Nepal: ICJ and partners call for action on gender and disability-based discrimination
On 16 July 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with local partners – Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), KOSHISH and the Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA)- made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s...
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...
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.
China: International Commission of Jurists and its partner make submission to the Universal Periodic Review
On 18 July 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Extra-Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition (ETO Watch Coalition) filed a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of its review of China’s human rights record in early 2024.
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