230 NGOs highlight concerns about arbitrary restrictions on UN access
More than 230 non-governmental organizations (NGO) world wide have called on members of the UN’s Economic and Social Council to reform the practice of the UN Committee on NGOs, and to ensure...
View ArticleThe ICJ writes to Philippine President about death penalty
Today the ICJ issued an open letter to Philippine President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte, expressing concern regarding statements he made in support of reinstating the death penalty. In the letter, the ICJ...
View ArticleICJ urges AICHR to adopt transparent accreditation procedure
The ICJ has urged the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to ensure that civil society organizations that apply for consultative status with the AICHR are provided with notice...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Human rights groups renew call for release of peaceful...
The call comes on the third anniversary of the start of the mass trial of 94 individuals, including government critics and advocates of reform. Ten human rights organizations appeal to the government...
View ArticleICJ joins call for strong UN resolution on Human Rights Defenders
Member States of the UN Human Rights Council should support the adoption of a vital draft resolution on the protection of human rights defenders and vote down over 30 hostile amendments proposed by...
View ArticleMéxico tiene una oportunidad histórica para el establecimiento de una ley...
La CIJ e otras organizaciones de derechos humanos llaman a la adopción de una ley general contra la tortura que cumpla con los estándares internacionales. La CIJ se une a varias ONG internacionales...
View ArticleVietnam: alleged torture of Human Rights Defender Tran Thi Hong must be...
The ICJ and 32 other human rights groups are calling on the Vietnamese authorities to carry out a prompt, impartial, independent and effective investigation into allegations that Tran Thi Hong, a...
View ArticleThailand: five years on, international organizations renew their call for the...
On the eve of the five-year anniversary of his detention, the ICJ and other international organizations condemn the ongoing and arbitrary deprivation of liberty of human rights defender Somyot...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ concerned over intimidation and harassment against human rights...
The ICJ, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), wrote a joint-letter today to the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT) – the country’s representative body of lawyers –...
View ArticleThailand: strengthen protection mechanisms and ensure accountability for...
The ICJ and other organizations urge the Thai authorities and several mining companies to drop legal proceedings against community-based human rights defenders and to strengthen mechanisms to protect...
View Article230 NGOs highlight concerns about arbitrary restrictions on UN access
More than 230 non-governmental organizations (NGO) world wide have called on members of the UN’s Economic and Social Council to reform the practice of the UN Committee on NGOs, and to ensure...
View ArticleThe ICJ writes to Philippine President about death penalty
Today the ICJ issued an open letter to Philippine President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte, expressing concern regarding statements he made in support of reinstating the death penalty. In the letter, the ICJ...
View ArticleICJ urges AICHR to adopt transparent accreditation procedure
The ICJ has urged the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to ensure that civil society organizations that apply for consultative status with the AICHR are provided with notice...
View ArticleSri Lanka: benchmarks for implementation of UN resolution
The ICJ has joined other leading NGOs in an open letter urging the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to set out clear benchmarks for assessing progress in Sri Lanka’s implementation of the Human...
View Article244 NGOs urge support for UN resolution on civil society
The ICJ has joined a group of 244 civil society organizations, spanning across all regions of the world, to call on States at the UN Human Rights Council to cosponsor the resolution on civil society...
View ArticleCambodia: Human Rights Council puts Cambodia on notice
The ICJ and other human rights groups have released a joint statement highlighting concerns about Cambodia raised at the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council. In addition to the ICJ, the statement...
View ArticlePhilippines: ICJ sends letter to President Duterte expressing concern over...
The ICJ today wrote to President Rodrigo Duterte to express concern on the recent wave of unlawful killings of alleged drug dealers in the country. The ICJ reminded Duterte of the statement he made...
View ArticleICJ and other groups alert Human Rights Council to Cambodia’s worsening human...
Various non governmental organizations, including the ICJ have sent a letter calling on the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution addressing Cambodia’s gravely deteriorating human rights...
View ArticleSudan: the ICJ and other groups send letter on human rights situation
The ICJ and 32 other NGOs and individuals have sent a letter to the UN Human Right Council regarding the human rights situation in Sudan in advance of the HRC’s 33rd session. The letter can be...
View ArticleIndia: Release human rights defender Khurram Parvez
The ICJ, along with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and Human Rights Watch, sent a letter to the Government’s Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir expressing concern at the arbitrary detention of Kashmiri...
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