ICJ publishes a new set of legal principles to address the harmful human rights impact of unjustified criminalization of individuals and entire communities
Russia/Ukraine: UN Human Rights Council must act to ensure accountability for gross human rights violations
The ICJ today called on the Venezuela authorities to immediately release arbitrarily detained lawyer and human right defender Rocio San Miguel, to drop the charges against her, and to end the harassment and persecution of her and other human right defenders in the country. (more…)
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Geneva, 12 February 2024. Today, with the support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human Rights in Practice, Judge Youssef Bouzakher, President of the dissolved High Judicial Council (HJC) and one of the 57 judges and prosecutors arbitrarily dismissed by President Kais Saied, submitted an individual communication against Tunisia to the UN Human […]
AdvocacyNewsPress releasesThe International Commission of Jurists, the Colombian Alliance for Legal Capacity, the Action Programme for Equality and Social Inclusion of the University of the Andes, and Colombian Lawyer Liliana Patricia Rojas Rojas called on the Colombian Ministry of Justice to adopt measures to improve access to justice for persons with disabilities while conducting reforms in […]
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The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) intervene in the criminal defamation proceeding against Thai human rights defender Chutima Sidasathian. (more…)
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As the absolute military rule enters its fourth year with an extension of the state of emergency, widespread and systematic human rights violations continue to be perpetrated daily against large number of peoples in communities throughout Myanmar with impunity, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. (more…)
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