Jun 2, 2023 | Attacks on Justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the ongoing attacks against independent lawyers in Belarus, a number of whom are facing disbarment, arbitrary prosecution, and other forms of harassment by authorities as they perform their professional duties and exercise their right to freedom of expression.
Aug 8, 2022 | Advocacy, News
The staff of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) – a South African human rights non-profit organisation – have received death threats and other threats of violence, forcing the organization to temporarily close down its offices. This follows SERI’s decision to provide legal representation to a group of about 600 informal traders to help them challenge their eviction by the City of Johannesburg from their trading stalls before the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court, Johannesburg
Jun 14, 2022 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
Before the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ called today on all States to promote accountability for crimes under international law in Myanmar and on Myanmar junta to ensure the independence of the legal profession.
Jul 28, 2021 | News
The ICJ and other human rights organisations express deep concern for the ongoing detention of lawyer and minority and civic rights activist Hejaaz Hizbullah, who has been held under Sri Lanka’s notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for 15 months. In the absence of any credible evidence presented before a court of law, Hejaaz Hizbullah should be released immediately and unconditionally.
Jul 9, 2021 | Advocacy, Non-legal submissions
Today, before the UN Human Rights Council, the ICJ called on Ukrainian authorities once again to ensure the independence of the judiciary and investigate attacks on lawyers, essential elements to make effective any human rights technical assistance and capacity building.