Migration and international human rights law – Third edition of Practitioners Guide no. 6
The ICJ today published the third edition of its Practitioners Guide No. 6 on Migration and International Human Rights Law. (more…)
Themes Archives: Integrity Rights
Turkey: National Assembly should end, not extend, government’s emergency powers
Turkish lawmakers should reject the proposed extension of unnecessary emergency powers for three more years, and instead end the corrosive impact of these powers on human rights and the rule of law, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. (more…)
Colombia: ICJ and CCJ alert UN Human Rights Council of widespread human rights violations during social protests
The ICJ and the Colombian Commission of Jurists today jointly addressed the UN Human Rights Council in the Interactive Dialogues on the Reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. (more…)
Turkey: Violation of Osman Kavala’s Rights Intensifies
The Turkish government’s failure to comply with a binding European Court of Human Rights order to release the human rights defender Osman Kavala should prompt Council of Europe action against Turkey, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project said today. (more…)
Belarus: ICJ alerts UN Human Rights Council about the situation of human rights and the legal profession
The ICJ today addressed the UN Human Rights Council in the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the context of the 2020 presidential election. (more…)
New Annual Report tells you what the ICJ did in 2019 to protect human rights
The ICJ has issued its Annual Report 2019, which offers a concise summary of the work carried out by the ICJ over the past year. (more…)