ICJ and partner organizations strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest and subsequent conviction of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, and call for their immediate release and measures to ensure the conviction is set aside. 🔗 www.icj.org/pakistan-arb...

🌐⚖️Jan 24 was the Day of the Endangered Lawyer We stand with lawyers threatened, attacked & silenced around the world. When human rights & the rule of law are under attack, lawyers are society's last line of defense. #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer #RuleOfLaw #DefendTheDefenders #HumanRights

📌 Don't miss the full ICJ report on arbitrary detentions in Venezuela, now available here: 🔗 www.icj.org/wp-content/u...

#Iran: The @icjurists.bsky.social strongly condemns the Iranian authorities’ use of widespread, excessive and lethal force to suppress ongoing anti-government demonstrations, in violation of the protestors’ rights to life, peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. ⬇️ www.icj.org/iran-immedia...

🚨 ¡EN VIVO! 🚨 Acompaña a @icjurists.bsky.social en este webinar crucial: 📌 Excarcelados pero no Libres: El abuso de detenciones arbitrarias y medidas cautelares contra la disidencia en Venezuela. Con @IsabelCRoby(@Kennedy_HRC) 👤 @LuisCarlos (Defensor de DDHH) 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRZP...

Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar: Ruth Farrugia and @kbabicka.bsky.social explore how international and EU legal frameworks protect the rights of children with disabilities to be heard and to participate in legal proceedings. #ChildVOICE #InclusiveJustice

The @icjurists.bsky.social has published a report showing that GBV remains widespread in Tajikistan. The report calls for criminalizing all forms of GBV, more shelters, and training for justice officials. 📑See the full report here: icj.org/tajikistan-b...

Turkey: The ICJ joined 31 other civil society organizations in urging the Turkish government to drop bogus charges against the leadership of the Istanbul Bar Association 👇 www.icj.org/turkey-drop-...

ICJ condemns the attacks by the United States against Venezuela as an unlawful use of force and a clear violation of the United Nations Charter. ICJ urges the US to respect and guarantee Venezuelans' territorial sovereignty, the rule of law & human rights. Read more 👉 shorturl.at/fPzbC

Don’t forget to register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on inclusive participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings 📅 Wednesday 14 January 🕚 11:00-12:30 CET ✍ Register here: forms.office.com/e/6FgdDQtGkL 🗣️ Ruth Farrugia & @kbabicka.bsky.social

🪩🎄 What’s new at the ICJ? Our final 2025 human rights update Explore our latest initiatives and events before the year wraps up: 🔗 mailchi.mp/icj/discover... ✨🔮 Happy holidays from all of us, and best wishes for a wonderful start to the new year!

Missed @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on procedural rights of migrant and refugee children in legal proceedings? 🎥The recording is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gau1... #ChildVOICE

UN #HRC: ICJ deplores the deterioration of the human rights situation in Venezuela following the 2024 elections, and calls on the Council to ensure the work of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission is enabled by allocating adequate resources. 🔗 Learn more: www.icj.org/un-hrc-icj-s...

🌍⚖️ What’s at stake for civic space under #UN80? At a @fesonline.bsky.social-ICJ conference, speakers stressed civic space is essential to the #RuleOfLaw, #HumanRights & democratic legitimacy. Civil society brings truth, evidence & accountability to the UN—and must remain central 📹 shorturl.at/fgStU

Register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on inclusive participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Discover how international & EU legal frameworks guarantee their right to be heard and inclusive justice 📅14 January 🕚11:00-12:30 ✍Register forms.office.com/e/6FgdDQtGkL

🌍⚖️ On #HumanRightsDay, ICJ President Carlos Ayala Corao analyzes the systemic #barriers obstructing #justice for grave human rights violations in #LatinAmerica, urging action: 📹 www.icj.org/carlos-ayala... #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #AccessToJustice

⚖️✊🌱 On #HumanRightsDay & #HumanRightsDefendersDay, we honor #EqualityForAll & the courage of those defending it everywhere. 📢📅 In #Geneva tomorrow? Come join us! 👇 shorturl.at/Fg1iS #InclusionMatters #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV #UNiTE #EndDigitalViolence #DisabilityRights #StandUp4HumanRights

🛠️✊ Your support fuels real change. Stand with those who defend rights. On Human Rights Day, support justice for all survivors and victims worldwide. Donate at either 👇 ✨ USD: every.org/ICJ or ✨ CHF: app.spheriq.ch/organisation/international-commission-of-jurists #HumanRightsDay #GivingTuesday

⚖️ When courts are silenced, survivors are too Attacks on the #ruleoflaw directly harm #WomenAndGirls, specially if they have disabilities: 📹 youtu.be/MvMGDvAejGU ✊Stand with those who defend rights: www.icj.org/donate/ #16DaysOfActivism #AccessToJustice #InclusionMatters #DisabilityRights

⚖️ Many persons with #disabilities' — especially women& girls' — #legalcapacity is still not recognized, leading to harmful practices such as forced #institutionalization or medication: 📹 youtube.com/shorts/jXHIs... #AccessToJustice #IDPD2025 #InclusionMatters #DisabilityRights

⚖️ Karuna Parajuli highlights a critical issue faced by women and girls with disabilities when seeking access to the justice system — the struggle to obtain free legal aid. 📹 youtube.com/shorts/ic8tP... #WomenAndGirls #DisabilityRights #AccessToJustice #FreeLegalAid #InclusionMatters

♀️✊ICJ Laxmi Pokharel has no doubt: "The government needs to make digital violence a crime—now" 📹 shorturl.at/luCzg #StopToDigitalViolence #ProtectUsOnline #DigitalSafety #16Days #WomenDefenders #UNiTE #OnlineProtection #WomenAndGirls #EndOnlineAbuse #EndVAW

1/5 ⚖️ H.E. Heba Hagrass, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: “Justice cannot be redefined without the full #inclusion of people with #disabilities, especially #WomenAndGirls”: 📹 youtu.be/MvMGDvAejGU

Senior Legal Counsel, Kristina Hon, joined justice practitioners from around the world at @icjurists.bsky.social’s closed Global Practitioners' Forum on Non-Criminal Justice & Redress held in 🇨🇭 for lively discussions on strengthening non-criminal accountability for serious human rights violations.

⚖️🗣️ On #IDPD2025, ICJ Commissioner Lawrence Mute spotlighted the urgent need to implement the African Disability Protocol, especially when it comes to #reasonableaccommodation. 🪶🤝📹 youtu.be/YvSWSQ53rMM #InclusionMatters #DisabilityRights #EqualOpportunities

⚖️ A bank challenged ICJ Legal Adviser Wilson Macharia's rights because of his #disability. He challenged them back—in court. And he won. Here's his story 👇 📹💡 shorturl.at/Nl4AI #IDPD #InclusionMatters #DisabilityRights #EqualOpportunities #AccessibleWorld #CelebrateAbilities #RuleofLaw

♀️✊"It is imperative to insist that #States protect everyone from the scourge of violence & break the vicious cycle of #impunity. Standards & tools already exist in intl HR law"-Juan Méndez #16Days #UNiTE #WomenAndGirls #EndVAW #JusticeForAll #OrangeTheWorld #EndGBV #NoWomanLeftBehind #NoExcuse

📢 Upcoming Webinar: Election-Related Laws and International/Regional Responses. Join us for this timely webinar to examine the implications of recent election law changes for Myanmar’s upcoming election. 🗓 Date: 8 December 2025 ⏰ Time: 5:00–7:00 PM (MMT) ✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

💻♀️✊#16daysForHerSafety #OGBV: The Harm We Don’t See 🤫Let's speak up & promote #Accountability & #DigitalLiteracy: silence enables abusers. Advocate Priya Gopalan sends a powerful message👇 📹 shorturl.at/mrOWN #16Days #DigitalSafety #WomenDefenders #UNiTE #EndVAW

🚨Unaccompanied children must never be placed in asylum border procedures The @icjurists.bsky.social, @savechildreneu.bsky.social & @supportkind.org call on EU Member States to implement the new Asylum Procedures Regulation in a manner that guarantees the rights of children 👉 icj.org/eu-unaccompa...

Tomorrow, we co-organise the side event “Cooperation to achieve justice for victims: the ICC in Libya” with @ecchr.bsky.social, @icjurists.bsky.social, @lcw.ngo & @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social Please join us for an important conversation and stay tuned for more updates. Details below.

♀️✊ During #16Days, Clara Sandoval reminds us that the fight against #GBV must include the survivors of conflict-related sexual violence —whose stories are too often overlooked. Their voices matter. Their #justice matters. Let's not look away. #NoExcuse #CRSV #NoWomanLeftBehind 🎞️🎥shorturl.at/LCjY2

💬⚖️🏛️ The #Geneva Forum on “Non-Criminal #Justice & #Redress” gathered global practitioners to discuss solutions to deliver restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, & guarantees of non-recurrence for #victims of human rights violations #accountabilitynow

Live @icjurists.bsky.social webinar with Kateřina Radová (Czech Government’s Office before the ECtHR) & Michail Christodoulou (ECtHR Registry), sharing first-hand practical insights on litigation before the @echr.coe.int against the detention of migrant children #EndChildDetention

1/2 #UN Pre-session ahead of Nepal’s Universal Periodic Review in January 2026. CSOs & NHRIs presented their concerns & recommendations on transitional justice, human rights accountability, gender & disability rights. Our Nepalese colleagues were there representing ICJ.

♀️✊ #16days #disabilityrights During the November session at the Second World Summit for Social Development in #Doha, ICJ and partners urged States to ensure #accesstojustice for #women and #girls with disabilities🔗👇 shorturl.at/VceTm #NoWomanLeftBehind #NoExcuse

1️⃣🧵#16days We spoke with Professor Rosa Celorio, director of the International Law Program at George Washington University, about the challenges, advances, and outstanding issues in the area of gender-based violence (GBV)👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-99...

Today @icjurists.bsky.social held a session in Tashkent on women’s rights, non-discrimination & CEDAW, stressing States’ duty to protect women and girls from violence and to ensure equal access to justice. Launching #16Days of Activism campaign. #WomensRights #CEDAW #HumanRights #Uzbekistan

The ICJ and partners express deep concern over the ongoing judicial harassment of #Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. Read the joint statement 👇 www.icj.org/end-the-judi...

💬🏛️ Judge Diana Vega Laguna: “Colombia implemented a novel model of #transitional #justice with a restorative approach that puts victims at the center. This model seeks to restore social cohesion through dialogue between #victims and perpetrators, in pursuit of truth and reparation.” #GenevaForum

🏛️👨‍⚖️ICJ, in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of #Uzbekistan, has just launched the third cycle of the International Human Rights #Law #Course. Learn more 👇 www.icj.org/uzbekistan-i...

📢Don’t forget to register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigation before the ECtHR - Immigration detention and alternatives to detention of children 🗓️ 28 November 🕚 11:00–12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/9UDCgJnrHR

As we mark the start of #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, let’s raise our voices, challenge discrimination, and commit to building a world where inclusion is the norm — not the exception. ✊🏽💜 #EndGBV #DisabilityRights #InclusionMatters #NoWomanLeftBehind #HumanRights #GBVPrevention

🇹🇳 Our organization, together with several other CSOs, expresses its strongest condemnation following the conviction, on October 31, 2025, of #Tunisian lawyer and former magistrate Ahmed Souab 👇 www.icj.org/tunisia-conv...

🇰🇪🏆 ICJ Africa Director, Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh receives an award in recognition of ICJ’s long standing commitment and support to promoting the rights of #refugees and #migrants. Find out more 👇 www.icj.org/icj-honored-...

Register for the @icjurists.bsky.social webinar on litigating children’s rights in immigration detention before the ECtHR. Learn how to bring a case and explore litigation strategies to end detention of migrant children 🗓️28 November 🕚11:00-12:30 CET ✍️ forms.office.com/e/9UDCgJnrHR

@icj-eca.bsky.social 🧒⚖️ The ACCESS webinar on Combating Systemic Discrimination and Exploring Alternatives to Pre-Trial #Detention for #Children brought together prosecutors, law enforcement professionals, & experts 📹 In case you missed it, you can now watch it here 👇 youtu.be/Uyi39cBHLPM

On 13-14 November, the @icjurists.bsky.social brought together experts and legal professionals from Austria, Czechia, Malta, the Netherlands and Slovakia to exchange good practices ensuring effective participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings 👉 www.icj.org/eu-children-...

For practical guidance on the rights of persons with disabilities in criminal proceedings, check out the @icjurists.bsky.social & @validityfoundation.bsky.social ’s Model Disability Rights Benchbook: www.icj.org/resource/mod... #ChildVOICE