El uso de tribunales antiterroristas para suprimir la disidencia en Venezuela

Este documento informativo de la Comisión Internacional de Juristas (CIJ) analiza la instrumentalización del sistema penal venezolano para perseguir la disidencia. A través de tribunales especiales en “terrorismo” y el uso discrecional de legislación ambigua,...

The Use of Anti-Terrorism Courts to Suppress Dissent in Venezuela

This briefing paper by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) analyzes the instrumentalization of the Venezuelan penal system to persecute dissent. Through special “terrorism” courts and the discretionary use of ambiguous legislation, the State has subjected thousands...

Excarcelados pero no Libres: El abuso de las detenciones arbitrarias y medidas cautelares para perseguir la disidencia en Venezuela

Released but not free: the abuse of arbitrary detentions and pre-trial measures to prosecute dissent in Venezuela

Over the past ten years, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has extensively evaluated the continuous deepening deterioration of the rule of law, human rights, and democracy in Venezuela. Generally, the patterns of widespread and...

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...

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...

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...

Guatemala: civil society organizations asked authorities to accept the UPR recommendations aimed at guaranteeing judicial independence and stopping the criminalization of independent judges and prosecutors

ICJ condemns Venezuela’s systematic and ongoing impunity for gross human rights violations

UN Human Rights Council must renew Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela

Venezuela must restore judicial independence and UN Fact-Finding Mission be renewed (UN Statement)

Venezuela: Judicial independence and impartiality are compromised (UN Statement)

Venezuela: Civil society under continuous siege

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...