#ICJ Hugely disappointing that the Court has not ordered an immediate cease-fire or an end to Israel's military campaign, despite acknowledging the ongoing indiscriminate bombardment and attacks against the people in Gaza and the West Bank

Very happy to launch the first half of our Oxford Handbook on Economic and Social Rights. Co-edited with Katie Young, it's the first to analyse the field fully from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Thanks to all our stellar authors! OUP Law bc.edu/content/dam/bc…

1/2 🏨 From nursing homes to group homes, institutions are places where persons w/ #disabilities are forced to reside under the guise of “care”. The reality is that institutions cause isolation & remove control that they should have over their own lives. #DIguidelines

The compilation of articles from ICJ & Global Health Law Consortium blog symposium on Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies is now available on the website. Don't miss it!👉rb.gy/qgaz9q Tim Fish #PHEprinciples

💔 It is with much sadness that we mourn the loss of ICJ Commissioner & retired Constitutional Court Judge Yvonne Mokgoro - a pioneer in the legal profession & inspiring human rights advocate who will be missed dearly. Our deepest condolences to her loved ones. judgesmatter.co.za/opinions/judge…

ICJ mourns the loss of Bhargavi Davar, founder of Bapu Trust and pioneer in advancing the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities globally through Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI).

Last week Kingsley Abbott from Institute of Commonwealth Studies was in #Kenya with ICJ and The Commonwealth consulting with stakeholders on a human rights-based approach to decriminalise poverty and homelessness. Read more: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news/a-human-r… #DecrimPoverty University of London School of Advanced Study, University of London International Commission of Jurists - Africa

#CRPDNow 👉Join us for the review of Ghana 🇬🇭during #CRPD31 ⏰19 August: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET 📺webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k… ⏰20 August: 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM CET 📺webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k… 📍United Nations Geneva

📚Today, ICJ & Validity Foundation released the Model Bench Book to support justice professionals in protecting the rights of persons with #disabilities in criminal proceedings. This EU-first resource is a big step towards accessible justice for all! 👉icj.org/resource/model…

We are proud to release this important Model Bench Book on Rights of persons with #disabilities in criminal proceedings! Huge thanks for the great collaboration and expertise to colleagues Validity Foundation Tim Fish Wilson Macharia 🍀 Plena inclusión Forum for Human Rights

This week, our Legal Adviser Wilson Macharia has been at the African Disability Forum (ADF)'s African Disability Conference! 🗣️ On Day 1, he moderated an exciting panel exploring how the African Disability Protocol can set a global standard for disability inclusion 🌍 #DisabilityRights

📢Take a look at the blog symposium & initiatives we co-convened with Harvard University Petri-Flom Center on the #PHE Principles, co-edited by @RoojinHabibi, @AliciaElyYamin and Tim Fish, feat. diverse expert perspectives on key issues raised by the Principles👇icj.org/principles-and…

In September, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser Tim Fish joined other disability rights experts at the Human Rights Foundation ReDo’s conference on on ending #PsychiatricCoercion📹Watch his insightful talk on the role of courts, which is now available here: youtube.com/watch?v=rsaShb…

Catch me on Bluesky though I don't promise to be exceptionally active there either: bsky.app/profile/timfis…

Power out on 7th avenue Melville @CityPowerJhb

Today, ICJ & Thulani Maseko Foundation, are hosting a launch to present findings of ICJ's report "No Situation is Permanent" on the independence of judges & lawyers in #Eswatini 🇸🇿 This event coincides with the 2-year anniversary of #ThulaniMaseko's killing. 🔗 icj.org/resource/eswat…

📌🇰🇪 Today, the ICJ in collaboration with GI-ESCR | giescr.bsky.social and the Mathare Community Education Taskforce, is co-organizing a workshop on strategic litigation for the right to #education and calls on #Kenyan authorities to regulate public schools in Mabatini and Ngei wards of Mathare (1/2)

Join us for “The Independence of Judges and Lawyers in #Africa”—a special engagement w/ UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, hosted by ICJ & UP Law 🗓11 April 2025 | 09:00–16:30 SAST 📍Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria

Enormously grateful to International Commission of Jurists - Africa for the opportunity to speak in #Eswatini this weekend and to exchange with impressive lawyers working to uphold the rule of law. Lawyers continue their work in the face of fear, especially after the killing of Thulani Maseko in 2023. I share

The International Commission of Jurists has sent a communication to the CIJ_ICJ to urge the Court to investigate allegations relating to statements attributed to ICJ Vice-President Sebutinde in 🇿🇦 South Africa v. 🇮🇱 Israel👇 shorturl.at/zKqWp #IndependenceOfTheJudiciary