Libya: The Authorities Must Ensure Women Have Effective Access to Justice for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
On 28 October, the International Commission of Jurists participated in the informal private briefing by NGOs during the 91st Pre-sessional Working Group for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on Libya. During such briefings, the...
Tunisia: end crackdown on political opponents and allow free and fair elections
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the Tunisian authorities’ continued attacks on opposition leaders, including the recent arbitrary arrest and detention of Lofti Mraihi, the Republican People’s Union party leader and prospective presidential...
The Notion of Consent in the UN Treaty Bodies’ General Comments and Jurisprudence
The notion of consent in the UN Treaty Bodies’ general comments and jurisprudence
Zambia: Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations
A range of Zambian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) – who early in March this year made submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) ahead of its examination of Zambia’s compliance with and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – have welcomed the Committee’s concluding observations and called on the Zambian authorities to take expeditious steps to ensure their implementation.




