New ICJ report and documentary: illusory justice, prevailing impunity in Tunisia
In a new report released today, the ICJ called on the Tunisian authorities to adopt comprehensive legal and policy reforms as well as practical measures to fully guarantee effective remedy and...
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 ArticleVideo: the lost lands of Nebaj, Guatemala
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...
View ArticleNew report, documentary: illusory justice, prevailing impunity in Tunisia
In a new report released today, the ICJ called on the Tunisian authorities to adopt comprehensive legal and policy reforms as well as practical measures to fully guarantee effective remedy and...
View ArticleRenowned Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti selected as 2016 Martin Ennals Award...
Selected by a jury of 10 global human rights organizations, including the ICJ, Ilham Tohti has worked for two decades to foster dialogue and understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. Detained in...
View ArticleVideo: voices from the Geneva Forum 2016
The 7th annual Geneva Forum of Judges & Lawyers, 17-18 November 2016, brought together judges, lawyers, and refugee and migration experts from around the world, as well as UN agencies to discuss...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic
The ICJ has launched a new women’s rights defenders profile series, beginning with ICJ Commissioner and Justice of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic. The monthly profile series,...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Hina Jilani
The ICJ continues its profile series of women’s rights defenders with ICJ Commissioner Hina Jilani. Hina Jilani is a human rights activist and an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, she has...
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...
View ArticleNew report, documentary: illusory justice, prevailing impunity in Tunisia
In a new report released today, the ICJ called on the Tunisian authorities to adopt comprehensive legal and policy reforms as well as practical measures to fully guarantee effective remedy and...
View ArticleRenowned Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti selected as 2016 Martin Ennals Award...
Selected by a jury of 10 global human rights organizations, including the ICJ, Ilham Tohti has worked for two decades to foster dialogue and understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. Detained in...
View ArticleLarge movements of refugees & migrants – role of judges & lawyers
The 7th annual Geneva Forum of Judges & Lawyers, 17-18 November 2016, brought together judges, lawyers, and refugee and migration experts from around the world, as well as UN agencies to discuss...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic
The ICJ has launched a new women’s rights defenders profile series, beginning with ICJ Commissioner and Justice of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Radmila Dragicevic-Dicic. The monthly profile series,...
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