Day 2: Spotlights on inclusive strategies & good practices for professionals working with children with disabilities! Participants from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Austria & the Netherlands discuss effective procedural accommodations and remedies #ChildVOICE @icjurists.bsky.social

🌏 Inside ICJ: what does Its work look like around the world? Mandira Sharma, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser in the #Asia-Pacific region, takes us behind the scenes of the organization’s daily battles & breakthroughs to advance the #RuleOfLaw worldwide 👇 🎬 youtube.com/shorts/c1R3c...

Day 1 of @icjurists.bsky.social workshop focuses on the need for procedural accommodations for children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Support from intermediaries, interpreters & other professionals ensures that children are heard and can effectively participate #ChildVOICE

The 27th amendment to the Constitution of #Pakistan, passed today by Pakistan’s Parliament, is a flagrant attack on the #independence of the #judiciary and the rule of law. Learn more: www.icj.org/pakistan-dis... #RoL #independentjudiciary

#HRC60 Kate Vigneswaran, ICJ Director for the Global Accountability Initiative, gave a presentation on the legal grounds for considering and addressing #reproductive #violence perpetrated in the occupied Palestinian territories as #genocide. Find out more 👇 www.icj.org/occupied-pal...

Glad to be able to present the @icjurists.bsky.social Disability Rights Benchbook at the workshop with #justiceactors and national experts today! www.icj.org/resource/mod...

Kicking off the @icjurists.bsky.social workshop on inclusive justice for children with disabilities! Practitioners will dive into international legal frameworks and disability-inclusive practices for children in legal proceedings. #ChildVOICE

ICJ & many other CSOs express their concern over the detention, on November 10, of lawyer Ramón Cadena, the proceedings against whom have been marked by serious violations of due process 👉 www.icj.org/guatemala-international-organizations-express-concern-over-the-detention-of-lawyer-ramon-cadena/

📚 National Conference on the Privatization of #Education in #Kenya 📅 12 November 2025 🕗 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EAT | 6:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. CET 🌍 In-person & Virtual Event 🔗 Register to attend virtually: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

♀️ 1/2 #Doha #UN Second World Summit for Social Development: ICJ Legal Adviser Karuna Parajuli moderated a side event on the #rights of #women & girls with #disabilities 🔗 shorturl.at/S9M6j #SocialSummit2025 #inclusion #socialjustice #womensrights #disabilityrights #UNDESA

Latvia’s planned withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a worrying step backwards ⚖️The @icjurists.bsky.social warns that a withdrawal would reverse protections for women & girls, undermine Latvia’s compliance with human rights obligations and contradict EU values 🔍 www.icj.org/latvias-plan...

The @icjurists.bsky.social & @theecre.bsky.social submitted comments to the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to ICJ and ECRE v. Greece case 🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights 👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...

@tr-litigation.bsky.social , @hrw.org & @icjurists.bsky.social have submitted a joint briefing to Türkiye’s National Solidarity, Brotherhood/Sisterhood & Democracy Commission. Brief➡️ turkeylitigationsupport.com/blog/2025/11... #RuleOfLaw #TransitionalJustice #RightToHope #HumanRights #TBMMkomisyon

📌 Recently, the ICJ has made a submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, focusing on Kenya, Nepal and Uzbekistan—in response to the call for input on its guidelines to address multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities.

⚖️Systemic discrimination continues to shape how children experience justice. Learn more 🔗https://www.icj.org/eu-experts-highlight-the-need-to-address-inequality-and-expand-alternatives-to-child-pre-trial-detention-in-criminal-proceedings/ #ChildRights #ACCESSproject @icjurists.bsky.social

🇻🇪🎥 The resilience of Venezuelan civil society and its fight for #humanrights took the global spotlight with this year’s Nobel Peace Prize🕊️ ICJ Carlos Lusverti shares how ICJ supports Venezuelan civil society through #documentation & #training 👇 www.youtube.com/shorts/x_F6v...

W/ the RISE Project supported by the #EU, ICJ, People’s Matrix & Seinoli Legal Centre advocate for legal reforms & capacity building in #Lesotho, for inclusive, gender-responsive laws fighting #SGBV & discrimination towards women, girls, & #LGBTIQ+ persons #civilsociety #genderequality #womensrights

ICJ Africa Director Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh spoke with #TheAfricaReport to ask why the #AU & #SADC remain silent in the face of repression & ongoing human rights violations in #Tanzania: www.theafricareport.com/396600/regio...

With the conclusion, at the beginning of this month, of the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th session, ICJ welcomed the significant progressive steps taken towards accountability and justice in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, despite the liquidity crisis facing the UN: youtu.be/AV3yGMRB2Mk?...

ICJ condemns the arrest & detention of defence lawyer Ulian Barjami in Elbasan, Albania, and calls for his immediate release. Read more 👉 shorturl.at/T9bAw

💬SIDE EVENT⚖️ 🗽Mexico Miss.& ICJ's discussion on #obligations under the future #CAH Convention: 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/8361428795... @katevigneswaran.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social @washulawreview.bsky.social @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @uscgould.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social @hrw.org

🎥💻🗣️ @icj-eca.bsky.social Join us on the 27th for this webinar on the protection of #children's #rights in the criminal justice system #discrimination #pretrialdetention #childlaw #childrensrights #ChildRightsMatter #ProtectChildren #NoToChildDetention #JusticeForMinors #humanrights #socialjustice

📅Join us today! 🕒1:30–3:00 PM (Gambia Time) / 4:30–6:00 PM (EAT) 📍Press Room 1, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center, Bijilo, #TheGambia 💻Watch live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/7q5EvOk... #ACHPR85OS #RatifyADP #AfricaHumanRights

The @icjurists.bsky.social, together with 55 civil society organizations, calls on the @ec.europa.eu to act after Slovakia adopted constitutional amendments undermining EU law, the rule of law, and human rights. Read the open letter: www.icj.org/slovakia-the... #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #Slovakia

How can litigation before the @echr.coe.int protect migrant children from being detained? The @icjurists.bsky.social & @gcrefugees.bsky.social workshop explored strategies and implementation of judgments. Read more: icj.org/eu-litigatin... @hfhrpl.bsky.social @airecentre.bsky.social

🇺🇳 With the conclusion of @UN_HRC, ICJ welcomes the significant progressive steps taken towards accountability & justice in #Afghanistan & #SriLanka, while denouncing the failure of States to provide the necessary financial and political support: www.icj.org/un-human-rig...

How are @echr.coe.int judgements implemented? Participants discuss advocacy at national level to enhance the impact of litigation in the Czech Republic, Belgium, Malta, Greece, Bulgaria, and Poland #EndChildDetention @icjurists.bsky.social @gcrefugees.bsky.social @airecentre.bsky.social

On Day 2, Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social, Nuala Mole @airecentre.bsky.social and Santiago A. Canton @icjurists.bsky.social explored mechanisms to litigate immigration detention of children - the European Committee of Social Rights, the CJEU, UN Treaty Bodies & special procedures

Experts from @echr.coe.int, @icjurists.bsky.social, @gcrefugees.bsky.social, @hfhrpl.bsky.social, @airecentre.bsky.social & Czech Government Office share procedural & strategic know-how on litigating children’s rights in (alternatives to) immigration detention cases 💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers

At today’s workshop, Santiago A. Canton, @icjurists.bsky.social General & former Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, explores the Commission’s jurisprudence on migration and asylum. A comparative approach supporting lawyers fighting child detention🌎🌍

📢 Launch of the @icjurists.bsky.social & @gcrefugees.bsky.social workshop on litigation before the @ecchr.bsky.social 🔎Protecting migrant children from detention & rights violations in alternatives to detention 🚫 #EndChildDetention

Live webinar: Mikiko Otani @icjurists.bsky.social & Isabela Atanasiu @ec.europa.eu shed light on the international legal framework and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration regarding the right of migrant and refugee children to be heard and participate in legal proceedings #ChildVOICE

#UNHRC60 On October 3, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, International Bar Association and International Commission of Jurists denounced the state of deterioration of the #RuleOfLaw in Cambodia and urged the Council to renew the Special Rapporteur's mandate: www.icj.org/joint-statem...

#UNHRC60 On Friday, the ICJ, Lawyers for Justice in Libya and Libya Crimes Watch delivered a joint statement on the ongoing human rights violations in Libya, calling for the establishment of a Special Rapporteur to closely monitor the situation: www.icj.org/icj-statemen...

🇰🇭 Journalists, activists and land & environmental defenders in #Cambodia face arbitrary detention & suppression of civic space. @icjurists.bsky.social joined Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and @ibanews.bsky.social to raise these urgent concerns at #HRC60 and call for continued independent monitoring.

🇦🇫 @icjurists.bsky.social welcomes today’s historic decision by the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism on #Afghanistan to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of international crimes and the most serious violations of international law. #HRC60

1/2 ⚖️ Today the ICJ, in partnership with United Disabled Persons of Kenya is hosting a consultative forum with the members of the Kenya Network of Women and Girls with Disabilities & representatives from OPDs on challenges that #women and #girls with #disabilities face in accessing #justice.

Sandra Epal of @icjurists.bsky.social highlights that the #JustTransition is an inherently qualitative process where a human rights-based approach must go hand-in-hand with consulting those that are directly involved with the transitions.

@icj-eca.bsky.social 📣 Join our webinar on procedural rights of #migrant & #refugee #children in #legal proceedings, where we'll explore intl & #EU frameworks ensuring children’s effective participation. ✍️Get registered: forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag #ChildsRights #VoiceOfTheChild #RightToBeHeard

1/2 Today, at the #humanrights training webinar by Seinoli Legal Centre & Southern Africa Litigation Centre on #SRHR in #Lesotho, ICJ highlighted how intl & regional #HR instruments like the 8 March Principles can support access to sexual reproductive health rights #AbortionDecriminalization #8MP

According to 12 #humanrights organizations, #Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights #lawyer for 10 years only for exercising his rights. To the joint statement: www.icj.org/tajikistan-l...

📬✉️ The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international #refugee, #humanrights and humanitarian #treaties, and to reject efforts to undo or undermine #legalnorms: www.icj.org/open-letter-...

📝 #Laos Today, ICJ delivered its oral statement on the outcome of the #UPR of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, emphasizing the measures the Government still needs to take to ensure the fundamental protection of human rights in the country: www.icj.org/oral-stateme...

📌 At the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum (Asia-Pacific), the @icjurists.bsky.social co-hosted a session: “From Regulatory Twilight Zone to Algorithmic Equality: Advancing International Law, Corporate Responsibility and Women’s Rights in the Digital and AI Era.” #UNRBHR2025

📣Join us for a webinar on procedural rights of migrant and refugee children in legal proceedings. Together, we will explore international and EU frameworks ensuring their effective participation! 🗓️7 October 🕚11:00-12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/PkHbpeEhag #ChildVOICE @icjurists.bsky.social

📣 #UNHRC60 During the General Debate on Tunisia, the ICJ expressed concern about the Tunisian authorities’ continued #attacks on #lawyers, #judges and #civilsociety actors. 🧾 Read the full statement: www.icj.org/hrc60-oral-s...

📃 #HRC60 #Venezuela ICJ concurred with the findings of the Indep.International FFM, highlighting the responsibility of military forces in gross human rights violations and crimes under international law during recent years, primarily in the context of the #repression of protests: shorturl.at/d93gu

#UNHRC60 The ICJ reiterated its condemnation of the ongoing repression of civil society and the erosion of the #independence of the legal profession in #Belarus, in particular the continued reprisals against #lawyers and human rights defenders. www.icj.org/internationa... @Paula Fernández Casas