Themes Archives: Business and Human Rights

22/09/2023

ICJ and IBAHRI call for accountability for mercenary predatory recruitment and serious human rights abuses

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) called the Human Rights Council’s attention to the serious abuses amounting to crimes under international law linked to mercenary activities in the Sahel region of Africa, including allegations of unlawful killings, torture and ill-treatment, rape and other sexual violence, and enforced […]

21/09/2023

Optics and Opacity: Breaking Down Meta’s Refusal to Suspend Hun Sen

An opinion piece by Daron Tan, ICJ Associate International Legal Adviser, Asia and the Pacific Programme, published on Tech Policy Press on 20 September 2023. (more…)

04/09/2023

ICJ makes submission to Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the human rights impacts of the firearms industry

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) recently submitted written legal comments to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in relation to the Advisory Opinion requested by Mexico on “the activities of private companies engaged in the firearms industry and their effects in human rights”. (more…)

16/08/2023

Thailand: Legal and practical barriers frustrate access to effective remedies for human rights abuses involving Thai transnational corporations abroad

“The Thai authorities must act to remove obstacles to holding Thai companies accountable for wrongdoing outside the country’s borders,” urged participants at a dialogue co-hosted by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on 8 June 2023 at Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Law. (more…)

09/08/2023

Lao PDR: ICJ and its partners make a submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

On 7 August 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Extra-Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch Coalition) and Land Watch Thai (LWT) filed a joint submission for the preparation by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) of a List of Issues (LOI) for the examination of Lao PDR’s initial report […]

19/07/2023

China: International Commission of Jurists and its partner make submission to the Universal Periodic Review

On 18 July 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Extra-Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch Coalition) filed a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of its review of China’s human rights record in early 2024. (more…)

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ICJ and IBAHRI call for accountability for mercenary predatory recruitment and serious human rights abuses

Optics and Opacity: Breaking Down Meta’s Refusal to Suspend Hun Sen

ICJ makes submission to Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the human rights impacts of the firearms industry

Thailand: Legal and practical barriers frustrate access to effective remedies for human rights abuses involving Thai transnational corporations abroad

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