Thailand: Deportation of Uyghur Detainees to China exposes them to a real risk of grave human rights violations in violation of international and Thai law
Today (27 February 2025), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the reported deportation of at least 40 Uyghur detainees from Thailand’s immigration center in Bangkok to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. “We condemn the deportations in the...
Egypt: Accept and Implement UN Member States’ Universal Periodic Review Recommendations to Cease Serious Human Rights Violations
On 28 January 2025, during Egypt’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), 137 UN Member States expressed serious concern regarding the continued deterioration of the human rights situation in Egypt and urged the Egyptian authorities, inter alia, to: “Establish a...
Questions & Answers on the establishment of an Independent International Accountability Mechanism for Afghanistan
Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed ever-more extreme restrictions on human rights. The rights of women and girls have been especially affected: they have been barred from education beyond sixth grade and many forms of employment, and banned...
Lesotho: ICJ makes a submission to the Universal Periodic Review
On 11 October 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its consideration of Lesotho’s human rights record during the 49th session of the UPR in April and May 2025.
Recent News
Palestine/Israel: Israel must immediately stop its criminal forcible displacement in Gaza30 Jun 2025
HRC59: ICJ Statement in the interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Venezuela – addressing arbitrary detention and repression of civic space27 Jun 2025
HRC59: Joint statement during interactive dialogue on Myanmar – addressing ongoing atrocity crimes and the collapse of judicial independence27 Jun 2025
HRC59: Joint statement during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Belarus – condemning repression of lawyers and the erosion of judicial independence26 Jun 2025