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The Syrian authorities must reveal the fate of Mazen Darwish and SCM staff
Several human rights groups express their grave concerns for the safety of Mazen Darwish, Head of the Damascus based Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and seven of his...
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Call for action on Bahrain at the Human Rights Council
In an open letter, the ICJ and other NGOs urged State delegations to the Human Rights Council to call on the Government of Bahrain to fully cooperate with UN human rights mechanisms. Bahrein HRC Open...
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Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation stripped of ECOSOC status
The UN’s Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations revoked the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) consultative status of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF). This was despite the...
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Open letter to the President of Indonesia on enforced disappearances
ICJ and other human rights groups have written to the Indonesian President to resolve the enforced disappearance of 13 political activists in 1997-98. Your Excellency, In full support of the campaign...
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Deeply flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration must be postponed
In a letter sent today to ASEAN Heads of State, the ICJ and other leading international human rights organizations called for the postponement of the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. The...
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Civil society rejects flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
Today, 63 grassroots, national, regional, and international civil society groups are calling upon ASEAN Member States to postpone the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, which is not worthy...
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Sri Lanka: judges around the world condemn impeachment of Chief Justice Dr...
Today, senior judges and eminent jurists from around the world joined together, calling on the Government of Sri Lanka to reinstate the legal Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake. An open letter...
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Open letter: Sri Lanka should not host the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of...
The ICJ sent today an open letter to the Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma asking to change the venue of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2013. Dear Commonwealth...
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ICJ writes to Nigerian President to ensure enforcement of ruling in case...
The ICJ wrote to the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to call his attention to the ruling by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States in the case SERAP vs The Federal...
View ArticleICJ open letter to the Cambodian Bar Association
Through this letter the ICJ is asking the Cambodian Bar Association to clarify its views on a few issues related to freedom of expression of the country’s lawyers. The full text of the letter can be...
View ArticleJoint open letter regarding resumption of executions in Pakistan
The ICJ and Human Rights Watch wrote an open letter to the government of Pakistan regarding its recently announced decision to resume executions. Pakistan planned on carrying out its first civilian...
View ArticleCambodia: ICJ sends open letter to Bar Association
The ICJ sent today an open letter to the Cambodian Bar Association, related to the Article 17 of the new Code of Ethics. The ICJ had previously expressed its concern that the language of Article 17 was...
View ArticleICJ and others call for rejection of efforts to undermine the work of human...
The ICJ today joined an open letter to Permanent Representatives to the UN Human Rights Council calling for rejection of proposed revisions to resolutions affecting the work of human rights defenders....
View ArticleHuman Rights Day: time to end the cycle of impunity in Nepal
On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, the ICJ sent an open letter to the three top parties elected in Nepal’s recent election. The ICJ calls on the Nepali Congress, the Community Party...
View ArticleEcuador: ONGs se suman al pronunciamiento de la Coalición por cierre de...
La CIJ se suma al pronunciamiento de la Coalición Internacional de Organizaciones por los Derechos Humanos en las Américas y muestra su profunda preocupación por el cierre de la Fundación Pachamama en...
View ArticleBrunei: new penal code a blueprint for human rights violations
The ICJ deplores the recent enactment of a new penal code by Brunei Darussalam. If implemented, the code would lead to serious human rights violations by reintroducing the death penalty and imposing...
View ArticleThailand: don’t drop investigation into Somchai’s disappearance
The ICJ called on the Thai government to ensure that it will continue investigating the enforced disappearance of lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, who has not been seen since 12 March 2004. In Geneva...
View ArticlePalestine: ICJ and others urge Palestine to seek access to the International...
The ICJ, together with Palestinian and other international human rights organizations, today urged the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to pursue the jurisdiction of the International Criminal...
View ArticleCambodia: delay debate on judiciary draft laws
A joint statement from civil society groups, including ICJ, calling on Cambodia’s National Assembly to delay debate on the three draft laws related to the judiciary. Phnom Penh – May 16 — We, the...
View ArticleCambodia: civil society joint statement calls for review of judiciary...
The undersigned national and international civil society groups call on the Cambodian Senate to delay its review of three bills passed by the National Assembly (NA) on ‘reforming’ the judiciary that,...
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