On 30 June, the International Commission of Jurists, together with JUSTICE, Amnesty International and REDRESS, filed a third party intervention with the Court of Appeal in the case Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Other v. Jack Straw and Others.
The ICJ expresses its disappointment today at the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of M.E. v. Sweden (Application No. 71398/12).
The ICJ today made an oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council, in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, responding to her report on her visit to the Russian Federation.
The ICJ has submitted information to the Human Rights Committee in advance of the Committee’s examination of the fourth periodic report of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The ICJ submission draws the Committee’s attention to concerns related to access to safe and legal abortion in Ireland.
The Committee will examine the fourth periodic report of Ireland during its 111th session held in July 2014, following which it will adopt Concluding Observations setting out recommendations to the Government of Ireland.
Ireland-HRCttee111-LegalSubmission-2014 (download ICJ submission in PDF)
The ICJ remains concerned that the treatment of Bulgarian Judge Miroslava Todorova fails to accord with international standards on independence of the judiciary.
Thailand: Judges have a critical role to play in combating and ensuring accountability for torture and enforced disappearance
Joint Letter: Urgent diplomatic action to halt further executions in eastern Libya
Czech Republic: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child finds that immigration detention of children violated the prohibition of arbitrary detention and ill-treatment
UN Human Rights Council once again navigates troubled waters to protect human rights in crisis situations, despite global setbacks.