The Tunisian authorities must immediately release detained opposition politicians Noureddine el-Bhiri and Fathi Baldi and end the abuse of emergency powers to subject members of the political opposition to arbitrary arrest and other human rights violations, said the ICJ today. (more…)
Today, the ICJ and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) published a briefing paper on the system of Turkish Criminal Peace Judgeships and its compliance with international law. (more…)
The ICJ has provided a further submission to the Human Rights Committee in response to the Committee’s second draft General Comment on the right to liberty and security of the person and freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention. (more…)
The ICJ has brought to the attention of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism issues concerning due process and access to justice, as well as other key issues to be addressed in the review of Kazakhstan’s compliance with international human rights. (more…)
The Pakistani government should affirm its commitment to end enforced disappearances by ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. (more…)
Under the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the UPR will be undertaking a review of Israel during its 15th session in January 2013. (more…)
