The ICJ and other organizations urge the Thai authorities and several mining companies to drop legal proceedings against community-based human rights defenders and to strengthen mechanisms to protect human rights defenders and ensure accountability for human rights abuses. (more…)
The ICJ and 32 other human rights groups are calling on the Vietnamese authorities to carry out a prompt, impartial, independent and effective investigation into allegations that Tran Thi Hong, a member of the Vietnamese Women for Human Rights (VNWHR) was tortured. (more…)
The ICJ welcomed today’s decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Azimzhan Askarov, a Kyrgyz human rights activist, sentenced to life imprisonment in Kyrgyzstan. (more…)
La CIJ e otras organizaciones de derechos humanos llaman a la adopción de una ley general contra la tortura que cumpla con los estándares internacionales. (more…)
Thailand must immediately revoke National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order 13/2016 which confers sweeping powers on the Royal Thai Armed Forces in contravention of human rights and the rule of law, said today the ICJ and other human rights groups. (more…)
Today, the ICJ published a new report (in Spanish) analysing the impact of extractive companies on economic, social and cultural rights of many local communities in the country. Mining activities have resulted in massive social protests in Peru recently. (more…)
