NGOs call for Burundi suspension from UN Human Rights council
13 leading non-governmental organizations have called for Burundi to be suspended from membership in the UN Human Rights Council, due to its flagrant refusal to cooperate with the UN regarding the...
View ArticleMalaysia: Government must drop proposed amendments to Legal Profession Act 1976
Prime Minister Najib Razak should withdraw proposed amendments to Malaysia’s Legal Profession Act 1976 because they will undermine the independence of the Malaysian Bar and its governing body, the Bar...
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...
View ArticleNGOs call for Burundi suspension from UN Human Rights council
13 leading non-governmental organizations have called for Burundi to be suspended from membership in the UN Human Rights Council, due to its flagrant refusal to cooperate with the UN regarding the...
View ArticleMalaysia: Government must drop proposed amendments to Legal Profession Act 1976
Prime Minister Najib Razak should withdraw proposed amendments to Malaysia’s Legal Profession Act 1976 because they will undermine the independence of the Malaysian Bar and its governing body, the Bar...
View ArticleChina: call for action at UN on lawyers and other human rights defenders
The ICJ and other NGOs have written to States urging action on human rights in China, at the upcoming March 2017 session of the UN Human Rights Council. The joint letter highlights continuing concerns...
View ArticleMandate and capacity of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan must...
The ICJ joins South Sudanese, regional and other international non-governmental organizations in a joint letter urging the Human Rights Council to renew and strengthen the mandate and capacity of the...
View ArticleNepal: the ICJ and Amnesty sent letter to Attorney General on Maina Sunuwar’s...
The ICJ and Amnesty International expressed their concern at the district public prosecutor’s decision dated 8 May 2017 against appealing the Kavre District Court decision to acquit Major Niranjan...
View ArticleJoint NGO checklist for new members of UN Working Group on discrimination...
The ICJ and other NGOs have jointly issued a checklist of key criteria for the selection and appointment of new members for the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and...
View ArticleVietnam must immediately release prisoner of conscience Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh
The ICJ signed the open letter to the President, Prime Minister and National Assembly Chair of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, calling them to release Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh unconditionally and...
View ArticleCall for strong action on Egypt at the UN Human Rights Council
The ICJ and nine other human rights organizations decry the human rights crises taking place in Egypt in a letter published today. Repression of human rights defenders, journalists and political...
View ArticleVietnam: open letter calling for investigation into death in custody of...
The ICJ and other organizations call on the Vietnamese authorities to immediately order an independent, impartial and effective investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hoa Hao...
View ArticleCambodia: request to create a commission of inquiry into the killing of Kem Ley
The ICJ and other organizations have signed an open letter to the Cambodian authorities reiterating their concerns regarding the apparent lack of progress in investigating the human rights defender’s...
View ArticleUN Committee on NGOs: failure to hold mandated meetings undermines...
ICJ has joined other leading NGOs in calling on the UN to ensure its NGO Committee fulfils its duties of constructive dialogue with NGOs, after the Committee has failed to convene regular meetings with...
View ArticleStates must adopt protection measures in cases of reprisals against Treaty...
NGOs, including the ICJ, have sent an open letter to the OHCHR Petitions Unit and Treaty Bodies chairs on threats and assaults against Treaty Body petitioners. The purpose of this letter is to...
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