ICJ report highlights “undocumented” justice for migrants in Italy
An ICJ report, published today following a mission to Italy, examines the effectiveness of the Italian legal system in delivering access to justice for undocumented migrants who challenge orders for...
View ArticleTajikistan: ICJ calls for steps to ensure independence of the legal profession
Following a visit to the country from 15 to 19 November, the ICJ called on the government of Tajikistan to take meaningful steps to ensure that the institutional independence of the legal profession...
View ArticleViet Nam: release three unfairly convicted human rights defenders
The ICJ condemned decision of the People’s Supreme Court on 12 December 2014 affirming the unfair convictions of human rights defenders Bui Thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Van Minh and Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh...
View ArticleMaldives: grossly unfair Nasheed conviction highlights judicial politicization
The conviction of the Maldives’ former president, Mohamed Nasheed, on terrorism charges after a grossly unfair trial marks a significant deterioration of the independence and impartiality of the...
View ArticleMalaysia: ICJ condemns newly tabled Prevention of Terrorism Bill
The present form of the recently tabled draft Prevention of Terrorism Act, also known as POTA, violates international standards and seeks to reintroduce detention without trial, said the ICJ. The...
View ArticleMalaysia: draft Prevention of Terrorism Act prone to abuse and violates human...
The draft Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) should either be rejected or amended by the parliament of Malaysia, said the ICJ today in an open letter to the Speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament...
View ArticleMalaysia: stop amendments strengthening Sedition Act
The Malaysian government must cease efforts to strengthen the country’s draconian Sedition Act 1948, which has been used with increasing frequency and severity to suppress and punish criticism of the...
View ArticleICJ welcomes adoption of Basic Principles and Guidelines on habeas corpus
The ICJ welcomes yesterday’s adoption, by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, of the Working Group’s “Basic Principles and Guidelines on Remedies and Procedures on the Right of Anyone Deprived...
View ArticleVietnam: release Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
The ICJ signed a joint statement together with 35 other national and international NGOs calling for the immediate release of Vietnamese blogger Tran Huynh Duy Thuc. Tran Huynh Duy Thuc was arrested on...
View ArticlePakistan: New National Human Rights Commission welcome but may be ‘toothless’...
While the constitution of Pakistan’s first National Commission for Human Rights is welcome, the Commission risks being toothless unless its powers are extended to investigate human rights violations...
View ArticleMaldives: political crisis erodes rule of law and human rights
The Maldives government must immediately reverse the politicisation of the country’s judiciary and the erosion of rule of law in the country, said the ICJ and South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) in a...
View ArticleMaldives: lifting of emergency welcomed, but reflects deep erosion of rule of...
While welcoming the Maldives government’s revocation of the emergency yesterday, the arbitrary manner in which the emergency was first imposed and then suddenly revoked within the span of a week...
View ArticleICJ joint intervention to the UK Supreme Court in Al-Waheed / Mohammed
Today is the first of a four-day hearing at the UK Supreme Court in joined appeals from the High Court (Al-Waheed v Ministry of Defence) and the Court of Appeal (Ministry of Defence v Mohammed and...
View ArticleViet Nam must immediately release human rights defenders Nguyễn Văn Đài and...
The ongoing incommunicado detention of human rights defenders Nguyễn Văn Đài and Lê Thu Hà must end, said today seven human rights groups, including the ICJ. It violates their right to freedom from...
View ArticleSubmission to the UN Committee Against Torture on the US Government’s...
On 1 March 2016, the ICJ, REDRESS and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) made a joint submission to the UN Committee against Torture in light of the United States of America’s One-Year...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Human rights groups renew call for release of peaceful...
The call comes on the third anniversary of the start of the mass trial of 94 individuals, including government critics and advocates of reform. Ten human rights organizations appeal to the government...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: ICJ welcomes release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev
The ICJ welcomes the release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev today after the Supreme Court reduced and suspended his sentence and ordered his immediate release. Intigam Aliyev, a prominent human...
View ArticleThailand: five years on, international organizations renew their call for the...
On the eve of the five-year anniversary of his detention, the ICJ and other international organizations condemn the ongoing and arbitrary deprivation of liberty of human rights defender Somyot...
View ArticleEgypt: human rights lawyer Malek Adly must be released
The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release human rights lawyer Malek Adly and to drop all charges against him. He was arrested on Thursday 5 May 2016, pursuant to an arrest...
View ArticlePakistan: New National Human Rights Commission welcome but may be ‘toothless’...
While the constitution of Pakistan’s first National Commission for Human Rights is welcome, the Commission risks being toothless unless its powers are extended to investigate human rights violations...
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