Thailand’s laws and practices governing the rights of land users may result in unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on various economic, social, and cultural rights, particularly for forest dwellers and indigenous communities, the ICJ said during discussions last week with members of Thai civil society as well as government authorities. (more…)
Today, the ICJ called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to guarantee transparency and participation in its activities in Venezuela in an oral statement delivered during the interactive dialogue on the oral update by the UN’s High Commissioner of Human Rights on Venezuela. (more…)
An opinion piece by Jenny Domino, Associate Legal Adviser, ICJ Asia-Pacific Programme. (more…)
The ICJ published today a briefing paper outlining measures affecting the court system and access to justice which have been introduced in response to COVID-19 in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. (more…)
The Indian government has fallen short of its obligations to guarantee the right to food during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICJ said in a briefing paper released today. (more…)
As courts of law around the world are moving rapidly and dramatically to limit and reduce their operations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICJ has today published relevant guidance from a human rights and rule-of-law perspective. (more…)
