Tunisia: Reverse the President’s power grab
Presidential Decree 117 on 22/09/2021 is an affront to the Rule of Law and the constitutional order and must be immediately revoked, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
Tag Archives | judicial review
Turkey: ICJ and IBAHRI call for release of Osman Kavala following European Court of Human Rights decision
Today’s decision from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Turkish human rights defender Osman Kavala must be immediately complied with by releasing him from detention, the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the ICJ said today. (more…)
Turkey: ICJ intervenes before European Court of Human Rights in cases of arrests under state of emergency
The ICJ intervened today before the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of a judge and a scholar that were arrested in the wake of the state of emergency in Turkey. (more…)
Turkey: ICJ intervenes before European Court of Human Rights in case of detention of MP
The ICJ intervened today before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of a detained Member of the Turkish Parliament from the HDP party, Ms Burcu Çelik, arrested in 2017 under “terrorism charges”. (more…)
UN: Procedural safeguards and civil society’s action to prevent arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance
The ICJ prepared an oral statement on procedural safeguards and civil society’s action to prevent arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, for the interactive dialogue with the UN Working Groups on Arbitrary Detention and on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. (more…)