The ICJ draws attention to instances of alleged human rights abuses by the private military and security companies in all regions and analyses the challenges related to the accountability frameworks and access to justice. (more…)
The ICJ today called for prompt release of a database of businesses involved in certain activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, that has been prepared by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). (more…)
Today, ICJ and Human Rights Lawyers’ Association (HRLA) submitted recommendations to the Ministry of Justice on Thailand’s draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (‘draft NAP’), dated 14 February 2019, scheduled for public consultation between 15 February 2019 and 15 March 2019. (more…)
The ICJ today highlighted threats to the rule of law in Turkey, Poland, Hungary and Azerbaijan, and the need to address corporate complicity in South Sudan, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. (more…)
Speaking at the UN, the ICJ today urged all States from all regions to participate actively in the process towards a treaty on business and human rights. (more…)
The ICJ and Amnesty International–Canada, have intervened in appeal proceedings before the Supreme Court of Canada in the Case Araya et al versus Nevsun Resources Ltd on appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal. (more…)
