Guatemala: promotion of indigenous people’s rights through strategic litigation and reform of the State
Inauguration of the 5th International Seminar on Strategic Litigation in Guatemala City. (more…)
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Swaziland: training on public interest litigation for lawyers and human rights defenders
The ICJ, Lawyers for Human Rights Swaziland (LHR(S), Lawyers for Human Rights South Africa (LHR), and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) organized a training on strategic litigation for lawyers and human rights defenders from 6-7 November 2015 in Ezulwini. (more…)
Zimbabwe: ICJ convened 2-day workshop on Business and Human Rights for East and Southern African lawyers
The workshop took place from 22-24 June in Victoria Falls and had a special focus on children’s rights as a particularly vulnerable group. (more…)
New ICJ Practitioners’ Guide N°8 : adjudicating Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at national level
Today, the ICJ launched its new Practitioners Guide on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR), the 8th in the series of ICJ resources for legal practitioners, as well as its associated online searchable version. (more…)
ICJ holds strategic litigation meeting with Muslim Attorney Centre in Thailand’s deep South
On 11-12 October 2014, the ICJ held a “Strategic Litigation” meeting for 25 Muslim Attorney Centre (MAC) lawyers and paralegals in Hat Yai, in Thailand’s deep South. (more…)
Bangladesh: government responsible, not only companies, after Rana Plaza disaster
The recent Rana Plaza building disaster, in Bangladesh, could, and should, have been averted if the government had performed its obligation to adequately protect the workers, the ICJ said today. (more…)