Break the cycle of impunity for rape in Nepal
An opinion piece by Laxmi Pokharel and Boram Jang, International Commission of Jurists Legal Advisors on Access to Justice for Women (more…)
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COVID-19: ICJ calls on African States to protect women from escalating sexual and gender based violence
While reports suggest a decrease in crime during lockdown due to restricted movement, violence against women, including gender-based violence (GBV), continues unabated, and has likely worsened throughout Africa, replicating global trends in this regard. (more…)
India: Execution of perpetrators of Delhi gang rape is an affront to rule of law and does not improve access to justice for women
The ICJ condemned the execution today of four men who were convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old student in December 2012. (more…)
ICJ submission on Nepal to the UN Human Rights Committee
The ICJ has submitted to the Human Rights Committee an alternative report in advance of the Committee’s examination of Nepal’s combined second, third and fourth periodic reports under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). (more…)