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Sri Lanka: The Vagrants Ordinance must be repealed

Uganda: Religious minorities and others face major obstacles to the free exercise of religion and belief

The Ugandan authorities must promptly address serious and ongoing violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in the country arising from the State’s failure to respect and ensure the right to freedom...

Hungary: Authorities must halt abuse of emergency powers in Hungary during COVID-19

Cambodia: ICJ submission to the Human Rights Committee

ICJ submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Israel

Sri Lanka: Vagrancy laws have no place in a society based on human rights and the rule of law

Regression on Abortion Access Harms Women in Poland

Czechia: ICJ and Forum for Human Rights submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Czechia should take steps to reform the existing child justice system in a way that provides children with mandatory legal representation from their very first contact with the law, with a wide range of non-judicial...

Myanmar: Human Rights and Access to Places of Worship in Myanmar

Cambodia: New ICJ report highlights intensified human rights violations and abuses online

Egypt : Global Legal Community Stands in Solidarity with Egyptian Lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer

We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by...

Report Launch: The Future of Accountability Mechanisms – Twenty Recommendations

Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands launched a 12-page report containing 20 recommendations on the future of accountability mechanisms in the global fight against impunity for serious human rights...

New ICJ guide for human rights defenders and civil society organizations

EU: Artificial Intelligence and Internet Regulations must fully respect human rights, warns ICJ

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union should amend legislative proposals regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and online digital services to bring them in line with human rights law, the International Commission of...

ICJ and BHRRC launch innovative Guidance on Freedom of Association of Workers in ASEAN region

In order to improve respect for the rights of workers in Southeast Asia, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), will launch a new Guidance on...

Chile: el gobierno debe hacer más para proteger los derechos en su respuesta al COVID-19

Para hacer frente a la crisis generada por el COVID-19, el gobierno chileno hizo un uso inapropiado de los poderes de emergencia. Esto ilustra la necesidad de que se utilice el proceso constituyente para incorporar...

Chile: Government must do better to protect rights in its COVID response

The Chilean government’s misuse of emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 crisis highlights the need to use the country’s ongoing constitutional drafting process to incorporate protections for economic, social and cultural rights and limit...

Singapore: ICJ calls on government to repeal or substantially amend the POFMA, two years after it entered into force

The Singapore government has used the non-human rights compliant Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 (POFMA) to arbitrarily restrict the right to freedom of expression and information online, the ICJ said in a...

EUROPE: Training materials on access to justice for migrants

The ICJ has published today a set of training materials on access to justice for migrants that should serve as a support and background information for judges and lawyers when taking decisions on or defending...

Human Rights Council: Establish an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast

Uganda: Government must reverse suppression of 54 NGOs

Yemen: arms sales fueling the conflict continue despite legal challenges

On 31 August 2021, during a side event in the context of the Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the International Commission of Jurists, Saferworld and the Global Legal Action Network...

Our Annual Report highlights the ICJ’s successes amidst a global pandemic

Our latest Annual Report provides a summary of the work we did to protect human rights and uphold the rule of law in 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant challenges. Successes achieved throughout the...

Colombia: la CIJ publica un documento informativo que aboga por la transparencia en los contratos de vacuna contra el COVID-19

Hoy, la CIJ publica un documento informativo (briefing paper) en inglés sobre el limitado acceso a vacunas contra el COVID-19, por parte de personas que no son ciudadanas colombianas, y sobre el fracaso de las...