Today, the ICJ and nine other human rights and environmental organizations express grave concern over the recent arbitrary arrest, detention, and silencing of several environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) speaking out against harmful business operations supported by the government. (more…)
Sixty-five human rights organizations submitted an open letter today to former President Obama, requesting his assistance in calling for the unconditional release of Obama Foundation scholar Hoang Thi Minh Hong from jail. (more…)
The ICJ, together with KAGED and the Human Rights Joint Platform has held a series of four trainings for lawyers and civil society in Türkiye to empower them in using human rights law to protect the environment. (more…)
The ICJ published today a baseline report on the state of access to justice to protect the environment and human rights in Turkey. (more…)
The ICJ today applauded the adoption of a landmark resolution by the UN Human Rights Council recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and a second resolution and establishing a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. (more…)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Swiss Section of the ICJ have submitted a third party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in a case against Switzerland challenging its lack of sufficient action to prevent climate change and thereby protect human rights. (more…)
