The ICJ, as part of a global coalition, has called on Egyptian authorities to immediately drop all charges, close all cases involving them, and promptly release Mohamed el-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah.
The Pakistani authorities should urgently investigate a series of violent attacks against transgender women in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and bring perpetrators to justice, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Have Only Positive Expectations (HOPE) and the Sathi Foundation said today on the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
This year, the ICJ launched its podcast series “Forced Absences” about cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Latin America, produced by La No Ficción Agencia, and available on the main internet audio platforms.
Guatemalan officials and the justice system as a whole have failed to deliver accountability and provide redress for enforced disappearances and unlawful deaths, said the ICJ in a report released today. It is estimated that around 45,000 people were subjected to enforced disappearance during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), including some 5,000 children.
The conviction of Idrees Khattak, a leading Pakistani human rights defender, by a military court in a secret trial, is a gross miscarriage of justice, said the ICJ today.
As the UN Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEWG) under the Human Rights Council prepares to meet from 25-29 October 2021, the ICJ issues its comments and recommendations on the Third Revised draft of the proposed Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights, calling on all states to step up their efforts and engage meaningfully in negotiations to conclude this treaty.