Azerbaijan – Justice Under Pressure
In a new report released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) found that the independence of the legal profession in Azerbaijan remains compromised by executive control and influence over the Bar Association, discriminatory admission practices, the...
Intervention in landmark European Court case on citizenship rights and trafficking: Shamima Begum v. the UK
On 10 April 2026, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) filed a joint third-party intervention in the landmark case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Shamima Begum v. the United Kingdom,...
Council of Europe: ICJ, Amnesty International and FIDH urge Member States to uphold the integrity of the European human rights system ahead of Chisinau Ministerial meeting
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter ahead of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ 135th Session in Chișinău, on 14–15 May 2026, addressed to senior leaders of the Council of Europe and its Member States.
EU: Strategies and good practices for ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a Compendium, Ensuring the child’s right to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings: Strategies and good practices. The Compendium aims to support legal professionals, policymakers,...Recent News
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