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Myanmar: As armed conflict rages and military rule continues, critical measures can be taken towards eventual justice and accountability for victims of Enforced Disappearance
As enforced disappearances and other human rights atrocities continue in Myanmar, there...
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HRC63: ICJ Raises Alarm over Repression in Tunisia and Arbitrary Detention in El Salvador
United Nations Human Rights Council 63rd Regular Session – General Debate Agenda...
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HRC63: ICJ Calls for Protection of Lawyers and Accountability in Myanmar
United Nations Human Rights Council 63rd Regular Session Item 2 Oral Statement...
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More than fifty years on: enforced disappearance, the families who named it, and the reframing of international protection
On 30 August, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joins the wider...
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Türkiye: Osman Kavala must be immediately released following European Court order to quash his conviction
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered...
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Sudan: ICJ joins call to extend UN Fact-Finding Mission and strengthen accountability
Ahead of the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the...
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Tajikistan: barriers faced by survivors of gender-based violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a serious and persistent human rights concern in...
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Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the...
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ICJ hosts Johannesburg roundtable on the draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty with the Malala Fund and other civil society actors
Picture: Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai with members of the South Africa...
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Kenya: ICJ co-hosts judicial dialogue on obstetric violence, human rights and the law
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)– together with the Kenya Judiciary Academy...
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Libya: Authorities must promptly implement the Structured Dialogue’s human rights recommendations
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) commends the recommendations on the respect,...
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Nepal: Government actions threaten judicial independence
Don’t Interfere With Supreme Court Appointments, Composition (Geneva July 24, 2026) Recent...
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ICJ Convenes Latin America Consultation to Strengthen Non-Criminal Justice Pathways for Redress
On 3–4 June 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) convened legal...
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India: New foreign funding rules tighten control over civil society and undermine the right to freedom of association
On 22 June 2026, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs adopted the Foreign...
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Thailand: Strengthening accountability for torture and enforced disappearance in the southern border provinces
On 2–3 July 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) co-convened a...
Read moreHuman Rights Council concludes its 62nd session with action on country crises and key human rights challenges
Council responds to escalating atrocities in Sudan, calls for accountability in Myanmar,...
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Montenegro: Defence Minister must end campaign of intimidation against lawyer Veselin Radulovic
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the public statements of the...
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HRC62: Joint Statement Urging States to Act with Urgency to Protect Civilians in El Obeid
Joint Oral Statement, Urgent Debate to address the human rights situation in...
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Thailand: ICJ and Partners consider ways to combat abusive SLAPPs against human rights defenders in the Deep South
On 6 May 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with...
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UN human rights experts find Egypt’s detention of activist Ahmad Assayed Suleiman (“Gika”) arbitrary and call for his immediate release
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that Egypt’s...
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Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand
While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a...
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HRC62: ICJ Calls on Nepal to Strengthen Accountability and Protect Civic Space
62nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Adoption...
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In memory of Gustavo Gallón
The International Commission of Jurists mourns the passing of Gustavo Gallón, one of...
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Tunisia: Conviction and sentence of Anas Hmedi, President of the Association of Tunisian Magistrates, must be quashed
Ahead of the Tunis Court of Appeal’s decision tomorrow in Judge Hmedi’s...
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EU: Civil society´s demands for a stronger Rule of law report
The ICJ and 36 civil society, human rights, journalism and media support...
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Thailand: Judges convene to advance a gender-responsive approach to justice, building on the Bangkok General Guidance
On 23-24 June 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the...
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Tunisia: End sham prosecution of Truth Commission’s former president Sihem Bensedrine
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Tunisian authorities to...
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HRC62: ICJ calls for an end to abusive migration externalization practices in Libya and Tunisia
On the occasion of its presentation at the 62nd session of the...
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