Apr 5, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Practicing lawyers in Nepal identified harmful gender stereotypes and gender discriminatory behaviours towards women as a major barrier preventing women from accessing justice. They requested that the Nepal Bar Association take the lead in efforts to enhance women’s access to justice.
ICJ co-hosted a workshop for lawyers with the Nepal Bar Association on the Elimination of Gender Discriminatory Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Women and Enhancing Access to Justice for Women on 31 March-1 April 2023.
Mar 23, 2023 | Advocacy, News
Representatives of judiciaries and judicial training academies from across South and Southeast Asia have agreed to take effective measures to ensure that a gender perspective is incorporated into their judicial roles and functions. In particular, they have committed to work toward the adoption of Bangkok General Guidance for Judges on Applying a Gender Perspective.
Mar 13, 2023 | News
The ICJ today called upon the Government to respect an Interim Order of the Supreme Court to ensure that funds are available to hold local elections and for the Speaker of Parliament to withdraw his referral of Supreme Court Judges for inquiry of a potential breach of parliamentary privileges.
Mar 9, 2023 | News
The ICJ, together with the Ateneo de Naga Law School and Ateneo de Manila School of Law Legal Services Center, hosted a Seminar on Women’s Access to Justice and the Role of Legal Aid Providers on 25 and 26 February 2023 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.
Mar 8, 2023 | News
The convictions by the Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) of 30 defendants, 16 of whom are in custody, including members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), solely for the lawful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly must be quashed and those imprisoned must be immediately and unconditionally released, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
يمكنكم قراءة وتحميل البيان باللغة العربية عبر هذا الرابط
