Advocates for Justice and Human Rights. Follow also our regional pages: @ICJ_Africa; @ICJ_Asia; @ICJ_ECA; @EuropeIcj; @ICJ_MENA; @CijLatina.
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Joined April 2011
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📢 The ICJ (@ICJ_Asia) is seeking a consultant to conduct a mid-term assessment of its project on strengthening legal accountability and inclusive justice in South-East Asia.
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
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👇 Coming up in two days! Join us on 28 October at the #ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples Forum from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM for presentations on country situations in Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia and Timor-Leste, and the importance of a future convention, including treaty enforcement.
#ACSCAPF2026
If you are attending the #ASEAN Civil Society Conference/People's Forum in the Philippines, join @asiajcoalition, @Amnesty, @ICJ_Asia & @Altsean for a panel on 'Crimes Against Humanity in the ASEAN Region & the Convention on Prevention & Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity'.
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📌 Mark your calendar! If you’re joining #ACSCAPF2026 in the Philippines, save the date for our upcoming session on 28 October. We look forward to seeing you there!
More details below 👇
📣 Join us for a knowledge-sharing session on the draft Copenhagen Principles and Guidance for the Protection of Human Rights in the Digital Sphere at the #ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum in the #Philippines!
🗓️ 28 October 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 14.30–16.00 hrs
📍 Breakout Room 1, 2nd Floor MICE
#ACSCAPF2026 #DigitalRights
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📌 Save the date and join us at the Convergence Space Workshop during the #ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum!
Topic: Strengthening Cross-Border Investment Accountability and ASEAN–EU Civil Society Cooperation
🗓️ 28 October 2026 | 4:00–5:30 p.m.
📍 Room BR7, Quezon City Meeting, Incentives, Conference and Exhibitions (MICE)
ICJ Senior Legal Adviser Sanhawan Srisod will join the discussion, with ICJ Legal Adviser Saovanee Kaewjullakarn facilitating the session!
#ACSCAPF2026
At the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, ICJ Secretary-General @SantiagoACanton stressed that judicial independence, accountability, and access to justice are essential to peace and development.
How can international law strengthen accountability for crimes against humanity in Southeast Asia?
The ICJ and partners will explore this question at a side event during the 2026 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/People’s Forum in the #Philippines.
📅 28 October | Quezon City
ICJ and partners urge EU leaders to raise #Vietnam’s escalating repression with President and Party General Secretary To Lam during the Brussels visit, calling for the release of rights defenders, an end to criminalized dissent, and labour reforms.
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🇹🇭 #Thailand | @ICJ_Asia calls on #Thai authorities to ensure that any anti-SLAPP law provides effective protection against abusive lawsuits, regardless of whether they are brought through criminal or civil proceedings.
At a panel discussion at the Parliament on 27 August, co-hosted by @ICJ_Asia, the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (@PRRLPD) and the House of Representatives’ Committee on Political Development, Mass Communications and Public Participation, speakers examined three legislative proposals to counter #SLAPPs.
The ICJ urges the authorities to ensure that any law adopted covers all forms of SLAPPs, enables their early dismissal and provides effective remedies for those targeted.
🔗 Read more: icj.org/thailand-three-draft…
“They are deciding behind closed doors who gets to leave,” warns @SantiagoACanton, Secretary-General of the @ICJ_org, regarding the release plan in El Salvador.
Without due process or independent review, there is no justice for the victims.
“Están decidiendo a puertas cerradas quiénes pueden salir”, advierte @SantiagoACanton, secretario general de la @ICJ_org, sobre el plan de liberaciones en El Salvador.
Sin debido proceso ni revisión independiente, no hay justicia para las víctimas.
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📣 Join us for a knowledge-sharing session on the draft Copenhagen Principles and Guidance for the Protection of Human Rights in the Digital Sphere at the #ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum in the #Philippines!
🗓️ 28 October 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 14.30–16.00 hrs
📍 Breakout Room 1, 2nd Floor MICE
#ACSCAPF2026 #DigitalRights
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#Egypt: The @ICJ_ORG condemns the arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention and prosecution of the entire editorial team of the fact-checking platform #Matsda2sh facing “terrorism-related charges” solely for their legitimate work.
For more details ⬇️
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The ICJ condemns the arbitrary arrest and prosecution of six @matsda2sh journalists under abusive “terrorism” charges.
“The authorities must guarantee [...] media freedoms,” said ICJ’s Saïd Benarbia, calling for their immediate release. icj.org/egypts-matsda2sh-cas…
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🇹🇭 #Thailand | In August-September, @ICJ_Asia, together with Thailand’s Court of Justice and @OHCHRAsia, and with the support of @EUinThailand, brought 104 judges together in four regional dialogues.
The dialogues served as a platform for judges to discuss implementing Thailand’s Anti-Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act in line with international law and standards.
Discussions examined the distinct role of courts in:
🔷 preventing torture and enforced disappearance
🔷 ensuring accountability, including through the assessment of evidence, exclusion of coerced confessions and meaningful searches for disappeared persons
Learn more: icj.org/thailand-judges-have…
#EnforcedDisappearance #Accountability
We congratulate Zar Li Aye, ICJ Legal Adviser, on receiving the IBA’s 2026 Human Rights Award. She dedicates this recognition to the lawyers, human rights defenders, and communities in Myanmar who continue to pursue justice despite extraordinary risks. ibanet.org/Indigenous-Myanma…
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#Indigenous Myanmar lawyer @Zar Li Aye receives the 2026 IBA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights. Since the 2021 coup, Ms Aye has handled 3,000+ #Probono cases.
Read and share: tinyurl.com/4bx8m92u
#IBACopenhagen #HumanRights #AccessToJustice #WomeninLaw
The ICJ is proud to stand in solidarity with Where Justice Lives, an exhibition exploring gender persecution under the Taliban and the struggle for justice for Afghan women and girls. Their rights and freedom concern us all.
📍 Nelson Mandela Foundation | 14 Oct–9 Nov
Three countries: South Africa, Palestine and Afghanistan | One urgent conversation about justice.
Experts, academics and activists from the 'Toward an Inclusive Definition of Apartheid in the CAH Treaty' workshop join Where Justice Lives, exploring how gender persecution shapes the lives of Afghan women and girls—and why their struggle for justice concerns us all.
At @NelsonMandela
On display: 14 October – 9 November | Free Entry
Presented by @drops_afg and Connexus Collaborative.
Sponsored by @opensociety and @ODI_Global.
Special thanks to @LHR_SA and @ICJ_org for their solidarity.
With @FHRRights and @HRC_Afghanistan.
#AfghanWomen #Justice #SouthAfrica #Afghanistan
The ICJ and Uzbekistan’s Academy of Justice launched a course to strengthen future judges’ ability to apply international human rights law in judicial practice, covering liberty, prohibition of torture, fair trial guarantees, and the principle of legality.
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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child found that Czechia violated two Afghan sisters’ rights by detaining them over migration status, reaffirming that immigration detention of children is arbitrary and violates their rights.
Read more: icj.org/czech-republic-un-co…
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In a letter made public today, @ICJ_ORG, @amnesty, @LCWNGO & @OMCT urge diplomatic missions to press eastern Libyan authorities to halt executions amid reports of at least 30 executions since late August & at least 50 people at imminent risk of execution.
icj.org/joint-letter-urgent-…
