Poland: judges and lawyers from around the world condemn rapidly escalating...
ICJ Commissioners and Honorary Members today denounced the rapidly escalating rule of law crisis in Poland, after a new law was passed that would result in harassment of judges upholding the...
View ArticleVietnam: ICJ urges authorities to provide access to medical treatment in...
Today, the ICJ submitted an open letter to the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and acting Minister of Health, Minister of Public Security and Minister of Justice of Vietnam, expressing concerns...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ calls on authorities to immediately ensure the end of all...
The ICJ today called on the South African government to take measures to ensure access to justice and the full fulfillment of the economic, social and cultural rights of all in the country. The South...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ and partner organizations write to the Prime Minister urging...
Today, ICJ and 83 other organisations sent a concerning joint letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on the response of the Government to threats of violence and ‘hate speech’ directed at ethnic...
View ArticleJoint Open Letter to the Indian Government calling for the release Of human...
The ICJ, together with 24 other civil society organizations, sent a joint open letter to the Indian Government calling for the release of human rights defenders, all detained under the Unlawful...
View ArticleIn solidarity with the stateless
Today the ICJ joined 83 other signatories in calling on States, donors and other stakeholders to protect and promote the rights of stateless persons in their Covid-19 responses. The call stresses that...
View ArticleICJ urges independent UN experts to take action in response to US Executive...
The ICJ has urged United Nations Special Procedures to act in response to recent steps taken by the United States against staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and their families. On 11 June...
View ArticleSwitzerland : draft anti-terrorism law fails to comply with human rights...
The Swiss Section of the ICJ sent today to the Swiss Parliament (National Council) a letter warning that, if approved, the current Draft Federal Law on Police Measures against Terrorism, tabled before...
View ArticleICJ and 31 organizations jointly urge Governments to call for respect of...
Today, the ICJ and 31 other civil society organizations released a joint letter urging the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, the...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ calls on authorities to end continued intimidation,...
The ICJ and the South African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) have written to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, the African Commission on Human...
View ArticleRacist police violence: key elements for UN report
The ICJ has joined families of victims of police violence in the United States of America, the ACLU, and more than 360 civil society organizations, in a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human...
View ArticleNGOs urge creation of UN human rights mechanism on the Philippines
The ICJ has joined a call by more than 60 organizations urging the UN Human Rights Council to create an independent international investigative mechanism on the human rights situation in the...
View ArticleICJ joins call for UN mechanism on rights violations in China
The ICJ has joined more than 300 other NGOs in urging the UN to establish a specific mechanism to systematically monitor and report on human rights violations by China. The joint NGO letter follows a...
View ArticleEgypt: international NGOs call for the immediate release of human rights...
The ICJ and six other international non-governmental organisations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel...
View ArticleEswatini Lawyers Bill: ICJ and partner organization send letter to authorities
Proposed legislation to regulate the operations and functions of the legal profession in Eswatini does not comply with international and regional standards and would severely undermine the right to an...
View ArticleThe ICJ and ZimRights ask for urgent intervention on access to COVID-19...
In a letter of 17 February, the ICJ and ZimRights called on the Chairperson of the African’s Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to address...
View ArticleThe ICJ asks Multichoice Group to immediately suspend Emmanuel TV for...
In a letter of 3 May, the ICJ called on the Non-Executive Chair of the Multichoice Group, and the board of directors to immediately suspend Emmanuel TV on any of the DSTV platforms for broadcasting of...
View ArticleICJ concerned that the MultiChoice Group claims it is “not in the position to...
In May 2021 the ICJ wrote to The MultiChoice Group in South Africa urging it to suspend Emmanuel TV on any of the DSTV platforms for broadcasting televangelist Pastor TB Joshua’s multiple video clips...
View ArticleProposed Thailand Law Threatens Civil Society Organizations Combating Human...
ICJ along with dozens of worker rights and human rights organizations released a letter expressing deep concern regarding Thailand’s draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations. If...
View ArticleSouth Africa: The ICJ is concerned about unfair and non-transparent...
The ICJ is concerned that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHRPRA) are prioritizing young fit healthy persons to receive vaccinations. In the context of severe shortages of...
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