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ICJ 17th World Congress 2012 opened
The 17th World Congress of the ICJ opened today in Geneva, bringing together approximately 120 leading judges, lawyers and human rights defenders from five continents. They will work on a final...
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ICJ adopts Declaration on Access to Justice and Right to a Remedy
The ICJ 17th World Congress closed today with the adoption of a landmark Declaration on Access to Justice and Right to a Remedy in international human rights systems. In his final speech at the closing...
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ICJ 17th World Congress in pictures
In pictures: the 17th World Congress of the ICJ opened today in Geneva, bringing together approximately 120 leading judges, lawyers and human rights defenders from five continent. Photos by Sophie...
View ArticleThe ICJ warmly welcomes the entry into force of new instrument of protection...
The ICJ warmly welcomes the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR that will be effective on Sunday, 5 May, 2013. As noted in previous statements, the ICJ considers that the entry into...
View ArticleICJ Conference on impunity in Central America
Judges from Central America met in Guatemala on 4-5 June at the International Conference on Impunity and Independence of the Judiciary. The conference was followed by a public debate on the role of...
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In pictures: judges from Central America met at ICJ conference
Judges from Central America met in Guatemala on 4-5 June at the International Conference on Impunity and Independence of the Judiciary. The Conference was organized by the ICJ with the support of the...
View ArticlePortrait: Okay Machisa, human rights defender from Zimbabwe
Okay Machisa is the National Director of Zimrights, one of Zimbabwe’s leading human rights organizations, supported by the ICJ. Listen to his video interview.
View ArticleOn video: corporate complicity in human rights abuses
This side event was held recently at the UN Human Rights Council. If you missed it, you can watch it here. Listen also to interviews of human rights defenders from Ecuador and Uganda. Watch the side...
View ArticleSwaziland: trial of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki...
On Tuesday 22 April 2014 Judge Mpendulo Simelane began hearing evidence in the High Court in Swaziland in the trial of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makhubu for contempt of...
View ArticleMartin Ennals Award: 2014 final nominees announced
The final nominees are Alejandra Ancheita (Mexico), Adilur Rahman Khan (Bangladesh) and Cao Shunli (China), who died shortly after her nomination. The ICJ is a member of the jury. The Martin Ennals...
View ArticleZimbabwe: ICJ Colloquia on women lawyers and human rights defenders
Women judges, lawyers and human rights defenders from across Africa participated in ICJ Colloquia on “Women Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders: Challenges and Opportunities” on 30 and 31 July in...
View ArticleCourageous Mexican woman wins the Martin Ennals Award 2014
Alejandra Ancheita, founder and Executive Director of ProDESC, is one of the pioneers in seeking accountability for transnational companies in Mexican courts when local communities’ rights are not...
View ArticleJudges from Southeast Asia discuss deciding cases involving human rights...
For the fist time, about 40 judges and representatives from judicial training institutions across Southeast Asia gathered to discuss recent developments in international human rights law on the right...
View ArticleOn video: prominent voices from the Geneva Forum 2014
Jacqueline Dugard, Hina Jilani, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Gilles Badet, Alejandra Ancheita and Harsh Mander talk about their experience and the situation of economic, social and cultural rights in their...
View ArticleMyanmar: meeting with the Supreme Court and Aung San Suu Kyi
On video, ICJ Commissioner Azhar Cachalia and ICJ Asia & Pacific Regional Director Sam Zarifi, talk about a workshop with the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar. In parallel with this event, the...
View ArticleMartin Ennals Award 2015: the final selection is known
The three final human rights defenders who will compete for the award are Ahmed Mansoor (United Arab Emirates), Robert Sann Aung (Myanmar) and Asmaou Diallo (Guinea). The ICJ is member of the MEA Jury....
View ArticleMartin Ennals Award: Emirati blogger Ahmed Mansoor is the 2015 Laureate
Selected by a jury of 10 Global Human Rights organizations, including the ICJ, Ahmed Mansoor could not come to Geneva to collect the 2015 Award, as he has been banned from travelling. Robert Sann Aung...
View ArticleJudicial Accountability: 2015 Geneva Forum of Judges & Lawyers
More than 40 senior judges and lawyers from all parts of the world have made an important contribution to efforts to hold judges accountable for involvement in human rights violations and judicial...
View ArticleGuatemala: the ICJ is helping communities to recover their lost land
The land of several communities from the Municipality of Nebaj was sold to the State during the civil war. But this happened without any valid legal basis. The expropriation occurred in 1984 in the...
View ArticleReport, video: extractive companies, human rights and protests in Peru
Today, the ICJ published a new report (in Spanish) analysing the impact of extractive companies on economic, social and cultural rights of many local communities in the country. Mining activities have...
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