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The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has submitted a report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in response to the call for inputs on the mandate’s strategic priorities for 2026–2029. Drawing on its documentation of violations in Egypt and Sudan, CFJ urged the mandate to prioritize the criminalization of independent journalism and peaceful online expression, attacks on information during armed conflict, and transnational repression against journalists and human rights defenders in exile. The submissions will inform the Special Rapporteur’s vision-setting report to the Human Rights Council in June 2027. On Egypt, the report highlights the combined use of cybercrime, counter-terrorism and media regulation laws to prosecute journalists, independent fact-checkers and people expressing peaceful views online. It points to vaguely defined accusations of “spreading false news,” restrictive licensing practices and widespread website blocking. Among the recent cases cited are the arrests of six journalists from the Matsadaash fact-checking platform in September 2026, followed by allegations of enforced disappearance, torture and coerced confessions. CFJ also recalls the 27 October judgment against Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, imposing an EGP 3 million fine and ordering the outlet’s closure and...

8 Orienteers have a non-blank Plan during the current turn. I might not be able to process the turn immediately (I’m a little busy at the moment and at least one rules fix is needed – vote for the CFJ, or propose an alternative if you think it doesn’t work).

It turns out that I should not have processed the previous turn, as a player submitted an illegal Route and neither they nor I noticed until after I’d already processed the turn (and I made a mistake writing my program that checks for illegal routes, causing it to also miss the problem). I may be restricted in what I can say due to sealed-information rules, so I’ll let the player in question explain what happened, and then we can try to come up with a CFJ to recover.

Les agents de la justice impliqués dans le reclassement suite à la formation certifiante du Centre de Formation Judiciaire (CFJ)

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SRF-Kommentator Hans Jucker (†65) stirbt 2011 kurz nach seiner Pensionierung. Jetzt wird bekannt: Er war ein verurteilter Sexual-Straftäter.

“the Peerless Pressurer” CfJ was enacted. You are now free to name-and-shame those who have not yet submitted a Plan.

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If the Referee’s vote is AGAINST this CfJ, do nothing observable. Otherwise: Add a new Dynastic Rule, “Reminders”: The Deadline is 17:00 UTC on 2026-11-01, if no Turns have been processed yet, otherwise 72 hours after the beginning of the current Turn. If the Proposal “Naismith’s Rule” authored on 2026-10-25 has been enacted, any player may replace the number 72 in the previous sentence of this rule with the number of hours determined by that proposal, then repeal this sentence. An Orienteer is Late if all the following are true: it is past the Deadline that Orienteer has not submitted a legal Plan during this turn that Orienteer has not been sent a Reminder within the last 48 hours that Orienteer did not become Unidle within the last 48 hours A Reminder is a message, sent by the Referee to a Late Orienteer, that communicates to that Orienteer their obligation to submit a Plan this turn. Whenever Late Orienteers exist, the Referee should at their earliest convenience send each of them a Reminder. An Orienteer is Retired if they are Late and have been sent 2 Reminders this turn. The Referee should try to make the following information reasonably obvious to any Orienteer casually observing the BlogNomic website: when the Deadline is the fact that each Orienteer is expected to have submitted a legal Plan before the Deadline passes In “Plans”, make these alterations: The Referee may publicly state how many Orienteers have submitted a Plan during the current turn.the following information:how many Orienteers have submitted a Plan during the current turn how many Reminders have been sent to each Orienteer this turn Once the Referee publicly states in a blog post or comment that all Orienteers have submitted a plan during the current turn,all non-Retired Orienteers have submitted a legal plan during the current turn, the Referee must publicly state as such in a blog post or comment, after which Plans for that turn can no longer be changed. The Referee then processes the turn by performing the following atomic action: Post a blog post or comment that, for each non-Retired Orienteer, specifies that Orienteer, the number of Control Points For each non-Retired Orienteer whose Route’s runnable portion ends in a Pit Trap

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) participated in the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), held in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho, during which Libya’s initial report on the implementation of its obligations under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was considered. This review represents the first comprehensive formal assessment of Libya’s implementation of its obligations before the African Committee since the country ratified the Charter on 23 September 2000. Libya was required to submit its initial report within two years of ratification, in 2002, but the report was not submitted until January 2026. Accordingly, the review took place after a delay of approximately 24 years from the deadline for submitting Libya’s initial report—not 24 years after a previous review. The ACERWC officially listed Libya’s submission as an initial report among the State Party reports considered during its 48th Ordinary Session. CFJ considers the review itself an important step, particularly given the impact of armed conflict, institutional fragmentation, displacement, irregular migration, and the deterioration of public services on children in Libya. However, the value of this process will ultimately be determined by the legislative, institutional,...

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) participated in the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), held in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho, during which Libya’s initial report on the implementation of its obligations under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was considered. This review represents the first comprehensive formal assessment of Libya’s implementation of its obligations before the African Committee since the country ratified the Charter on 23 September 2000. Libya was required to submit its initial report within two years of ratification, in 2002, but the report was not submitted until January 2026. Accordingly, the review took place after a delay of approximately 24 years from the deadline for submitting Libya’s initial report—not 24 years after a previous review. The ACERWC officially listed Libya’s submission as an initial report among the State Party reports considered during its 48th Ordinary Session. CFJ considers the review itself an important step, particularly given the impact of armed conflict, institutional fragmentation, displacement, irregular migration, and the deterioration of public services on children in Libya. However, the value of this process will ultimately be determined by the legislative, institutional,...

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses its deep concern over the closure of the United Nations Human Rights Office in Burkina Faso, warning of its potentially serious implications for human rights protection, independent monitoring, documentation of violations, and access to protection and remedies for victims. CFJ considers the presence of a UN human rights office an important institutional safeguard for monitoring violations, documenting abuses, promoting accountability, and supporting human rights protection mechanisms, particularly amid the country’s ongoing security and human rights challenges. The closure risks weakening independent monitoring, limiting cooperation with human rights defenders and civil society organisations, and further undermining efforts to combat impunity. CFJ stresses that Burkina Faso’s international human rights obligations remain in force, regardless of the presence or closure of a UN office in the country. Accordingly, the Committee for Justice calls on: The authorities of Burkina Faso to maintain cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms and uphold their international human rights obligations. The United Nations to ensure that the closure does not create a protection and monitoring gap, and to maintain effective and independent mechanisms for assessing the human rights situation. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to continue monitoring...

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses its deep concern over the closure of the United Nations Human Rights Office in Burkina Faso, warning of its potentially serious implications for human rights protection, independent monitoring, documentation of violations, and access to protection and remedies for victims. CFJ considers the presence of a UN human rights office an important institutional safeguard for monitoring violations, documenting abuses, promoting accountability, and supporting human rights protection mechanisms, particularly amid the country’s ongoing security and human rights challenges. The closure risks weakening independent monitoring, limiting cooperation with human rights defenders and civil society organisations, and further undermining efforts to combat impunity. CFJ stresses that Burkina Faso’s international human rights obligations remain in force, regardless of the presence or closure of a UN office in the country. Accordingly, the Committee for Justice calls on: The authorities of Burkina Faso to maintain cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms and uphold their international human rights obligations. The United Nations to ensure that the closure does not create a protection and monitoring gap, and to maintain effective and independent mechanisms for assessing the human rights situation. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to continue monitoring...

25 October 2026 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses its deep concern over the continued impunity in Chad, four years after the violent crackdown on demonstrations that took place on 20 October 2022. The events resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people, the arrest of more than 1,300 individuals, and the disappearance of at least 40 others, alongside numerous documented cases of torture, injuries, and other serious human rights violations. On 20 October 2022, security forces violently suppressed demonstrations in N’Djamena and several other cities, including Moundou, Doba, Koumra, and Sar. Protesters had taken to the streets to oppose the extension of the military transitional period and demand a return to constitutional order. Security forces reportedly used excessive force, including live ammunition, arbitrary arrests, and torture. Hundreds of detainees, including minors, were subsequently transferred to the high-security Koro Toro prison. Despite the gravity of these violations, meaningful judicial accountability remains absent four years later. In December 2024, ten victims, supported by the Chadian Human Rights League (LTDH), the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and the Judicial Action Group of SOS-Torture in Africa, filed a criminal complaint against approximately twenty political, security, and military officials who held positions of responsibility...

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses its deep concern over the continued uncertainty surrounding the date of trade union elections in Egypt, as the current trade union term approaches its expiry following a six-month extension under Law No. 74 of 2026. With growing concerns over the possibility of a second postponement, CFJ warns that any further extension, in the absence of exceptional legal necessity and clear, objective, and publicly disclosed justifications, could undermine workers’ right to freely elect their representatives and weaken the principles of trade union democracy and organisational independence. These concerns follow a series of developments affecting Egypt’s trade union electoral process throughout 2026. Elections for the new trade union term were originally expected to take place following the conclusion of the 2022–2026 term. However, in April 2026, the Supreme Council for Social Dialogue in the Field of Labour recommended extending the current term by an additional six months, citing scheduling conflicts between the electoral process and several regional and international labour conferences and events. Following this recommendation, the Egyptian Cabinet approved a draft law extending the trade union term, which was subsequently adopted by the House of Representatives in May 2026. Law No. 74 of 2026, published...

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