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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
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🌏 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...
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ICJ's work in Asia-Pacific: A Word with Mandira Sharma
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtube.com/shorts/c1R3cjXjZ58?feature=share
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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
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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
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Pakistan - Dismantling Justice: A Full-Frontal Assault on the Rule of Law | ICJ
The 27th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, passed today by Pakistan’s Parliament, is a flagrant attack on the independence of the judi
https://www.icj.org/pakistan-dismantling-justice-a-full-frontal-assault-on-the-rule-of-law/
2 days ago
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#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...
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Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide | ICJ
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the International Commi
https://www.icj.org/occupied-palestinian-territory-opt-pursuing-accountability-for-reproductive-violence-as-genocide/
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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...
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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
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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/
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GUATEMALA: International organizations express concern over the detention of lawyer Ramón Cadena | ICJ
Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), Juezas y Jueces para la Democracia, Asociación de Abogadas y Ab
https://www.icj.org/guatemala-international-organizations-express-concern-over-the-detention-of-lawyer-ramon-cadena/
3 days ago
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📚 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...
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Registration Form for participating in the National Conference on Privatization of education in Kenya, scheduled for 12th November 2025.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUskLMrVbGaoZ-eGuT7_b-gVGV3XsT5fPjTmXZ9bKWhtp3iA/viewform
4 days ago
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#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
5 days ago
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10 days ago
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...
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Latvia’s planned withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention – a setback for the human rights of women and girls | ICJ
Latvia should not proceed with its planned withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women an
https://www.icj.org/latvias-planned-withdrawal-from-the-istanbul-convention-a-setback-for-the-human-rights-of-women-and-girls/
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9 days ago
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...
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Greece: ICJ and ECRE call the European Committee of Social Rights to ensure Greece’s compliance with migrant and refugee children's rights | ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) have submitted comments to the European Com
https://www.icj.org/greece-icj-and-ecre-call-the-european-committee-of-social-rights-to-ensure-greeces-compliance-with-migrant-and-refugee-childrens-rights/
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Turkey Litigation Support Project
9 days ago
@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
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📌 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.
11 days ago
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16 days ago
⚖️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
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🇻🇪🎥 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...
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Rampant impunity in Venezuela: can the rule of law still be saved?
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x_F6vu4rVxk
16 days ago
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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
16 days ago
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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...
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No bark, no bite — AU and SADC sidestep Tanzania’s poll flaws - The Africa Report.com
Regional bodies have come under fire for not speaking out against the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania ahead of the 29 October general elections – characterised by protests and stayawa...
https://www.theafricareport.com/396600/regional-bodies-silent-about-tanzania-election-flaws/
16 days ago
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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?...
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Major Achievements for Afghanistan & Sri Lanka at the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtu.be/AV3yGMRB2Mk?si=f01N7t49sGNWVwro
18 days ago
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ICJ condemns the arrest & detention of defence lawyer Ulian Barjami in Elbasan, Albania, and calls for his immediate release. Read more 👉
shorturl.at/T9bAw
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Albania: ICJ denounces arbitrary detention of defence lawyer Ulian Barjami and urges his release | ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the arrest and detention of defence lawyer Ulian Barjami in Elbasan, Albania, on 18 Octobe
https://www.icj.org/albania-icj-condemns-arrest-and-detention-of-defence-lawyer-ulian-barjami-and-calls-for-his-immediate-release/
23 days ago
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💬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
25 days ago
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🎥💻🗣️
@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
25 days ago
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📅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
25 days ago
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29 days ago
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
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about 1 month ago
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
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🇺🇳 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...
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UN Human Rights Council: Progress achieved in addressing impunity in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, while capacity pressures mount | ICJ
Geneva. 09 October 2025. With the conclusion yesterday of the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th session, the International Commission of Jurists (
https://www.icj.org/un-human-rights-council-progress-achieved-in-addressing-impunity-in-afghanistan-and-sri-lanka-while-capacity-pressures-mount/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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
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about 1 month ago
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
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about 1 month ago
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
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about 1 month ago
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🌎🌍
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about 1 month ago
📢 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
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about 1 month ago
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
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#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...
about 1 month ago
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#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...
about 1 month ago
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🇰🇭 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.
about 1 month ago
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🇦🇫
@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
about 1 month ago
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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
.
about 1 month ago
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GENeva Environment Network
about 2 months ago
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.
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@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
about 2 months ago
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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
about 2 months ago
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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...
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Tajikistan: Lawyer Wrongfully Held for a Decade Free Buzurgmehr Yorov and All Others Held for Exercising their Human Rights | ICJ
(September 29, 2025) – Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights lawyer for 10 years for exercising his human rights
https://www.icj.org/tajikistan-lawyer-wrongfully-held-for-a-decade-free-buzurgmehr-yorov-and-all-others-held-for-exercising-their-human-rights/
about 2 months ago
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📬✉️ 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-...
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Open Letter: Call for UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international refugee, human rights and humanitarian treaties | ICJ
The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen i
https://www.icj.org/open-letter-call-for-un-member-states-to-uphold-preserve-and-strengthen-international-refugee-human-rights-and-humanitarian-treaties/
about 2 months ago
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📝
#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...
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Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) On the Universal Periodic Review outcome for Lao PDR | ICJ
25 September 2025 Mr. President, Concerning the report of the Working Group, Lao PDR supported several important recommendations on combat
https://www.icj.org/oral-statement-of-the-international-commission-of-jurists-icj-on-the-universal-periodic-review-outcome-for-lao-pdr/
about 2 months ago
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📌 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
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
📣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
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#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...
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HRC60: Oral Statement in the General Debate under Item 4 on Tunisia | ICJ
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session General Debate Item 4 International Commission of Jurists in the General Debate u
https://www.icj.org/hrc60-oral-statement-in-the-general-debate-under-item-4-on-tunisia/
about 2 months ago
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#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
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Oral Statement of the ICJ in the interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the situation in Venezuela | ICJ
United Nations Human Rights Council 60th Regular Session Agenda Item 4 Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in
https://www.icj.org/oral-statement-of-the-icj-in-the-interactive-dialogue-with-the-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-on-the-situation-in-venezuela/
about 2 months ago
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#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
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about 2 months ago
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