International Commission of Jurists

CANADA/THAILAND/MYANMAR – Two hundred thousand people in Rakhine State, Myanmar, live in the direct path of a major infrastructure project being built under the control of a military junta that Canada has sanctioned for crimes against humanity. Yet, a Canadian company is overseeing the environmental impact assessment for the project’s...

The International Commission of Jurists’ submission responded to a call for comments by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) on its draft General Comment on the applica...

On 22 May 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)—together with the Senate Committee on Political Development, Public Participation, Human Rights, Freedoms and Consumer Protection; UNDP Thailand; and GreenNews (Thai Society of Environmental Journalists)—co-hosted a seminar titled “Anti-SLAPPs: Justice Lost—Stop Using Laws to Silence” at the Parliament Buil...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes the President of the Thai Supreme Court’s Recommendations, published in the Government Gazette on 29 May 2026, on the adjudication of cases filed in bad faith. The Recommendations address the longstanding ...

The Coalition for a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity (C-CAH) is a civil society group composed of academics, NGOs, and other experts committed to working together to achieve an effective, victim/survivor-centric, and non-discriminatory crimes against humanity convention that will fight against impunity. The Coalition is values-based, focused on the progressive devel...