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🇺🇳 #HRC61: ICJ Statement on attacks against the rule of law and independent legal professionals — highlighting situations in #Afghanistan and #Guatemala.

👉Read the full text at: www.icj.org/hrc61-icj-st...

HRC Side Event

💭✊ #HRC61 Time to rethink laws that criminalize poverty & homelessness. Join our side event as we discuss the new Practitioners’ Guide & share global strategies to reduce incarceration & support social reintegration
#DecriminalizePoverty #SocialJustice #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #CriminalJusticeReform

🎥 Alexandra Merguerian, family support worker at @jrsbelgium.bsky.social, sheds light on the realities faced by families with children who have irregular residence status and are placed in “return houses” in Belgium
👉 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...

🎥Hind Riad, lawyer at Progress Lawyers Network, discusses former Belgian legislation allowing the detention of migrant children with their parents in closed centres. She shares a successful complaint before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
👉Full interview: www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...

🎥Lotte Buekenhout, lawyer at Casa Legal, explains the situation of children affected by migration in Belgium, where families can be placed in “return houses.” She raises concern about recent political developments and the EU Pact implementation
👉Watch the full interview: www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...

📣 Join our discussion in this webinar and examine how Myanmar’s experience must inform the new convention on crimes against humanity, and why the explicit inclusion of children is essential.

🗓️ 27 Feb 2026
⏰ 6:00–07:30 PM (MM Time)
🌐 BUR–ENG interpretation
✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The newly published @icjurists.bsky.social guide on strategic litigation for lawyers and CSOs📍provides an overview of international and EU bodies and mechanisms and 🔎explores effective strategies towards ending immigration detention of children
👉 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...
#EndChildDetention

🎥Kyriaki Fileri, @gcrefugees.bsky.social lawyer, points out that migrant children arriving in Greece can be placed in closed control centers for over 2 months, lacking psychological support, education, and legal assistance
👉 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...
🚫 #EndChildDetention
@icjurists.bsky.social

South Sudan: Extend UN Investigations Amid Deteriorating Human Rights Crisis | ICJ To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 19 February

#UN @humanrightscouncil.bsky.social's 61st session: ICJ & several other non-governmental orga­niza­tions urge the Council to sup­port a strong resolution on the human rights situ­a­tion in #SouthSudan, extending the UN investigations to respond to the #HR crisis:
🔗 shorturl.at/SWgdC

On 12 February, @icjurists.bsky.social hosted an event exploring:
🚩the implications of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum for migrant children
🚩how strategic litigation can be used to protect children from immigration detention
🔎 icj.org/resource/eu-...
#EndChildDetention

🎥Sylwia Brzezinska, @supportkind.org lawyer, highlights the importance of a child-centered approach in cases involving migrant children, as well as the need for specialized training for lawyers
👉 icj.org/eu-icj-publi...
🚫 #EndChildDetention
@icjurists.bsky.social

🎥 Attorney Todor Iliev raises serious concerns about the conditions in detention centers in Bulgaria where migrant children with family may be detained for up to 3 months
👉 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...
🚫 #EndChildDetention
@icjurists.bsky.social

🎥Zuzana Pavelková, lawyer at the Organization for Aid for Refugees, reflects on legal assistance for migrant children in the Czech Republic, where children with family with can be detained in closed centers for up to 90 days

👉 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...

#EndChildDetention
@icjurists.bsky.social

EU: ICJ publishes strategic litigation guide on children and immigration detention | ICJ The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has published the Guide on strategic litigation for lawyers and civil society organizations: Strate

📢The @icjurists.bsky.social has published a new Guide on Strategic Litigation to engage lawyers and CSOs in strategic human rights litigation challenging immigration detention of children
🔍 www.icj.org/eu-icj-publi...
#EndChildDetention

Pakistan: Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha | ICJ The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest and subsequent conviction of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Maza

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

Venezuela, excarcelados pero no libres

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

Iran: immediately stop mass killings of protestors and other atrocities and end impunity | ICJ The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) strongly condemns the Iranian authorities’ egregious use of widespread, excessive and lethal forc

#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...

YouTube video by CIJ América Latina Webinar

🚨 ¡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: Drop Bogus Charges against Istanbul Bar Association Leadership | ICJ The continued prosecution of the president and 10 executive board members of the Istanbul Bar Association, and the prosecutor’s request for the

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-...

United States/Venezuela: Territorial sovereignty, the rule of law and human rights must be guaranteed and respected | ICJ The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the attacks by the United States against Venezuela as an unlawful use of force and a clear

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 Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela | ICJ United Nations Human Rights Council Intersessional Activity   Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the interactive

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...

FES-ICJ High-Level Conference: The role of civil society in the UN80 Initiative | ICJ What is the role of civil society in multilateral spaces? What is at stake for civic space under the UN80 reforms? As we reflected on Human Right

🌍⚖️ 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

Carlos Ayala: The battle for the rule of law in Latin America | ICJ In an exclusive interview, Carlos Ayala, President of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), analyzes the systemic barriers obstructing j

🌍⚖️ 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