Consenting adults living together is not a crime
An opinion piece by Ruth Panjaitan, ICJ National Legal Adviser in Indonesia. (more…)
Tag Archives | Right to privacy
Poland: ICJ intervenes before European Court in case of surveillance of lawyers and human rights defenders
The ICJ intervened today in the case of the potential surveillance by Polish secret services of Mikołaj Pietrzak, lawyer and chair of the Warsaw Bar Association, Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska et Barbara Grabowska-Moroz of the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights, and Wojciech Klicki and Katarzyna Szymielewicz of the foundation Panoptykon. (more…)
Overview of the September 2019 Human Rights Council session
Today, at the close of the 42nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the ICJ and other NGOs highlighted key acheivements and failures. (more…)
Southeast Asia: misuse of laws to restrict freedom of expression
At the UN the ICJ today addressed abuse of laws in Southeast Asia to restrict freedom of expression. (more…)
India: transformative jurisprudence on privacy and discrimination – judicial dialogue
On 10 February 2018, the ICJ, in partnership with the National Law University, Delhi (NLU), organized a judicial dialogue on transformative jurisprudence on privacy and discrimination. (more…)
Myanmar: ‘Terrorist’ list publications defy rule of law principles and put lives at risk
Myanmar’s publication in state media of lists with the names and accompanying photographs of more than 1,400 men, women and children under the heading “Members of ARSA Terrorist Group” constitutes an assault on human rights and contravenes key principles of the rule of law. (more…)