Tag Archives | Torture and ill-treatment

30/05/2022

Thailand: ICJ co-hosts a Workshop on the investigation and adjudication of psychological torture and cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment

Thailand must act to minimize torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment by passing a draft law before the Senate that would criminalize such violations, international experts and Thai human rights defenders urged at a workshop co-hosted on 24 May in Bangkok by the International Commission of Jurists (“ICJ”), Thailand’s Ministry of Justice and the […]

Cover of ICJ's new paper 'Strengthening accountability through the Specialized Criminal Chambers in Tunisia'

15/07/2021

Tunisia: Ensure Specialized Criminal Chambers’ effective adjudication of sexual and gender-based crimes

Tunisia’s transitional justice process has failed to provide accountability for thousands of survivors of sexual and gender-based crimes, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said in a new report published today. (more…)

01/04/2021

Sri Lanka: ensuring equality and non-discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexuals and transgender people

An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, ICJ National Legal Adviser in Sri Lanka. (more…)

18/09/2020

ICJ and IBAHRI call on Belarus to comply with its international human rights obligations (UN Statement)

At a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the ICJ and IBAHRI have called on Belarus to comply with its international human rights obligations, including by releasing those arbitrarily detained and ceasing abusive prosecutions as well as harassment of lawyers. (more…)

14/09/2020

Russian Federation: ICJ and ECRE intervened before European Court in case of extradition of a Kyrgyz national of Uzbek ethnicity

The ICJ and ECRE intervened today before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the extradition of a Kyrgyz national of Uzbek ethnicity back to his country of origin where he would be at risk of torture or other forms of ill-treatment . (more…)

20/04/2020

ICJ and other NGOs submit third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Lapunov v. Russia

On 16 April 2020, the ICJ and other NGOs submitted a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in the case Lapunov v. Russia (Application No. 28834/19). It concerns a Russian man, who argues that he was tortured during a crackdown on LGBTI people in Chechnya. (more…)

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