Nov 15, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News
Lawyers for Lawyers, the Observatoire International des Avocats en Danger, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Commission of Jurists, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe, Front Line Defenders, and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk strongly condemn the violent raid on 7 November on the home of Crimean human rights defenders and lawyers Lilia Hemedzhy and Rustem Kyamilev, resulting in the arbitrary arrest and detention of Rustem Kyamilev.
Oct 14, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement, News, Non-legal submissions, Web Stories
On 11 October 2024, the ICJ filed two submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of Lao PDR’s human rights review scheduled for April/May 2025. In a joint submission by the ICJ, the Extra-Territorial...
Oct 7, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement
Today, the ICJ joins Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute in supporting the call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia to increase women’s presence in Cambodia’s legislature, judiciary, legal profession, human...
Sep 13, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement
To: Permanent Representatives to the UN Human Rights Council RE: Meaningful action needed at UN Human Rights Council to advance accountability for past and ongoing crimes under international law in Afghanistan Excellencies, We, the undersigned human rights...
Sep 9, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement
International Accountability Urgently Needed Amid Intensifying Post-Election Repression The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of its Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, 29 national and international...
Sep 6, 2024 | Advocacy, Joint Statement
Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with 18 civil society organizations, published a joint Litigation strategy for 2024-2029 to be implemented across the European Union (EU) over the next European Commission´s term. As the guardian of the treaties, the Commission must act decisively to uphold the protection of human rights in the EU through the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
