The ICJ today applauded the adoption of a landmark resolution by the UN Human Rights Council recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and a second resolution and establishing a Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. (more…)
Today, the ICJ published a briefing paper on non-citizens’ limited vaccine access and the authorities’ failure to disclose Colombia’s COVID-19 contracts with pharmaceutical companies, two of the main human rights challenges inhibiting human rights protection in the country’s vaccine acquisition and rollout plan. (more…)
In a letter dated 8 July 2021, ICJ expressed its concerns that the MTN Group has agreed to implement an unlawful request from the Swazi government to disrupt internet access in eSwatini. (more…)
The ICJ today addressed the UN Human Rights Council during the Panel discussion on the tenth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. (more…)
As part of its work to raise awareness and deepen the understanding about the importance of civil liability for the objective of improved accountability of business-related human rights abuses and access to justice and reparations, the ICJ is partnering with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights to organize an online symposium. (more…)
The participation of private actors including pharmaceutical companies in the development and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines has important implications for human rights, in particular the rights to life and to health, that have not been properly considered, a panel of experts asserted in a webinar organized by the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, […]
