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ICJ makes a submission focusing on the gender dimensions of disinformation to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

ICJ makes a submission focusing on the gender dimensions of disinformation to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

Jul 14, 2023

In response to a Call for Inputs to inform an upcoming thematic report by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (the Special Rapporteur), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) provided a substantive submission providing concrete examples of gendered disinformation and of the responses by States, companies and organizations, as well as  potential solutions to combat this phenomenon. The Special Rapporteur’s report is to be presented at the UN General Assembly’s 78th Session in October 2023.  

Guatemala: civil society organizations asked authorities to accept the UPR recommendations aimed at guaranteeing judicial independence and stopping the criminalization of independent judges and prosecutors

Guatemala: civil society organizations asked authorities to accept the UPR recommendations aimed at guaranteeing judicial independence and stopping the criminalization of independent judges and prosecutors

Jul 12, 2023

everal civil society organizations, members of theObservatory of International Organizations on Guatemala, deeply regretted that the State of Guatemala has not accepted 81% of the recommendations aimed at guaranteeing judicial independence, resuming the fight against corruption and impunity, strengthen the justice system and stop the criminal and spurious persecution against justice operators, journalists, and human rights defenders,received during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

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