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[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

📢7 years in prison on baseless charges and two ignored @ECHR_CEDH rulings—Kavala’s case reflects Türkiye’s political control over the judiciary. @ICJ_org @hrw & @TR_Litigation urge his immediate release.

Read the third-party intervention here: https://t.co/6n0wc8NpeY

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

🚩New blog post on Opinio Juris! The Council of Europe’s new AI Convention seeks to ensure the life cycle of the AI is consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Read more: https://t.co/rzQZKVIXlV
#AI #HumanRights #CouncilOfEurope #Convention 🌍💡

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

Today, @DEI_Belgique and @ICJ_org hold a strategic litigation training in Belgium🇧🇪
@maaikevanderbru introduces the Belgian context of immigration detention of children including family units, non-coercive measures and violation of children’s rights
@JRS_Belgium
@EU_Commission

[Karolína Babická @KarolinaBabicka]

Hearing from @maaikevanderbru about families in return houses in Belgium: The officials can enter the house anytime, one parent must always stay at the house, children are not heard by the authorities..

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

Ending this first day training with @KarolinaBabicka
discussing the broader context of strategic litigation – advocacy, communication, alliance-building – to challenge detention of migrant children successfully

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

Santiago A. Canton, @icj_org Secretary General speaking about the universality of #humanrights, the need to implement international human rights standards at the national level, and bringing examples of landmark cases of the @IACourtHR.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

Starting the second day with Patricia Schulz @icj_org giving a detailed overview of all UN Treaty bodies recommendations to #Tajikistan regarding violence against #women.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

“The definition of rape needs to be changed to include lack of consent, legal aid for women victims of violence should be mandatory, and justice actors must receive compulsory gender-based violence training,” Dilbar Turakhanova on the preliminary findings of the ongoing research.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

“According to the Constitution of Tajikistan, international legal acts recognized by Tajikistan are a constituent part of the legal system. In case of disparity between national and international law, international acts apply,” highlights Patricia Schulz, @ICJ_org Commissioner.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

We are starting our Expert roundtable today in Dushanbe, #Tajikistan, on Access to justice for #women. Looking forward to discussions with experts from the Ministries, the General Prosecutor, the Supreme Court, judges and lawyers, civil society and international organizations.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

We are discussing legal education in Tajikistan, especially for women, specific vulnerabilities of women survivors of gender-based violence, and the role of the ombudsperson´s office. @icj_org

#accesstojustice for #women

@UNDPTJK

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

Today we start the mission of the @ICJ_org to #Tajikistan regarding access to justice of #women – survivors of gender-based violence, with meetings with civil society, UN Women, OHCHR and the Committee on Women of Tajikistan.

[ICJ @ICJ_org]

@ICJ_ECA ICJ Senior Legal Advisor Kerem Altiparmak joins the @EuropeanLawInst discussion on the impact of KlimaSeniorinnen & Associated Rulings👉https://t.co/ZQzGbh6SP1

[ICJ @ICJ_org]

@ICJ_ECA, the East-West Management Institute (EWMI) & the Higher School of Judges (HSJ) under the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of #Uzbekistan, launched an international human rights law course for future judges➡https://t.co/HM6yThYj0E #IHRL

[ICJ @ICJ_org]

@ICJ_ECA #Uzbekistan ICJ legal advisor @KurolovaD met UK Foreign Minister David Cameron to discuss human rights and the #RuleOfLaw on his trip to the Central Asian country.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

Montenegro: the @ICJ_org concludes a mission on the independence, organisation and functioning of the judiciary

Read more👉https://t.co/l3hC6elirU

[Karolína Babická @KarolinaBabicka]

#Montenegro facing multiple challenges these days, systemic changes in the #judiciary are ongoing and need further fine-tuning.

Thank you @GACrnaGora for working with us on this @ICJ_org mission as part of a joint project.

[ICJ Europe @EuropeIcj]

The @ICJ_org is meeting the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office, the Ombudsperson and other experts in #Montenegro this week, working on an assessment of the situation of the judiciary 🇲🇪

[EU in UZBEKISTAN @EU_Tashkent]

🔜 Based on the outcomes of the “Protection of rights of artistic expression and other cultural rights & diversity in Uzbekistan” International Expert Discussion held at @ilkhom_theater @ICJ_ECA will present a briefing paper 📑
🔗Find more on the event 👉 https://t.co/ENzL2udcvU

[Dilfuza Kurolova @KurolovaD]

@Diyora_Rafi @EU_Tashkent @UzbYuksalish @ilkhom_theater @ICJ_ECA @EUambUz @Bbobur Yes
We had Bukhara and Samarkand. Many independent experts, fem communities, arts activists participated.

Again, it’s the 1st attempt. Hope other organizations also can do such discussions.

We are just few people trying to raise human rights issues (I mean me & the team)