UK: ICJ and others intervene in UK rendition complicity case before Supreme...
The ICJ, together with JUSTICE, Amnesty International and REDRESS, filed a third party intervention with the Supreme Court in the case Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Other v. Jack Straw and Others. The case...
View ArticleICJ joint intervention to the UK Supreme Court in Al-Waheed / Mohammed
Today is the first of a four-day hearing at the UK Supreme Court in joined appeals from the High Court (Al-Waheed v Ministry of Defence) and the Court of Appeal (Ministry of Defence v Mohammed and...
View ArticleUK: ICJ intervenes before European Court in mass surveillance cases
Today, the ICJ intervened before the European Court of Human Rights in two cases against the United Kingdom challenging the compliance of mass surveillance programmes with the European Convention on...
View ArticleConcluding Observations, CRC/C/GBR/CO/5, 3 June 2016: United Kingdom of Great...
III. Main areas of concern and recommendations C. General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12) Non-discrimination 21.The Committee is concerned that: (c) Many children in certain groups, including Roma,...
View ArticleLoss of Honorary Member Lord William Goodhart QC
It is with great sadness that the ICJ mourns the loss of Honorary Member Lord William Goodhart QC who passed away on 10 January at the age of 83. Lord Goodhart, from the United Kingdom, was a...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules torture and rendition claims against UK government should...
Leading human rights organizations, including the ICJ, have hailed a landmark decision of the UK Supreme Court to hold the UK Government accountable for its role in human rights abuses overseas. The...
View ArticleThe ICJ mourns its President Professor Sir Nigel Rodley
The ICJ President Professor Sir Nigel Rodley passed away today in Colchester (UK) at the age of 75, following a short illness. Elected President of the ICJ in 2012, he was serving his third term as...
View ArticleHelp create a documentary on Sir Nigel Rodley
Sir Nigel Rodley, ICJ President, fought tirelessly for human rights in a remarkable career as a jurist spanning more than five decades. You can help the creation of a documentary on his life and...
View ArticleNigerian fishermen should be allowed to appeal oil pollution ruling
The ICJ and other human rights, environmental and development groups sent a letter to the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court in support of the Claimants’ application for permission to appeal in Okpabi and...
View ArticleCORE and ICJ to intervene in UK Supreme Court case
CORE and the ICJ have been granted permission to intervene in an appeal before the United Kingdom Supreme Court (Vedanta Resources PLC and another v. Lungowe and others). The two organizations will...
View ArticleUK Supreme Court should recognize Shell’s responsibilities for devastating...
The CORE Coalition and the ICJ have jointly submitted evidence as interveners in a landmark case before the UK Supreme Court brought by some 40,000 people from the Ogale and Bille communities of the...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Human Rights issues landmark ruling on mass surveillance
The ICJ welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of B.B.W. and others v. the United Kingdom, setting out important guarantees against mass surveillance online. On 25 May,...
View ArticleBig Brother Watch v. UK: A Landmark Judgment Missing the Mark
An opinion piece by Massimo Frigo, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser, Europe and Central Asia Programme. On 25 May 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark ruling on the...
View ArticleYemen: arms sales fueling the conflict continue despite legal challenges
On 31 August 2021, during a side event in the context of the Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the International Commission of Jurists, Saferworld and the Global Legal Action...
View ArticleUN: ICJ and IBAHRI call for effective accountability for international law...
Today, the ICJ and IBAHRI called on all States to do more to ensure accountability for violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and crimes under international...
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