GICJ positions and opinions

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

February the 6th every year marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. A day dedicated to to raising awareness about the harmful traditional practice of female ...

The 42nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review: Gabon Continues to Significantly Improve Human Rights Conditions

On Tuesday, 24th of January, Gabon presented its report during the 42nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review. During the review, United Nations member states of the Human Rights Council were able ...

4th UPR cycle: Peru faces serious concerns about human rights violations during the ongoing protests.

During the previous cycle, Peru faced 177 recommendations from 69 different delegations for the period under review ...

Human Rights Suppression in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet under the Chinese Communist Party

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949 by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Since then, the CCP has held a monopoly on power for 73 years. In this record, there ...

𝐔𝐏𝐑 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 : 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.

On the 23rd of January 2023, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council conducted its fourth periodic review of the human rights situation in ...