While businesses and their off icials are sometimes directly and immediately responsible for human rights abuses, allegations are frequently made about their complicity in such crimes.
The Administration of Justice in Sudan: The case of Darfur, a report by the ICJ, examines developments in the administration of justice in this region and the national legal framework within which courts in Darfur operate.
Sudan-Administration Justice-Reports-2007 (full text, PDF)
This legal memorandum summarises research and analysis undertaken by the ICJ on implementation of the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 in Thailand’s three southern provinces.
This legal memorandum summarises research and analysis undertaken by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on implementation of the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 (the Emergency Decree) in Thailand’s three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, in light of international law, in particular international human rights law and best practices around the world. The majority of this research was carried out in April – June 2006, and updated with further research and interviews up to 1 February 2007.
Thailand-emergency decree-report-2011-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Thailand-emergency decree-report-2011-thai (full text in Thai, PDF)
In October 2006, the ICJ appointed Mr Michael Birnbaum QC as its observer of the inquest into the deaths of 17 aid workers in Muttur, Sri Lanka in the first week of August 2006.
The ICJ and the International Service for Human Rights are developing a set of international legal principles on the application of international law to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
USA/Israel/Palestine: Immediately rescind sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Strong push back against US sanctions on the International Criminal Court at UN Human Rights Council
ECtHR Grand Chamber Ruling in Semenya v. Switzerland: Joint Statement of Third-Party Interveners
UN Human Rights Council struggles to fulfil its mandate in the midst of global attacks on human rights, the rule of law and multilateralism