JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — On 9-10 September the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) gathered legal practitioners, civil society repres

United Nations Human Rights Council  63rd Regular Session – Item 9   Joint Oral Statement in the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group

United Nations Human Rights Council 63rd Regular Session – General Debate Item 4 Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the Bar Human Rights Co

As enforced disappearances and other human rights atrocities continue in Myanmar, there is a great deal that can and must be done to address thes

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The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Osman Kavala, the human rights defende

Ahead of the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with close to 70 civil society

Picture: Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai with members of the South Africa Gender Apartheid Working Group. On 5 August 2026, the Internation

🇰🇪The ICJ co-hosted a dialogue with @ReproRights, @KJA_Kenya, @KELINKenya, @katibainstitute on #ObstetricViolence. Judges, experts & survivors examined how justice systems can prevent this human r...

[Sanjna Jain is an International Law and Human Rights Fellow at the International Commission of Jurists in their Africa Regional Program] After months of deliberation, on 7 July 2026 Zimbabwe’s Pre…

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) commends the recommendations on the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Libya feat

Don’t Interfere With Supreme Court Appointments, Composition (Geneva July 24, 2026) Recent actions by the Government of Nepal that threaten the

Council responds to escalating atrocities in Sudan, calls for accountability in Myanmar, and advances protections for judicial independence and t

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the public statements of the Minister of Defence of Montenegro, Dragan Krapovic, accusing

Joint Oral Statement, Urgent Debate to address the human rights situation in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan in the context of the ongoing co

62nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Adoption of Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Nepal  Oral statement delivered by

The International Commission of Jurists mourns the passing of Gustavo Gallón, one of Latin America’s most respected and accomplished human

Dear President von der Leyen, We are writing to you three years after the signing of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 16 July

The ICJ and 36 civil society, human rights, journalism and media support organisations urgently call on the European Commission to take more dire

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Tunisian authorities to drop all charges and dismiss the sham criminal cases against S

To mark World Refugee Day, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) publish a report calling on the Libyan auth

United Nations Human Rights Council 62nd Regular Session The following statement was prepared for the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Ra

SummaryThe International Commission of Jurists calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African police and relevant government agencies to p

SummaryICJ joins Lawyers for Human Rights and other CSOs to welcome South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s unequivocal condemnation of xenop

United Nations Human Rights Council  62nd Regular Session Agenda Item 2 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the