Judges play an indispensable role in preventing, redressing, and ensuring accountability for human rights atrocities, such as torture and enforce ...

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently delivered a landmark decision in a case involving immigration ...

In a letter made public today, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) and the World Organ ...

On the occasion of the 6th Committee (Legal) of the UN General Assembly general debate on “Conference on crimes against humanity”, the unders ...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcome this opportunity to address the Working Group on the situation of Black African migrants, refugees and asylum seekers ...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC), the East Africa Law ...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) considers that the widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses that persist across Libya demand the Council’s urgent attention. In ...

What is the role of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in strengthening the rule of law and responding to new challenges in the protection of civil and political rights?

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — On 9-10 September the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) gathered legal practitioners, civil society representatives, and victim advocates from across anglophone ...

Intermediaries and other forms of communication support play a key role in enabling children with disabilities to understand criminal proceedings and be understood, experts stressed at a webinar held ...