Thailand: pass legislation criminalizing enforced disappearance, torture...
The ICJ and other human rights groups sent an open letter to the Royal Thai Government on the 2017 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The ICJ, Amnesty International, Human...
View ArticleCambodia: UN Human Rights Council urged to address unfolding human rights crisis
The 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, which commenced today, should adopt a resolution which directly addresses the unfolding human rights crisis in Cambodia, said the ICJ today. The...
View ArticleMaldives: ICJ calls on the Supreme Court to revoke summary suspension of...
In an open letter, the ICJ called on the Supreme Court of the Maldives and the Department of Judicial Administration to revoke the summary suspensions of dozens of lawyers in the country. On 10...
View ArticleCambodia human rights crisis: the ICJ sends letter to UN Secretary General
Today, on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace Conference on Cambodia, the ICJ and 54 other organizations wrote an open letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations and...
View ArticleViet Nam: immediately release human rights defender Nguyễn Bắc Truyển
Today, the ICJ and 15 other organizations wrote to the Prime Minister of Viet Nam requesting the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender, Mr Nguyễn Bắc Truyển, who has been...
View ArticleLao PDR: the ICJ criticizes new Decree on Associations
Today, the ICJ and other human rights groups urged changes to a new law in Lao PDR that would enable violations of freedom of association and other human rights. The groups sent an open letter to the...
View ArticleLaos: five years on, 122 organizations worldwide demand to know where Sombath...
On the fifth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the Lao civil society leader, the ICJ and 121 other organizations, express outrage at the government’s failure to investigate Sombath...
View ArticlePhilippines: proposed constitutional amendment a threat to freedoms of...
The ICJ today expressed its concern that a constitutional amendment under consideration by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Constitutional Amendments would, if adopted, severely restrict the...
View ArticleOpen letter on the selection process of the next High Commissioner for Human...
The ICJ and seven other human rights organizations have written to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, about the appointment of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Dear Secretary-General,...
View ArticleHuman rights groups call on States to hold China accountable at the UN Human...
In a private letter sent to select UN member states, nearly 20 human rights organizations called for clear and concrete actions to denounce China’s current rollback in respect for human rights at the...
View ArticleChina: NGOs urge rejection of proposed “Win-Win Cooperation” resolution at UN
The ICJ and other organisations today express concern about China’s draft UN resolution, “Promoting the International Human Rights Cause through Win-Win Cooperation”. In a letter addressed to the...
View ArticlePhilippines: the Government should reconsider withdrawal from ICC
The Government of the Philippines should reconsider and reverse its hasty and ill-conceived decision to withdraw as a State Party to the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court, the ICJ said...
View ArticleNigerian fishermen should be allowed to appeal oil pollution ruling
The ICJ and other human rights, environmental and development groups sent a letter to the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court in support of the Claimants’ application for permission to appeal in Okpabi and...
View ArticleICJ joins NGO letter supporting resolution on civil society (UN statement)
The ICJ joined 19 other NGOs to call on Member States of the UN Human Rights Council to support a resolution on civil society space and access to international and regional organisations. The joint...
View ArticlePoland: ICJ sitting and former judges call for immediate reinstatement of...
Twenty-two senior judges from across the globe wrote today to Polish President Andrzej Duda to condemn the recent attacks on the independence of the judiciary. The judges, all Commissioners or Honorary...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ submits recommendations on criminal justice reform amendments
The ICJ has submitted recommendations to Thailand’s Criminal Justice Reform Committee concerning the Draft Amending Criminal Procedure Code Act and the Draft Act On Judicial Process Timeframe, which...
View ArticleThailand: ICJ submits recommendations on draft laws regarding criminal...
Today, the ICJ submitted recommendations to Thailand’s Council of the State concerning the Draft Criminal Inquiry Act and the Draft National Police Act, which were scheduled for public consultation...
View ArticleItaly: ICJ calls on President Conte to remove obstacles to justice on Abu...
Today, the ICJ called on the President of the Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Conte, to remove the legal obstacles that for over a decade have frustrated justice in the case of Abu Omar, a victim of...
View ArticleICJ joins 750 organisations urging new UN High Commissioner to confront...
The ICJ, together with more than 750 other non-governmental organizations, has written to the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighting the important role of her office in speaking out for...
View ArticleICJ urges States to uphold standards in Human Rights Council election
The ICJ today urged States not to vote for candidates whose human rights records should disqualify them from membership, in upcoming elections to the UN Human Rights Council.The ICJ together with...
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