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Libya: ICJ report demonstrates that more robust international action is needed to address dire human rights situation

Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) published a new report assessing the dismal human right situation in Libya. The report comes one year after the UN Human Rights Council adopted resolution 56/16, which requested the...

Libya’s acceptance of the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction: stakes and implications

Libya: New Q&A on Libya’s acceptance of the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction In a new question-and-answer briefing, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) lays out the stakes and implications of Libya’s acceptance of the International Criminal...

Libya: Draft Reconciliation Law is an opportunity for accountability and justice

In a new report, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Libyan authorities to remedy remaining shortcomings and adopt Libya’s Presidential Council’s Draft Reconciliation Law with a view to ensuring full compliance with international human...

Libya: ICJ makes a submission on Libya’s compliance with the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa

On 31 March 2024, in response to a Call for Inputs on the Study to Assess the Level of Compliance of National Legislations with the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa, the...

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...

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...

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...

Lebanon: Joint letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an international fact-finding mission into the Beirut blast

Libya: ongoing crackdown on the right to freedom of association

In a statement issued on the occasion of the Human Rights Council debate on the latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, the ICJ denounces...

The Human Rights Council should address the rapidly growing human rights crisis in Tunisia

The Human Rights Council should urgently address the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tunisia, four human rights organizations said today as the 53rd Council’s session is underway. البيان باللغة العربية In a letter...

UN Human Rights Council: concerns about independence of judges and lawyers in Guatemala, Tunisia, Vietnam and Thailand; and about summary executions in Egypt

On 26 June 2023, the UN Human Rights Council heard the reports by the UN Special Rapporteurs on independence of judges and lawyers, and on summary executions. The ICJ welcomes the two reports and raised...

Tunisia: seminar highlights the country’s independence of the judiciary crisis

On 20 May 2023, under the auspices of the Civil Committee for the Independence of Justice – a Tunisian civil society initiative created in 2022 to defend judicial independence – the International Commission of Jurists,...

Tunisia: New practical guide on modes of individual criminal liability before the Specialized Criminal Chambers

Today, the ICJ released Practical Guide 4 on Modes of individual criminal liability under Tunisian and international law, the last guide in a four-part series aimed to assist practitioners to ensure that the Specialized Criminal...

Joint letter: UN Human Rights Council should ensure meaningful follow-up on the human rights situation in Libya

ICJ submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Egypt

In a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its forthcoming examination of Egypt’s fifth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the ICJ highlights several ongoing concerns...

Egypt: Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) staff

Open letter to the Embassies of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Egypt, and the European Union Delegation...

Yemen: ICJ urges the UN to support accountability by establishing an international independent mechanism

Israel’s persecution of Human Rights Defenders Working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) (UN Statement)

Syria: gross human rights violations continue at alarming rate against endemic impunity backdrop

ICJ denounces Egypt’s large-scale use of enforced disappearances to silence any kind of opposition (UN Statement)

UN should establish monitoring mechanism on Egypt; India should scrap abitrary anti-terrorism laws (UN Statement)

Transitional justice is at risk in Tunisia (UN Statement)

The ICJ today warned the UN Human Rights Council of the risks that transitional justice is facing in Tunisia during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation...

Joint NGO Letter: International Accountability Critical to Achieving Justice for Victims and Promoting Lasting Peace in Yemen

Libya: Tackling impunity requires stronger international accountability mechanisms

The international community should double down on its efforts to address impunity for crimes under international law in Libya by strengthening the capacity and effectiveness of international accountability mechanisms, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)...