May 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Events, News
In April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and partners organized two online workshops for legal practitioners from six EU Member States who work with children in conflict with the law. These workshops follow up on the Transnational Exchange Roundtable held in March 2025 in Brussels and aim to explore specific issues in greater depth and strengthen legal assistance for children in conflict with the law.
Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Legal submissions, News, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre (AIRE Centre) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) submitted a joint third-party intervention before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of H.A.M. v. Denmark. The case concerns the expulsion on criminal grounds of a Somali individual with disabilities from Denmark, after over 30 years of asylum.
Apr 8, 2025 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
EU Should Defend the ICC International Criminal Court Under Attack by US, Others (Brussels, April 4, 2025) – The European Union should defend the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid serious attacks on its mandate and mission, 58 nongovernmental groups said today....
Apr 4, 2025 | Agendas, Events, News
On 1–2 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners convened national lawyers and European legal experts for a two-day transnational workshop focused on litigation strategies before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The...
Mar 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, News, Statements, Treaty Bodies, Work with the UN
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32nd Session Day of General Discussion The International Commission of Jurists’ statement on the participation of persons with disabilities in public office during the Committee on the Rights of Persons with...