Regression on Abortion Access Harms Women in Poland
Human Rights Organizations Intervene in Cases Before the European Court of Human Rights on Poland’s Abortion Law
Uzbekistan: ICJ Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International human rights law and standards, including on economic, social and cultural rights, should become a governing framework for the ongoing programme of reforms in Uzbekistan, said the ICJ in its submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Reforms should aim at ensuring compliance with international law obligations, including on issues of equality and non-discrimination, housing, healthcare, labour rights, access to justice and remedies in cases of violations of ESC rights.
Czechia: ICJ and Forum for Human Rights submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Czechia should take steps to reform the existing child justice system in a way that provides children with mandatory legal representation from their very first contact with the law, with a wide range of non-judicial solutions, said ICJ and Forum for Human Rights (Forum) in their submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). It should abandon the practice of separating children from their families and placing them in alternative care due to their “behaviour difficulties” or “behaviour problems” and ensure that a civil court order can never lead to placement of a child in a closed regime facility.
Kazakhstan: Authorities must ensure accountability for killings and respect the rights of those arrested following protests
As mass arrests are made following protests and violent clashes in Kazakhstan, it is essential that those arrested or detained have access to a lawyer, to judicial review of detention and to a fair trial, the ICJ said today.
Uzbekistan: Training highlights the role of judges in upholding economic social and cultural rights
Judges play a crucial role in ensuring that Uzbekistan implements its international law obligations to protect economic, social and cultural rights, a training seminar for judges in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, heard this week.
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