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♀️ 1/2 #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
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#SocialSummit2025 #inclusion #socialjustice #womensrights #disabilityrights #UNDESA
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#SocialSummit2025 #inclusion #socialjustice #womensrights #disabilityrights #UNDESA
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
♀️ 1/2 #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
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#SocialSummit2025 #inclusion #socialjustice #womensrights #disabilityrights #UNDESA
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#SocialSummit2025 #inclusion #socialjustice #womensrights #disabilityrights #UNDESA
📌 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.
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📌 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.
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
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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
#TheGambia ICJ Petronella Mukaindo highlighted the urgency of ratifying & implementing the African Disability Protocol, centering lived experiences of persons with disabilities #ACHPR85OS #RatifyADP #AfricaHumanRights
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#TheGambia ICJ Petronella Mukaindo highlighted the urgency of ratifying & implementing the African Disability Protocol, centering lived experiences of persons with disabilities #ACHPR85OS #RatifyADP #AfricaHumanRights
💬SIDE EVENT⚖️
🗽Mexico Miss.& ICJ's discussion on #obligations under the future #CAH Convention:
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@katevigneswaran.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social
@washulawreview.bsky.social @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @uscgould.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social @hrw.org
🗽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
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💬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
🗽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
🎥💻🗣️ @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
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
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🎥💻🗣️ @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
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
📅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
🕒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
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
📅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
🕒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
#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...
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#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...
#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...
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#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...
🇰🇭 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.
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🇰🇭 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.
🇦🇫 @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
#HRC60
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🇦🇫 @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
#HRC60
2/2⚖️ This is the result of consultations in #Mombasa, #Kisumu & #Nairobi in #Kenya with state & non-state actors, including persons with disabilities, which will inform the development of a Country Guide on addressing harmful #gender & #disability #stereotypes in the justice system.
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
2/2⚖️ This is the result of consultations in #Mombasa, #Kisumu & #Nairobi in #Kenya with state & non-state actors, including persons with disabilities, which will inform the development of a Country Guide on addressing harmful #gender & #disability #stereotypes in the justice system.
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.
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.
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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.
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.
@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
📣 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
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@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
📣 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
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
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
September 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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
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
💡 Together with @menneskeretdk.bsky.social and Ingrid Quinn, the session invited participants to explore the boundaries between State obligations and corporate responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on #BusinessandHumanRights
#DigitalRights #AI
#DigitalRights #AI
September 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
💡 Together with @menneskeretdk.bsky.social and Ingrid Quinn, the session invited participants to explore the boundaries between State obligations and corporate responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on #BusinessandHumanRights
#DigitalRights #AI
#DigitalRights #AI
📌 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
#UNRBHR2025
September 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📌 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
#UNRBHR2025
#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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@Paula Fernández Casas
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#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
www.icj.org/internationa...
@Paula Fernández Casas
2/2 “As things stand, Lesotho’s laws contain discriminatory provisions that unjustly serve to deny people with #intellectual or #psychosocial #disabilities their rights to participate fully in criminal proceedings.” said Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, ICJ ARP Director
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
2/2 “As things stand, Lesotho’s laws contain discriminatory provisions that unjustly serve to deny people with #intellectual or #psychosocial #disabilities their rights to participate fully in criminal proceedings.” said Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, ICJ ARP Director
"In the face of a situation of deep crisis in the #ruleoflaw, where there are significant obstacles to #accesstojustice for environmental cases, it is necessary to work with judicial actors to overcome some of them." - Sandra continued.
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"In the face of a situation of deep crisis in the #ruleoflaw, where there are significant obstacles to #accesstojustice for environmental cases, it is necessary to work with judicial actors to overcome some of them." - Sandra continued.
#HRC60 ICJ Intl Advocacy Director Sandra Epal-Ratjen commented: “It is clear that #environmentallawyers are often not recognized as doing legitimate human rights work, and too often face pressure and threats as human rights defenders themselves, or as their counsels.”
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#HRC60 ICJ Intl Advocacy Director Sandra Epal-Ratjen commented: “It is clear that #environmentallawyers are often not recognized as doing legitimate human rights work, and too often face pressure and threats as human rights defenders themselves, or as their counsels.”
#UNHRC60 ICJ called for an end to #arbitrarydetention and #enforceddisappearances in #Egypt against human rights defenders, activists, lawyers, journalists, peaceful protesters and political opponents, and demanding their immediate release.
To the full statement:
www.icj.org/hrc-60-oral-...
To the full statement:
www.icj.org/hrc-60-oral-...
September 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#UNHRC60 ICJ called for an end to #arbitrarydetention and #enforceddisappearances in #Egypt against human rights defenders, activists, lawyers, journalists, peaceful protesters and political opponents, and demanding their immediate release.
To the full statement:
www.icj.org/hrc-60-oral-...
To the full statement:
www.icj.org/hrc-60-oral-...
#HRC60 'Defending the Truth by Countering #ArbitraryDetention'. ICJ Secretary-General Santiago A. Canton reflected on the attacks on journalists:
"Arbitrary detention of journalists is an attack on the #ruleoflaw and #democracy itself. When journalists are silenced, society as a whole is blinded."
"Arbitrary detention of journalists is an attack on the #ruleoflaw and #democracy itself. When journalists are silenced, society as a whole is blinded."
September 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#HRC60 'Defending the Truth by Countering #ArbitraryDetention'. ICJ Secretary-General Santiago A. Canton reflected on the attacks on journalists:
"Arbitrary detention of journalists is an attack on the #ruleoflaw and #democracy itself. When journalists are silenced, society as a whole is blinded."
"Arbitrary detention of journalists is an attack on the #ruleoflaw and #democracy itself. When journalists are silenced, society as a whole is blinded."
🔊 Anchana Heemina, Director of the Duay Jai Group, shares her story of advocating for women human rights and peace in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces—reflecting on the urgent need for protection of women human rights defender working in conflict zones.
#WHRDs #CEDAW
#WHRDs #CEDAW
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🔴📹 Local perspectives matter. In these short interviews, civil society organizations Civic Women and DuayjaiGroup
reflect on challenges and opportunities in advancing the rights of women and girls in the region, drawing from work and lived experience.
#WomenandGirlsRights #CEDAW
reflect on challenges and opportunities in advancing the rights of women and girls in the region, drawing from work and lived experience.
#WomenandGirlsRights #CEDAW
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🔴📹 Local perspectives matter. In these short interviews, civil society organizations Civic Women and DuayjaiGroup
reflect on challenges and opportunities in advancing the rights of women and girls in the region, drawing from work and lived experience.
#WomenandGirlsRights #CEDAW
reflect on challenges and opportunities in advancing the rights of women and girls in the region, drawing from work and lived experience.
#WomenandGirlsRights #CEDAW