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Austria, Romania, Serbia: Child Victims with Disabilities Face Barriers in Accessing Justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a...
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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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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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Rule of Law Under Strain in Eswatini: A Submission on Judicial Independence and Civic Space
On April 10, 2026, the ICJ filed a submission to the Human...
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The UN Human Rights Council makes significant but limited progress in addressing human rights around the world, as atrocities multiply in the Middle East and elsewhere
Geneva, 1 April 2026. The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has concluded...
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ICJ Oral statement at HRC urgent debate on protection of children and schools in armed conflict
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st Regular Session Urgent Debate Oral statement...
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HRC on Iran: the Council must condemn human rights violations by all parties to this conflict
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st Regular Session Urgent Debate Oral...
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Libya’s UPR Outcome: ICJ Raises Concerns on Detention Abuses, Women’s Rights, and Migrants
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st session Agenda Item 6 – Universal...
Read moreErosion Of Fair Trial Rights And Threats To Lawyers in Myanmar
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st Regular Session Agenda Item 4 ...
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Systematic Attacks And Judicial Harassment Against Lawyers In Belarus
61st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Item 4: Interactive...
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HRC61: Joint oral statement of The ICJ in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Counter-terrorism and Human Rights
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st Regular Session Agenda Item 3 Oral...
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Decriminalizing Conduct Associated with Poverty and Status
On 3 March 2026, the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec), the International Commission of Jurists...
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HRC61: Oral statement of The ICJ in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st Regular Session Agenda Item 3 Oral...
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HRC61: ICJ Statement on attacks against the rule of law and independent legal professionals — highlighting situations in Afghanistan and Guatemala
United Nations Human Rights Council 61st Regular Session Agenda Item 2 General...
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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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Austria, Romania, Serbia: Child Victims with Disabilities Face Barriers in Accessing Justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a...
Read moreTajikistan: 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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ICJ Urges CEDAW To Address The Harmful Impact Of Criminal Laws On Women’s Rights
On 17 February 2026, Patricia Schulz, ICJ Commissioner and former CEDAW Committee member, delivered...
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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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Austria, Romania, Serbia: Child Victims with Disabilities Face Barriers in Accessing Justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a...
Read moreTajikistan: 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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ICJ and partners make joint submissions ahead of the November 2026 Universal Periodic Review of Thailand’s human rights record
On 10 April 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) filed two...
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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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Austria, Romania, Serbia: Child Victims with Disabilities Face Barriers in Accessing Justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a...
Read moreTajikistan: 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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UN human rights experts find Egypt’s detention of political economist Abdel Khaleq Farouq arbitrary and call for his immediate release
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concluded that Egypt’s 19-month...
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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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Austria, Romania, Serbia: Child Victims with Disabilities Face Barriers in Accessing Justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and its partners have published a...
Read moreTajikistan: 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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