Tunisia: deeply flawed Judicial Council law should be halted, revised
The ICJ today called on the Tunisian President to refrain from promulgating Organic Law No. 16/2015 on the High Judicial Council (HJC), and urged the Tunisian authorities to act to reform the deeply...
View ArticleICJ submission to EU consultation on preventing and combating hatred
The ICJ called today on the EU institutions to bridge the final implementation gaps to ensure an effective access to justice to victims of violent hate crimes. The contribution of the ICJ was submitted...
View ArticleEgypt: scrap deeply flawed draft Counter-Terrorism Law
In a new position paper, the ICJ calls on the Egyptian authorities to refrain from promulgating the deeply flawed draft Counter-Terrorism Law. The draft law, which was approved by the Cabinet on 1 July...
View ArticleTunisia: revise Counter-Terrorism Law to conform to international standards
In a position paper published today, the ICJ called on the Tunisian President to refrain from promulgating the flawed Counter-Terrorism Law that was adopted by the Assembly of the People’s...
View ArticleTunisia: amend draft law on the High Judicial Council to comply with...
The ICJ today called on the members of the Tunisian parliament to amend the draft law on the High Judicial Council (HJC), with a view to ensuring its full compliance with international standards on...
View ArticleMyanmar: briefing paper on Criminal Defamation Laws
Myanmar’s Parliament must abolish or extensively amend its criminal defamation laws to ensure the protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said the ICJ today. Criminal defamation...
View ArticleICJ Victoria (Australia Section) call for human rights approach to countering...
The Australian Section of the ICJ, in Victoria, has called for a human rights based approach to countering the threat of violent extremism within the counter-terrorism strategy of the Australian...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council at 10: Civil society recommendations
In a joint briefing paper published on the occasion of the anniversary of the Human Rights Council, 20 leading national, regional and international human rights NGOs have outlined a series of concrete...
View ArticleEgypt: Civil society faces existential threat
The ICJ has joined other international NGOs in a joint statement of concern about the severe and worsening repression of civil society in Egypt. Together with, Amnesty International, CIVICUS, EuroMed...
View ArticleThird party intervention to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child:...
The ICJ together with ECRE, the AIRE Center and the Dutch Council for Refugees submitted a third party intervention to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in case D.D. v Spain 4/2016 pending in...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Lawyer Irada Javadova disbarment decided in unfair proceedings
Today, the ICJ expressed concern at the recent disbarment of Irada Javadova, a high-profile lawyer in Azerbaijan and a former member of the Board of the Azerbaijan Bar Association. The ICJ called on...
View ArticleThe Tunis Declaration reaffirms ICJ’s commitment to defend the rule of law –...
At the 19th World Congress of the ICJ held in Tunisia on 23-24 March, some 100 distinguished judges, lawyers came together to adopt the Tunis Declaration on Reinforcing the Rule of Law. The Declaration...
View ArticleICJ and other groups present a position paper calling for a stronger treaty...
The ICJ, Amnesty International, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights have presented a position paper ahead...
View ArticleJoint Position Paper: Advancing Child Rights in the proposed EU Corporate...
Save the Children and the International Commission of Jurists have prepared a joint statement on the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which has the potential to have a...
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