Global Advocates for Justice and Human Rights: the ICJ – 60 years in Geneva!
2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the ICJ’s move to Geneva thanks to the great Swiss jurist Jean-Flavien Lalive, who was ICJ’s Secretary General in 1958. (more…)
Themes Archives: Women’s Human Rights
Nepal: ICJ submits report to CEDAW Committee on the transitional justice processes’ failure to address women’s human rights
Today, the International Commission of Jurists made a submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) in view of its forthcoming review of Nepal’s implementation of and compliance with its obligations under CEDAW in light of the State party’s sixth periodic report under Article 18 of the Convention. (more…)
ICJ Annual Report 2017 now online!
The ICJ has issued its Annual Report 2017, which offers a concise summary of the work carried out by the ICJ over the past year. (more…)
Applying a women-centred approach to access to justice (UN side event)
This panel discussion will be held on Monday, 17 September 2018, from 14:00 – 15:00, Room XXIV, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. (more…)
Malaysia: ICJ condemns public caning of two women for alleged same sex relations
The ICJ today condemned the public caning of two women, a punishment imposed upon them by the Terengganu High Court after conviction on charges of ‘attempting to have sexual intercourse’. (more…)
Eswatini (Swaziland): ICJ facilitates integrated meeting of justice sector stakeholders involved in combatting sexual and gender-based violence
On 25 July 2018, the ICJ facilitated an integrated meeting of governmental stakeholders in the justice chain involved in different aspects of combatting sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), the first meeting of its kind. (more…)