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HRC59: ICJ Statement in the interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Venezuela – addressing arbitrary detention and repression of civic space
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 4 Oral...
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HRC59: Joint statement during interactive dialogue on Myanmar – addressing ongoing atrocity crimes and the collapse of judicial independence
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Item 4 Enhanced interactive...
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HRC59: Joint statement during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Belarus – condemning repression of lawyers and the erosion of judicial independence
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Item 4 Interactive...
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HRC59: Joint statement in defense of the International Criminal Court – condemning U.S. sanctions and political interference
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session ITEM 3 25 June...
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HRC59: Statement to the Special Rapporteur–confronting global attacks on judicial independence in Guatemala and Tunisia
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 3 Oral...
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HRC59: Joint statement on the report of Special Rapporteur in Afghanistan
United Nations Human Rights Council 59th Regular Session Agenda Item 2 Oral...
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HRC58: The UN Human Rights Council ends a six-week intense session in perilous times for multilateralism
On Friday last week, the 58th session of the main UN human...
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HRC58: The ICJ calls for urgent action on escalating human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the impact of the U.S. foreign aid pause
United Nations Human Rights Council 58th Regular Session Agenda Item 10 Oral...
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HRC58: ICJ statement on the human rights situation in Eswatini, Myanmar and Afghanistan
United Nations Human Rights Council 58th Regular Session Agenda Item 4 Oral...
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Thailand: Laws and practices do not meet international obligations to address gender-based violence, ICJ tells UN Committee
On 19 May, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with...
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CRPD: Joint third-party intervention on comprehensive assessment of displaced persons with disabilities
On 25 April 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with...
Read moreCRPD32: ICJ statement on barriers to political participation for persons with disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32nd Session Day...
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Thailand: ICJ draws the UN Committee Against Torture’s attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record under the Convention Against Torture
On 30 September 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions ahead of the...
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Lao PDR: ICJ submits report to CEDAW Committee on discriminatory laws and practices related to gender-based violence
On 9 September 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a...
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International Commission of Jurists’ Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on India’s Human Rights Record
On 3rd June 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a...
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Submission by the ICJ to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on South Africa’s compliance with its obligations
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN...
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Thailand: Laws and practices do not meet international obligations to address gender-based violence, ICJ tells UN Committee
On 19 May, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with...
Read moreEgypt: At the Universal Periodic Review, States must Call on Egypt to End Egregious Human Rights Violations
Yesterday, on the occasion of Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session, the...
Read moreLao PDR: ICJ and its partners draw attention to concerns about the country’s human rights record in advance of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
On 11 October 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN...
Read moreLao PDR: ICJ submits report to CEDAW Committee on discriminatory laws and practices related to gender-based violence
On 9 September 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a...
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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...
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Eswatini: In the face of ongoing repression of the legal profession, lawyers raise concerns with UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers emphasized the...
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