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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...

Colombia: ICJ publishes briefing paper advocating for transparency in COVID-19 vaccine contracts

Today, the ICJ published a briefing paper on non-citizens’ limited vaccine access and the authorities’ failure to disclose Colombia’s COVID-19 contracts with pharmaceutical companies, two of the main human rights challenges inhibiting human rights protection...

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...