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How can litigation before the @echr.coe.int protect migrant children from being detained? The @icjurists.bsky.social &
@gcrefugees.bsky.social workshop explored strategies and implementation of judgments.

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇳 With the conclusion of @UN_HRC, ICJ welcomes the significant progressive steps taken towards accountability & justice in #Afghanistan & #SriLanka, while denouncing the failure of States to provide the necessary financial and political support: www.icj.org/un-human-rig...

UN Human Rights Council: Progress achieved in addressing impunity in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, while capacity pressures mount | ICJ

Geneva. 09 October 2025. With the conclusion yesterday of the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th session, the International Commission of Jurists (

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How are @echr.coe.int judgements implemented? Participants discuss advocacy at national level to enhance the impact of litigation in the Czech Republic, Belgium, Malta, Greece, Bulgaria, and Poland
#EndChildDetention
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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 1d

On Day 2, Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social, Nuala Mole @airecentre.bsky.social and Santiago A. Canton @icjurists.bsky.social explored mechanisms to litigate immigration detention of children - the European Committee of Social Rights, the CJEU, UN Treaty Bodies & special procedures

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On Day 2, Karolína Babická @icjurists.bsky.social, Nuala Mole @airecentre.bsky.social and Santiago A. Canton @icjurists.bsky.social explored mechanisms to litigate immigration detention of children - the European Committee of Social Rights, the CJEU, UN Treaty Bodies & special procedures

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Experts from @echr.coe.int, @icjurists.bsky.social, @gcrefugees.bsky.social, @hfhrpl.bsky.social, @airecentre.bsky.social & Czech Government Office share procedural & strategic know-how on litigating children’s rights in (alternatives to) immigration detention cases
💡Valuable takeaways for lawyers

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At today’s workshop, Santiago A. Canton, @icjurists.bsky.social General & former Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, explores the Commission’s jurisprudence on migration and asylum. A comparative approach supporting lawyers fighting child detention🌎🌍

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📢 Launch of the @icjurists.bsky.social & @gcrefugees.bsky.social workshop on litigation before the @ecchr.bsky.social
🔎Protecting migrant children from detention & rights violations in alternatives to detention
🚫 #EndChildDetention

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icj-eca.bsky.social @icj-eca.bsky.social · 8d

Live webinar: Mikiko Otani @icjurists.bsky.social & Isabela Atanasiu @ec.europa.eu shed light on the international legal framework and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration regarding the right of migrant and refugee children to be heard and participate in legal proceedings
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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 8d

#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...

ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 8d

#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...

ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 9d

🇰🇭 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.

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 9d

“This mechanism represents a crucial step forward in responding to the systematic rights violations and abuses in Afghanistan, particularly of women, girls and LGBTQI+ persons” said Sandra Epal-Ratjen, ICJ’s International Advocacy Director.

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Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council establishment of an independent investigative mechanism is a major step towards accountability | ICJ

Geneva, 6 October 2025 The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes today’s decision by the UN Human Rights Council to establish an i

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 9d

🇦🇫 @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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 14d

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.

ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 15d

Sandra Epal of @icjurists.bsky.social highlights that the #JustTransition is an inherently qualitative process where a human rights-based approach must go hand-in-hand with consulting those that are directly involved with the transitions.

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 15d

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📣 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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 16d

2/2 It's key to complement #legalaction with #advocacy, #capacitybuilding, & #collaboration with oversight institutions to ensure #accountability and effective implementation. Find out more about the 8 March Principles:
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ICJ publishes a new set of legal principles to address the harmful human rights impact of unjustified criminalization of individuals and entire communities | ICJ

Today, on International Women’s Day, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) launched a new set of

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 16d

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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 16d

According to 12 #humanrights organizations, #Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights #lawyer for 10 years only for exercising his rights.

To the joint statement:
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Tajikistan: Lawyer Wrongfully Held for a Decade Free Buzurgmehr Yorov and All Others Held for Exercising their Human Rights | ICJ

(September 29, 2025) – Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights lawyer for 10 years for exercising his human rights

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 16d

📬✉️ The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international #refugee, #humanrights and humanitarian #treaties, and to reject efforts to undo or undermine #legalnorms:

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Open Letter: Call for UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international refugee, human rights and humanitarian treaties | ICJ

The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen i

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 18d

📝 #Laos Today, ICJ delivered its oral statement on the outcome of the #UPR of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, emphasizing the measures the Government still needs to take to ensure the fundamental protection of human rights in the country: www.icj.org/oral-stateme...

Oral Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) On the Universal Periodic Review outcome for Lao PDR | ICJ

25 September 2025 Mr. President, Concerning the report of the Working Group, Lao PDR supported several important recommendations on combat

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 19d

"The UNGPs say to us that there are clear State obligations and corporate responsibilities applicable everywhere, yet rapid technological change has blurred these lines, creating legal ambiguity and uncertainty." - Sanhawan Srisod, ICJ Sr. Legal Adviser

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Asia-Pacific: Business and Human Rights Forum Participants Consider Strategies to Ensure Companies Respect Human Rights in the Digital Space | ICJ

On 18 September 2025, at the Asia-Pacific meeting of the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, the ICJ co-hosted a discussion session t

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 19d

💡 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

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ICJ @icjurists.bsky.social · 19d

📌 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.”

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