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Poland: Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Chamber is not a lawful tribunal due to political interference, says European Court of Human Rights

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes today’s judgment of the European Court of Human Rights holding that the Polish Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Chamber is not a legitimate tribunal established by law due to impermissible...

Migration and international human rights law – Third edition of Practitioners Guide no. 6

Tunisia: Ensure Specialized Criminal Chambers’ effective adjudication of sexual and gender-based crimes

Thailand: ICJ and other NGOs intervene in trade union leaders’ appeal against conviction for involvement in national rail safety campaign

On 9 July 2021, the ICJ, along with other civil society organizations, submitted a legal brief to the Bangkok Court of Appeal in the appeal by 13 trade union leaders of the State Railway Union...

eSwatini: ICJ urges multinational mobile telecommunications company MTN to immediately restore internet access in eSwatini

Proposed Thailand Law Threatens Civil Society Organizations Combating Human Trafficking

ICJ along with dozens of worker rights and human rights organizations released a letter expressing deep concern regarding Thailand’s draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations. If enacted, this Council of State drafted law...

Big Brother Watch v. UK: A Landmark Judgment Missing the Mark

An opinion piece by Massimo Frigo, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser, Europe and Central Asia Programme. On 25 May 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark ruling on the...

Ukraine: ICJ briefing paper on removal of judges of the Constitutional Court by Presidential Decree

The ICJ has published a briefing paper on decrees of the President of Ukraine on removal of judges of the Constitutional Court. These decrees are assessed in terms of their compliance with international law and...

Nepal: Seeking a rights-based approach to healthcare

An opinion piece by Mandira Sharma, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser, and Karuna Parajuli, ICJ National Legal Adviser, based in Nepal. In mid-February this year, there were less than 100 new Covid-19 infection cases per day...

Colombia: escalating human rights to deescalating violence

An opinion editorial by ICJ’s Commissioner, Rodrigo Uprimny. He presents seven measures to overcome the serious crisis Colombia is facing. He argues that authorities must make efforts to de-escalate violence and, in turn, escalate the...

Peru: new ICJ report identifies barriers to accountability for serious human rights violations

Peru has persistently failed to deliver accountability for enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings, found the ICJ in a report released today. The baseline study Perú: Desapariciones Forzadas y Ejecuciones Extrajudiciales, Estudio de línea de base (published...

Perú: nuevo informe de la CIJ identifica barreras para la investigación, judicialización y sanción de graves violaciones de derechos humanos

La CIJ ha encontrado que Perú ha fallado de manera persistente en la investigación, judicialización y sanción de los responsables de desapariciones forzadas y las ejecuciones extrajudiciales que se han cometido en el país, según...

Beyond the coup in Myanmar: the other de-platforming we should have been talking about

An opinion piece by Jenny Domino, Associate Legal Adviser, ICJ Asia-Pacific Programme. On Feb. 24, 2021, three weeks after Myanmar’s military (the Tatmadaw) staged the coup that changed the course of Myanmar’s future, Facebook announced...

Venezuela: lack of access to safe water aggravates the COVID-19 pandemic

An opinion piece by Carlos Lusverti, ICJ Latin America consultant. Access to safe water and sanitation is a human right, yet millions of persons in Venezuela do not have this right protected or guaranteed in the...

Sri Lanka: ensuring equality and non-discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexuals and transgender people

An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, ICJ National Legal Adviser in Sri Lanka. On 1 March 2021, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa elicited considerable public interest through a single tweet. In his tweet commemorating Zero Discrimination Day,...

New ICJ report on human rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression in Colombia, South Africa and Malaysia

For International Transgender Day of Visibility, the ICJ launched a report setting out an overview of States’ legal obligations under the international human rights framework in relation to issues of sexual orientation, gender expression and...

Break the cycle of impunity for rape in Nepal

An opinion piece by Laxmi Pokharel and Boram Jang, International Commission of Jurists Legal Advisors on Access to Justice for Women In February 2021 hundreds of demonstrators in Kathmandu dressed in white mourning clothes and staged...

ICJ submits amicus curiae brief in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador

The ICJ recently submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador. The ICJ’s written submissions to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights focused on...

Zimbabwe: women human rights defenders face higher risk of sexual or gender-based violence – ICJ report

Women human rights defenders are at a heightened risk of sexual or gender-based violence as a result of the nature of their work in defence of human rights, the ICJ  said in a new report...

The aftermath of the Malaysiakini decision

An op-ed by Daron Tan, Legal Consultant at the ICJ Asia & the Pacific Programme On February 19 2021, the Malaysian Federal Court found Malaysiakini, an online news outlet, guilty for criminal contempt of court...

Zimbabwe: ICJ publishes guide on independence of judges, lawyers and prosecutors

Today, the ICJ publishes a practical guide which will give legal practitioners and others who engage with the administration of justice in Zimbabwe a readily accessible reference tool on the question of independence of judges...

Europe: A Short Guide on Terrorism Offences and Human Rights in the EU

Today, the ICJ published Terrorism offences and human rights in the EU: a short guide aimed at supporting civil society and others advocating for the human rights of people affected by terrorism and counter-terrorism Across...

Harmonizing global health law and human rights law to develop rights-based approaches to global health emergencies

An opinion piece by Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Tim Fish Hodgson, Saman Zia-Zarifi, Ian Seiderman & Steven J. Hoffman   In the COVID-19 response, leaders around the world have resorted to wartime metaphors to...

The COVID-19 vaccine demands international and national solidarity

An opinion piece by César Landa, ICJ Commissioner from Peru. Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of infections and deaths across the globe. In response to this crisis, there have been rapid...