of Jurists, working on Venezuela said today. The Mission, established in 2019 to investigate systematic human rights violations in Venezuela, has played a key role in pushing for accountability for serious crimes in the country and ensuring international scrutiny over the ongoing crisis, the groups said in a joint question-and-answer document.
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas debe renovar el mandato de su Misión Internacional Independiente de Determinación de los Hechos sobre Venezuela, señalaron hoy 125 organizaciones nacionales e internacionales que trabajan sobre Venezuela. La Misión, establecida en 2019 para investigar violaciones sistemáticas de derechos humanos en Venezuela, ha desempeñado un papel central en el reclamo de que haya rendición de cuentas por delitos graves cometidos en el país y asegurar el escrutinio internacional sobre la crisis en curso, manifestaron las organizaciones en un documento conjunto de preguntas y respuestas.
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