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Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the...
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Tajikistan: barriers faced by survivors of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a serious and persistent human rights concern in...
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South Sudan: Extend UN Investigations Amid Deteriorating Human Rights Crisis
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United...
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UN HRC: ICJ Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
United Nations Human Rights Council Intersessional Activity Oral statement of the...
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UN Human Rights Council: Progress achieved in addressing impunity in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, while capacity pressures mount
Geneva. 09 October 2025. With the conclusion yesterday of the UN Human...
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Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council establishment of an independent investigative mechanism is a major step towards accountability
Geneva, 6 October 2025 The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes today’s...
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Joint Statement: Deterioration of the Rule of Law in Cambodia
Organizations: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, IBAHRI, ICJ Item: Item 10: Interactive Dialogue...
Read moreICJ Statement on Serious Human Rights Violations in Libya
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Interactive Dialogue Item 10...
Read moreOral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) On the Universal Periodic Review outcome for Lao PDR
26 September 2025 Mr. President, Concerning the report of the Working...
Read moreHRC60: ICJ denounces serious human rights violations in Tunisia
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session General Debate Item 4...
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Oral Statement of the ICJ in the interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the situation in Venezuela
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Agenda Item 4 ...
Read moreHRC 60: Oral Statement on arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances in Egypt
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Statement by...
Read moreInternational Commission of Jurists in the interactive dialogue on the oral update of the Group of Independent Experts on Belarus
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Item 4 International Commission...
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Tajikistan: barriers faced by survivors of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a serious and persistent human rights concern in...
Read moreOccupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the...
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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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Tajikistan: barriers faced by survivors of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a serious and persistent human rights concern in...
Read moreOccupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the...
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Libya: ICJ urges UN Human Rights Council to address deteriorating human rights situation at upcoming Universal Periodic Review
As representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), national human rights institutions and States...
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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...
Read moreThailand: 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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Tajikistan: barriers faced by survivors of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a serious and persistent human rights concern in...
Read moreOccupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At 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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Tajikistan: barriers faced by survivors of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a serious and persistent human rights concern in...
Read moreOccupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the...
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