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EU: Protecting Judicial Independence: Lawyers’ strategic litigation workshop
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with aditus, Human Rights in Practice, Forum for Human Rights, Free Courts organized a workshop for lawyers on judicial independence and strategic litigation in Malta on 23...
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Gaza/Palestine: States have a Duty to Prevent Genocide
Photo by Amir Shiri on Unsplash LEGAL BRIEFER: States’ Duty to Prevent Genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention This legal briefer focuses on States’ duty to prevent genocide under international law. However, the International Commission...
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EU: NGOs call on the EU Council to defend EU values in Hungary and Poland in the Article 7 procedure
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and partners have called on the EU General Affairs Council to make full use of procedure under Article 7.1 in addressing concerns about Hungary and Poland. They advocate...
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Marching ahead: It’s time to decriminalize
An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, National Legal Advisor – Sri Lanka at the International Commission of Jurists Recently, the Mauritius Supreme Court ruled that a 185-year-old law criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual conduct was unconstitutional....
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Thailand: ICJ and Amnesty International ask the court to apply international standards in the first-ever class action case seeking redress for harm caused by Thai companies abroad
Yesterday, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Amnesty International (AI) jointly submitted an amicus curiae legal brief to the Bangkok South Civil Court in a class-action lawsuit filed by two residents of Cambodian villages,...
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ICJ makes submission on the decriminalization of homelessness and extreme poverty to UN Special Rapporteurs
On 5 October, in response to a call for input from the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing and the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)...
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Libya: New Q&A on current attacks on the right to freedom of association
A new question-and-answer briefing by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) examines recent developments that have detrimentally affected the right to freedom of association in Libya against the backdrop of an increasing crackdown on Civil Society...
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Cambodia: ICJ makes two submissions to the Universal Periodic Review
On 11 October 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made two submissions to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its review of Cambodia’s human...
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Vietnam: ICJ makes submission to the Universal Periodic Review
On 11 October 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its review of Vietnam’s human...
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Egypt: Torture so Widespread and Systematic as to Constitute a Crime Against Humanity
Today, a coalition of international and Egyptian NGOs has submitted a detailed legal analysis to the UN Committee against Torture concluding that the Egyptian authorities’ use of torture is so widespread and systematic as to...
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Cambodia: Ministries should withdraw draft cybersecurity law which would threaten human rights and expose people to increased cyber threats
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Access Now sent a joint letter and an accompanying legal analysis to Cambodia’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Ministry of Justice, calling for the withdrawal or substantial amendment...
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Indonesia: Protect women against online gender-based violence more effectively
The Indonesian authorities should ensure that women are effectively protected against online gender-based violence (OGBV) by implementing Law No. 12 of 2022 on Sexual Violence Crimes (Law 12/2022) and by addressing its shortcomings in line...
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Belarus: ICJ and IBAHRI Denounce Legal Harassment on Political Grounds
Joint Oral Statement The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) deplore the widespread and systematic human rights violations in Belarus. We condemn the escalating pattern of retaliation...
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The Human Rights Situation in the Russian Federation (UN side event)
For decades within its own borders, Russian authorities have undermined and attacked independent civil society, persecuted human rights defenders, activists, lawyers, and opposition and dissenting voices, banned independent media, silenced journalists, and have effectively outlawed...
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Russian Federation: Attacks on Independent Lawyers and Erosion of Justice should stop (UN Human Rights Council Statement)
Joint Oral Statement The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemn the widespread and escalating attacks on independent lawyers, including legal harassment, disciplinary actions, disbarments, and arbitrary...
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Optics and Opacity: Breaking Down Meta’s Refusal to Suspend Hun Sen
An opinion piece by Daron Tan, ICJ Associate International Legal Adviser, Asia and the Pacific Programme, published on Tech Policy Press on 20 September 2023. On January 9, 2023, former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
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Colombia: Seminarios de la CIJ sobre rendición de cuentas en casos de muertes ilícitas y tortura
Del 11 al 15 de septiembre de 2023, la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) celebró tres seminarios sobre la rendición de cuentas por muertes ilegítimas y torturas. El primero fue realizado para víctimas y representantes...
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Colombia: ICJ seminars on accountability in cases of unlawful deaths and torture
From 11 to 15 September 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held three seminars on accountability for unlawful deaths and torture for victims and victim representatives (September 11), judges (September 12 and 13), and...
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Cambodia: Human Rights Council should adopt meaningful resolution to address spiralling rights crisis
On 8 September, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 7 other organizations sent an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council to draw attention to the worsening human rights crisis in Cambodia, and...
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Afghanistan: local and international organizations call on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism
In an open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 72 other organizations urge the Council to, amongst other things, renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur...
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Philippines: ICJ makes submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
On 6 September 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms...
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ICJ makes submission to Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the human rights impacts of the firearms industry
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) submitted written legal comments to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in relation to the Advisory Opinion requested by Mexico...
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Sri Lanka: Protecting transgender persons: Going beyond rule by circular
An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, National Legal Advisor – Sri Lanka at the International Commission of Jurists Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals in Sri Lanka have too often been subjected to...
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Vietnam: Halt the arbitrary execution of death row prisoner Nguyen Van Chuong
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and 12 other organizations, submitted an open letter to the State President urging the Vietnamese authorities to halt the execution of Nguyễn Văn Chưởng immediately, and to initiate a...
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