More than fifty years on: enforced disappearance, the families who named it, and the reframing of international protection
On 30 August, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joins the wider international community in marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. This year, the International Day also falls on the twentieth anniversary of the adoption by...
Nepal: National Judicial Dialogue on Justice Sector Actors, Criminal Code Provisions and Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Serious Crimes
On 16 April 2022, the ICJ, together with Advocacy Forum-Nepal and the Judges Society-Nepal, organized the National Judicial Dialogue on the Role of Justice Sector Actors in Effective Implementation of Criminal Code Provisions and Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Serious Crimes.
UN: ICJ concerned at impunity for enforced disappearances in Latin America and use of abductions in Turkey
The ICJ expressed concern today at the use of abductions in national security cases in Turkey and the enduring impunity for enforced disappearances in certain Latin American countries, during the interactive dialogue with the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disapparances at the UN Human Rights Council.
MENA: Enforced disappearances and accompanying impunity continue to prevail
Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional, and international organizations, associations, and networks come together to highlight the dramatic and persistent nature of enforced disappearances in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the accompanying impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of these crimes throughout the region.
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