The ICJ submitted today its written contribution to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of the human rights situation of Poland by the UN Human Rights Council and called on the Polish Government to restore the independence of the judiciary.
The ICJ today called on the Russian Federation to stop its aggression of Ukraine and on all parties to the conflict to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
The ICJ has intervened in two cases against Turkey before the European Court of Human Rights in which civil society claimed that obstacles put to their access to court were in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.In the two cases Cangi and Others v. Turkey (facts of the case here and here), the applicants argued that the limitations to their access to courts to challenge administrative acts detrimental to the environment were in breach of article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights, notably the right to access to justice.
The ICJ today stressed the need of judicial reform in Tajikistan in its statement before the UN Human Rights Council during the discussion of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Tajikistan.
The ICJ today raised concerns for the lack of access to protection of migrant children in Greece, in a statement to the United Nations.
ICJ communication to the International Court of Justice urging the investigation of the Court’s Vice-President
Semenya v. Switzerland: joint communication on the execution of the ECHR judgment
Libya: ICJ urges UN Human Rights Council to address deteriorating human rights situation at upcoming Universal Periodic Review
Sri Lanka: Counter-terror police must cease the harassment of Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan