Defending the Rule of Law: the ICJ celebrates 60 years of presence in Geneva
At an event at the city’s Palais Eynard, prominent ICJ Commissioners discussed the supremacy of the Rule of Law and also why it is important to be in Geneva. Watch the video. The Executive Committee...
View ArticleAt 70 Years, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains “a common...
Today, 10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Developed as a universal standard setting out the rights to be enjoyed by...
View ArticleWomen lawyers address barriers faced in accessing justice
Lawyers from a diverse range of countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Nepal, the Philippines, Tunisia and Uzbekistan have identified the many barriers that women typically face in accessing justice in...
View ArticleWomen lawyers speak about the impact international standards can have on...
The ICJ invited a number of women lawyers to Geneva to participate in a training workshop and gain practical experience of UN human rights mechanisms as part of a project supported by the German...
View ArticleUN mechanisms can provide a drumbeat for civil society
During a week of training and practical experience of UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva, women lawyers spoke of the ways in which civil society actors can use these mechanisms to strengthen advocacy...
View ArticleOn Video: Fostering Access to Rights for Migrants, Refugees and...
For the past two years the ICJ and its partners Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT), the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Mülteci-Der (MD) have provided trainings and training materials for...
View ArticleMartin Ennals Award for human rights defenders: Abdul Aziz Muhamat...
Sudanese refugee activist Abdul Aziz Muhamat is the 2019 Martin Ennals Award Laureate. He was among three finalists, selected last October by a jury of ten of the world’s leading human rights...
View ArticleOn video: FAIR project – access to justice for migrant children in the EU
Today, the ICJ-European Institutions held the final event of its EU and OSI funded FAIR project (Fostering Access to justice for Immigrant children’s Rights) in the European Parliament in Brussels. Two...
View ArticleOn video: applying a women-centred approach to access to justice (UN side event)
This panel discussion was held today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event addressed barriers for women accessing justice and look at ways to implement a women-centred approach to address...
View ArticleOn video: human rights defenders and the rule of law in Turkey – UN side event
This event took place today at the Palais des Nations, United Nations, in Geneva. Watch it on video. The situation of the rule of law in Turkey and of human rights defenders who promote it continues to...
View ArticleOn video: ensuring effective UN mechanisms for responding to crimes under...
Watch on video this side event held on 18 March 2019 at the Human Rights Council. The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) is the latest accountability mechanism created with a...
View ArticleICJ Congress 2019: the Tunis Declaration, Video
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 ArticleUzbekistan: Expert Discussions on economic, social and cultural rights (ESC)...
Today, the ICJ and the Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) in partnership with the UN Human Rights Office in Central Asia are organizing this event. The topic of the Third Expert Discussion is...
View ArticleIndia: LGBTQ persons face discrimination in housing, work and public spaces...
The Indian Government must give effect to recent rulings of the Supreme Court and end discrimination and other human rights violations and abuses based on real or perceived sexual orientation, gender...
View ArticleVenezuela: new ICJ report shows how the rule of law has crumbled, urges...
The Venezuelan authorities must take immediate steps to recover the country’s democratic institutions and the functioning of the rule of law, including disbanding the National Constituent Assembly and...
View ArticleSpain: Conviction of Catalonian leaders violates human rights – Video
The conviction today of Catalan separatist leaders of broadly defined offences of sedition unduly restricts rights of freedom of expression, assembly and association, the ICJ said today. “These...
View ArticleOn video: full house for ICJ’s first ever fundraising gala
ICJ’s first ever fundraising gala took place on 14 October at the iconic setting of the Palais Eynard in Geneva. Sami Kanaan, Counselor and former Mayor of the City of Geneva, which provided its...
View ArticleICJ senior legal adviser Kingsley Abbott explains the International Criminal...
In a video interview with the BBC’s Burmese broadcasting service, ICJ senior legal adviser Kingsley Abbott explains to the Myanmar public how the International Criminal Court prosecutor plans to...
View ArticleEswatini: ICJ launches video clip on sexual and gender-based violence
The ICJ just launched a 15 minute documentary showing contributions by the ICJ and local human rights defenders in bringing the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV) Act to pass in Mbabane,...
View ArticleSouth Africa: ICJ launches animated video on UN Economic, Social and Cultural...
Today, the ICJ launched the animated video titled “UN Committee Recommends Socio-Economic Rights Protections in South Africa” in commemoration of International Human Rights Day, at an event sponsored...
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