Myanmar: ICJ hosts workshop on strategic litigation, speaks on CSR at society forum in Mon State
The ICJ held a workshop in Mawlamyine on 3 July attended by religious leaders and youth activists from southern Mon State in Myanmar’s southeast.
The ICJ and other groups call States to join multilateral negotiations of a UN treaty on business and human rights
The statement on behalf of four groups was delivered in the context of the General Debate on Item 3 during the 38th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Judicial Councils and Judicial Independence (UN Statement)
The ICJ today spoke at the UN on the role of judicial councils, judicial independence in Turkey and Poland, and on business and human rights in Peru.
Nigerian fishermen should be allowed to appeal oil pollution ruling
The ICJ and other human rights, environmental and development groups sent a letter to the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court in support of the Claimants’ application for permission to appeal in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell plc and another [2018] EWCA Civ 191 (Okpabi).
OHCHR database of businesses involved in settlements in OPT (UN Statement)
The ICJ today spoke at the Human Rights Council about the creation of a UN database of business enterprises involved in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Terrority (OPT).
The Rule of Law: dispatches from the global frontlines (UN event)
The ICJ will highlight threats to and defenders of the rule of law around the world, at a side event to the UN Human Rights Council, on Wednesday, 14 March, 14:30-16:00, room XXIV of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Support the ICJ
