International Commission of Jurists

Signatories: UNHCR, UNICEF, OHCHR Regional Office for Europe, IOM, Save the Children, Missing Children Europe, Terre des Hommes, World Vision, Caritas Europe, Danish Refugee Council, International Commission of Jurists, PICUM, Child Focus, Act Alliance, CIRE, CNCD-11.11.11, Flemish ...

NEW YORK — The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an international human rights non-governmental organization composed of some 60 eminent jurists, including senior judges, attorneys and academics who are experts in international justice systems and international law, sent a ...

The International Commission of Jurists' Rebecca Horton said the government “continues to misuse the law to clamp down on the political opposition, on civil society and on ordinary individuals under the guise of the 'rule of law'”. R Iniyan Ilango, speaking for the Forum-Asia, Front Line Defenders, Freedom ...

This is an edited version of a speech by Kingsley Abbott, senior international legal adviser of the International Commission of Jurists, at an Asia News Network symposium “Election 2018/9: What does it mean for Asia?” on March 16 in Bangkok. ANN is an alliance of 24 leading media in 20 Asian countries.

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday reiterated the importance of involving international judges in an accountability mechanism in Sri Lanka, stating without this it would not be credible. "The ICJ reiterates that, in line with operative paragraph 6 of resolution 30/1, 1 the accountability ...

Human rights organisations, including the International Commission of Jurists and several UN human rights bodies, have recommended that the AFSPA be repealed or significantly amended. In India, the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee set up to review the working of the AFSPA has advocated its repeal.

International Commission of Jurists said Sri Lanka had not made sufficient progress on its commitments and obligations as reflected in Council resolution 30/1, noting that only the Office on Missing Persons was operational, while the process on establishing the other mechanisms was unclear. In Colombia ...

MANILA - A group of 60 judges and lawyers from all corners of the globe has branded President Duterte's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as “hasty and ill-conceived.” In a statement, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Secretary-General Sam Zarifi said the Philippine ...

The International Commission of Jurists urges President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to reconsider his decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. ... MANILA, Philippines – The International Commission of Jurists urged the Philippine government to reconsider what the ICJ called its “hasty and ...

"This is an embarrassing attempt to create legal cover, and a self-serving effort to avoid accountability and place himself above Philippine and international law," said Sam Zarifi, Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists. Duterte 'digging his own grave' with ICC withdrawal, says lawyer.

... children to ensure fingerprint collection is carried out in compliance with CRC Article 3. The statement is undersigned by more than 20 organizations including the UNHCR, UNICEF, OHCHR Regional Office for Europe, IOM, Save the Children, World Vision, and the International Commission of Jurists.

"This is an embarrassing attempt to create legal cover, and a self-serving effort to avoid accountability and place himself above Philippine and international law," said Sam Zarifi, Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists. The London-based rights group Amnesty International called the ...

The coalition includes signatories such as UNHCR, UNICEF, OHCHR Regional Office for Europe, IOM, Save the Children, Missing Children Europe, Terre des Hommes, World Vision, Caritas Europe, Danish Refugee Council, International Commission of Jurists, PICUM, Child Focus, Act Alliance, CIRE, ...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with the United Nations Human Rights Council and Amnesty International Thailand, hosted the seminar at Thammasat University to discuss loopholes that undermine protection for torture victims and cases involving forced dissapearances. "The DSI ...

The Jamaat, which has since been banned from contesting elections, has accused the Hasina government of politicising the Tribunal, while the International Commission of Jurists has stated that the tribunal does "not adhere to international standards of a fair trial and due process". {articleGUID}. The author ...

Over her 20-year judicial career, Bossa has received several accolades in recognition of her distinguished performance, including human rights. She is a member of the International Commission of Jurists, International Association of Women judges, the African Centre of Democracy and the East African ...

The International Commission of Jurists submitted a written statement on human rights situation in Nepal to the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, highlighting 'the continuing problems of impunity in Nepal.' The UNHRC's 37th session is taking place from February 26 to March 23. According to a ...

He subsequently served as a judge of the High Court of Botswana. Justice Chinhengo has been a member of the International Commission of Jurists since 2009. I stress that I am simply presenting Justice Chinhengo as an example of an eminent Zimbabwean who could be the Presidential candidate put ...

The NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists, called on the U.S., European Union (EU) and individual European countries to "denounce these farcical elections, rather than continue with largely unquestioning support for a government presiding over the country's ...

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists said in a statement Tuesday the government had deliberately hamstrung two commissions tasked with probing crimes committed during the country's brutal 10-year civil war by failing to allocate adequate funds and ...

A lawyer for Egypt's former top anti-graft official says authorities have arrested his client, the latest chapter in the upheaval that has gripped the country ahead of next month's presidential election. The lawyer, Ali Taha, says Hesham Genena was arrested on Tuesday at his home in a Cairo suburb.

(New York) – The one-year extensions of Nepal's two transitional justice mechanisms without necessary legal and institutional reforms ordered by the Supreme Court and the United Nations are insufficient to comply with international standards, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, ...

International lawyers and human rights activists have appealed in an open letter to the head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights for an end to the regime's persecution of the Baha'is. The signatories, who include Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws, QC, a member of the International Commission of Jurists, ...

Organizations such as Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists are using the anniversary of Somchai's disappearance to renew their calls for the military government to comply with international human rights obligations. Both Amnesty and the commission said they had read the ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following an International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) vote conducted between December and January, Supreme Court judge, Justice Lillian Tibatemwa Ekirikubinza has been awarded a five year term to work as a commissioner at the International Court of Justice ...