Psychiatric Coercion and Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities
Oslo, September 2024 – The ICJ participated in the Conference “Ending psychiatric coercion – urgent need for effective remedies and reparations” on access to justice, organized in Oslo by the Human Rights Foundation ReDo and WSO – We Shall Overcome, Norway. According...
ICJ Annual Report 2023
This Annual Report represents our comprehensive approach to enhancing global mechanisms for justice and accountability. Through a combination of advocacy at high-level international forums, contributions to treaty negotiations, and the fostering of strategic...
HRC56: ICJ Statements on Belarus, Venezuela and Myanmar
Read the full ICJ statements at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council here: ICJ OS – ID SR Belarus HRC 56 ICJ OS – ID HC Report Venezuela HRC 56 ICJ OS – ID SR Myanmar 56
UN Human Rights Council faces growing strains, but makes progress on racial justice and law enforcement, and addresses the situation in Eritrea
As the UN Human Rights Council concludes its 56th session, the ICJ warns that political deadlock and waning commitment by States to long agreed human rights objectives continues to limit the Council’s effectiveness in fulfilling its mandate to protect and promote human rights around the world.
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