In the year since Myanmar’s military illegally took full control of Myanmar, judicial independence and the legal defense of human rights have collapsed in Myanmar, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
The House of Representatives (HoR) must revoke Law No. 11 of 2021 modifying the Supreme Judicial Council’s (SJC) membership, and must stop interfering with the independence of the Libyan judiciary, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
Today, the ICJ called for the end of political interference with judicial independence in Ukraine during an interactive dialogue before the UN Human Rights Council after the update by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the country. (more…)
The ICJ, together with the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and Avocats Sans Frontiers (ASF) delivered today a statement before the UN Human Rights Council during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence on the situation of accountability for gross human rights violations in […]
Turkish lawmakers should reject the proposed extension of unnecessary emergency powers for three more years, and instead end the corrosive impact of these powers on human rights and the rule of law, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. (more…)
The Tajikistan judicial authorities should drop disciplinary proceedings against a judge, initiated immediately after he issued a rare acquittal in a criminal case, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. Judges should be free to issue decisions based on law and their personal assessment of facts, the ICJ stressed. The disciplinary proceedings against Judge […]
