Environment Protection and Human Rights Law: A Swiss Case

Environment Protection and Human Rights Law: A Swiss Case

Can human rights law protect the environment? What can the law do to face climate change? Reflections from a Swiss case pending before the European Court of Human Rights

The case of Osman Kavala: a victim of Turkey's (in)justice system

Listen to the online talk by the International Commission of Jurists on the case by the European Court of Human Rights of Osman Kavala v Turkey and the challenges to its implementation at international and national level. Date of the event: 29 November 2021 The talk features key experts:  - Professor Başak Çalı, Co-Director, Centre for Fundamental Rights, Hertie School - Ayşe Bingöl, Project Co-Director at Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project - Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey Director, Human Rights Watch - Kerem Altiparmak, International Commission of Jurists Moderated by Massimo Frigo, Senior Legal Adviser for the ICJ Europe and Central Asia Programme

A landmark decision for children rights and juvenile justice in Europe

Listen to our interview to Karolina Babicka on the landmark decision by the European Committee of Social Rights in ICJ v. Czech Republic that will significantly impact the rights of children in conflict with the law

The fight against impunity for gross human rights violations in international law

Lecture by Professor Juan E. Mendez, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

The Role of Truth and Justice in Latin America Transition Processes

Lecture by Wilder Tayler, chairperson of Uruguay's National Human Rights Institution and former Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists