PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 3 July 2026 - A side event held on the margins of the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council called for urgent scrutiny of the United States’ use of emergency powers, sanctions, extraterritorial enforcement and non-cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms. The event, entitled “Emergency Powers, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the United States: Article 4 of the ICCPR, Transnational Repression and Extraterritorial Accou

PRESS RELEASE Geneva and Tashkent, 3 July 2026 — Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) and the TOLEGRO Attorneys at Law Bureau submitted a joint request to the Ombudsman of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ms Feruza Farkhodovna Eshmatova, on 29 June 2026, seeking a human rights intervention in the case of imprisoned lawyer Abdulaziz Razzokov. The submission was prepared in the interests of Mr Razzokov by attorney Jasur Mavlyankariev and Sharof Azizov, Executive Director of JPTi,

On 2 July 2026, at 11:00, Justice pour Tous Internationale (JPTi) will participate in a side event during the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event, entitled “Emergency Powers, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the United States: Article 4 ICCPR, Transnational Repression and Extraterritorial Accountability,” will take place in Room XI. The full concept paper and the short concept note prepared for the event are available for

JPTi Legal Review of the Law in Light of International Human Rights Standards 27 June 2026 Executive Summary Concerns and grievances raised by Uyghur diaspora organisations, affected communities and human rights advocates, including those reflected in the framing “China’s New Law on ‘Ethnic Unity’ - A Threat to Human Rights and Cultural Survival,” deserve careful legal attention. These concerns relate to the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress of the People’s Republic

Who Acts When International Law Is Disregarded? On 1 July 2026, the Geneva launch of PILF, Promotion of International Law through Film, will feature the screening of “The Mandate: for whom international law matters”, a documentary by Stefan G. Ziegler that raises one of the most urgent questions facing the international legal order today: can international law remain meaningful when legal obligations are recognised, but political will to implement them is absent? Justice pour