Women profiles: Sanji Monageng
The ICJ continues it’s monthly profile series on women’s rights defenders with an interview with ICJ Commissioner and International Criminal Court Justice Sanji Monageng. Justice Monageng told the ICJ...
View ArticleWomen’s profiles: Imrana Jalal
The ICJ continues its series of women’s rights defender profiles with an interview with Imrana Jalal, an ICJ Executive Committee member, focussing on her motivations for women’s rights work. Imrana...
View ArticleReport, video: extractive companies, human rights and protests in Peru
Today, the ICJ published a new report (in Spanish) analysing the impact of extractive companies on economic, social and cultural rights of many local communities in the country. Mining activities have...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Asma Jahangir
Honorary Member of the ICJ, Asma Jahangir, talks of her experiences as part of the ICJ’s ongoing profile series on women human rights defenders. Asma Jahangir became interested in human rights legal...
View ArticleVoices from ICJ’s training programme for Central Asian lawyers
Zainab Kistabayeva, Iuliia Votslava, Shoira Sobirova and Daniyar Kanafin, four lawyers who have been trained at the Programme, and ICJ’s Legal Adviser Temur Shakirov, talk about this recent event....
View ArticleWomen profiles: Leila Zerrougui
Honorary ICJ Member Leila Zerrougui speaks about the obstacles in accessing justice that women face, particularly in conflict settings, in the latest ICJ profile on women human rights defenders....
View ArticleWomen profiles: Karinna Moskalenko
ICJ Commissioner Karinna Moskalenko talks about the vulnerabilities of human rights defenders in Russia, as part of the ICJ’s ongoing women profiles series. Ms Moskalenko is a Russian lawyer who has...
View ArticleWomen Profiles: Jenny Goldschmidt
The ICJ continues its series of profiles of its women Commissioners with an interview with Prof. Jenny E. Goldschmidt, who is currently serving her third term as an ICJ Commissioner. She was first...
View ArticleVenezuela: rule of law and impunity crisis deepens
The institutional political crisis in Venezuela has brought the rule of law to near collapse and severely obstructed accountability for those responsible for gross human rights violations, the ICJ...
View Article2017 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders goes to Egyptian activist...
Selected by a jury of 10 global human rights organizations, including the ICJ, Mohamed Zaree is a devoted human rights activist and legal scholar whose work focuses on human rights advocacy around...
View ArticleWomen profiles: Kalthoum Kennou
The ICJ ends its series of profiles of its women Commissioners with an interview with Judge Kalthoum Kennou is currently serving her second term as ICJ Commissioner. Kalthoum Kennou is a Judge of the...
View ArticleThe ICJ at the forefront in the struggle to eliminate violence against women
Over the last year, since 25 November 2016, the ICJ has published a series of (video) profiles introducing the remarkable work of ICJ women Commissioners and Honorary Members. “The ICJ has a strong...
View ArticleOn video: arbitrary detention of indigenous leaders in Guatemala
Leaders of indigenous communities in Guatemala, seeking to protect their lands and natural resources from the negative impacts of business operations and infrastructure projects, have been charged with...
View ArticleVoices on traditional justice from the Geneva Forum 2017
Raquel Yrigoyen Fajardo, Karabo Ozah and Charles Dinda talk about traditional justice systems in video interviews recorded at the 2017 ICJ Geneva Forum. Dr. Raquel Yrigoyen Fajardo, Lawyer and...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: ICJ and its Commissioners advancing gender justice
Today on International Women’s Day the world looks to celebrate the achievements of women and advances made towards the realization of women’s human rights but the day is also an opportunity to address...
View ArticleOn video: women in Nepalese elections
In 2017, Nepal held its first local-level elections for almost 20 years and the first ever conducted under the new federal state structure established under the 2015 Constitution. They were significant...
View ArticleRule of law, facing global assault, remains crucial for protecting the...
International commitment to the rule of law is under assault around the world, said a global panel of eminent academics, diplomats, and jurists. The panelists, speaking at a public event by the ICJ and...
View ArticleOn video: the ICJ invigorated by new leadership
Changes within the Commission enhance the organization’s capacity to respond to increased threats to rights protection via erosion of the rule of law, particularly in relation to the independence of...
View ArticleDefending the Rule of Law: the ICJ celebrates 60 years of presence in Geneva
At an event at the city’s Palais Eynard, prominent ICJ Commissioners discussed the supremacy of the Rule of Law and also why it is important to be in Geneva. Watch the video. The Executive Committee...
View ArticleAt 70 Years, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remains “a common...
Today, 10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Developed as a universal standard setting out the rights to be enjoyed by...
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