HRC56: ICJ Statements on Belarus, Venezuela and Myanmar
Read the full ICJ statements at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council here: ICJ OS – ID SR Belarus HRC 56 ICJ OS – ID HC Report Venezuela HRC 56 ICJ OS – ID SR Myanmar 56
UN Human Rights Council faces growing strains, but makes progress on racial justice and law enforcement, and addresses the situation in Eritrea
As the UN Human Rights Council concludes its 56th session, the ICJ warns that political deadlock and waning commitment by States to long agreed human rights objectives continues to limit the Council’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mandate to protect and promote human rights around the world.
Sri Lanka: 15 years after end of war, victims and survivors still await justice and accountability
As Sri Lanka marked 15 years since the end of a decades-long armed conflict on 18 May 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) deplored the near total impunity that has prevailed, and lack of victim-centred justice and accountability for war time...