Czech Republic: ICJ case in defense of children in juvenile justice continues
The ICJ submitted observations in a case brought with Forum for Human Rights, against the Czech Republic, in defense of children in the juvenile justice system. The submission is a reply to the...
View ArticleECSR declares ICJ’s collective complaint against the Czech Republic admissible
On 13 September, the European Committee of Social Rights decided on the admissibility of the collective complaint submitted by the ICJ and Forum for Human Rights, against the Czech Republic. The...
View ArticleECSR: ICJ responds to Czech Government’s views on its juvenile justice system
The ICJ responded today to the observations of the Czech Government on the merits of the collective complaint brought against it earlier last year by the ICJ and Forum for Human Rights. The complaint...
View ArticleLack of access to a lawyer for children: Czech Republic in breach of the...
Today, the ICJ together with Forum for Human Rights submitted written information to the Committee against Torture ahead of its examination of the periodic report of the Czech Republic. The two...
View ArticleCzech Republic and Slovakia: Training on the rights of children suspected or...
Today, the ICJ in collaboration with Forum for Human Rights (FORUM) is holding an online training seminar on the rights of children who are suspected or accused of violating the law within the European...
View ArticleCzech Republic: ICJ and Forum for Human Rights celebrate landmark European...
All children regardless of their age must have access to procedural rights when they are accused of criminal acts, the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights decided in a landmark case...
View ArticleCzech Republic & Slovakia: children suspected or accused of violating the law...
It is important to involve children suspected or accused of breaching the law, in the proceedings in a rights-based way, agreed judges, prosecutors and probation officers during a seminar for Czech and...
View ArticleIreland and Czech Republic: Judges discuss procedural guarantees for migrants...
Judges must view safe country of origin designations with caution and need to make sure individual cases are properly assessed in asylum procedures, judges and experts said during a seminar for Irish...
View ArticleEU: Recommendations on the individual assessment of children in conflict with...
Protection of the human rights of children in conflict with the law should be at the heart of the individual assessment process required by EU law, the International Commission of Jurists and Forum for...
View ArticleCzechia: ICJ and Forum for Human Rights submission to the Committee on...
Czechia should take steps to reform the existing child justice system in a way that provides children with mandatory legal representation from their very first contact with the law, with a wide range...
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