On 5 October, in response to a call for input from the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing and the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) filed a submission on the decriminalization of homelessness and extreme poverty. The ICJ’s submission is based, in part, on “The […]
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish” and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA), has announced the launch of the first Human Rights Summer School on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR) in Uzbekistan from 14 to 18 August. […]
On 7 August 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Extra-Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch Coalition) and Land Watch Thai (LWT) filed a joint submission for the preparation by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) of a List of Issues (LOI) for the examination of Lao PDR’s initial report […]
The economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) guaranteed in Nepal’s Constitution are enforceable in Nepal’s courts, which routinely apply international human rights law and standards, including the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Nevertheless, Nepali lawyers have bemoaned the authorities’ failure – as elsewhere in the world – to execute and implement […]
In Mathare, Kenya, there is an urgent need to improve access to quality public education, and to regulate private actors providing educational services in the community. These were the conclusions of a consultation with members of the Mathare Community Education Taskforce (Taskforce) convened by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the East African Centre for […]
The practice of treating precious housing stock as a mere commodity for speculative investment, rather than as a critical social good needed to fulfill a human rights guarantee, has run rampant in many places in the world. This was a key message delivered at the 29 June discussion the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) hosted […]
