Global Initiative Against Impunity

January 1, 2004 2 min.

The Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work is a four-year, European Union–co-funded partnership among nine civil society organizations and two associate partners.

Together, the consortium works to address the global rise in impunity by advancing accountability for grave crimes — including genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, the crime of aggression, and serious human rights violations such as torture and enforced disappearance.

Each partner contributes its regional and thematic expertise to strengthen inclusive, survivor-centered justice processes. The initiative focuses on 27 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, while promoting accountability and atrocity prevention worldwide.

The partnership includes:

  • Civil Rights Defenders
  • Coalition for the International Criminal Court
  • European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
  • Impunity Watch
  • International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
  • Parliamentarians for Global Action
  • REDRESS
  • TRIAL International
  • Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice

The coalition is supported by the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and the International Commission of Jurists.

The initiative’s strategy is guided by a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and gender-responsive approach, rooted in feminist principles of equality and justice.

What We Do as a GIAI Partner

As a consortium member, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice brings feminist legal expertise and survivor-centered advocacy to ensure gender justice remains integral to global accountability efforts.

WIGJ leads the gender participatory process within the Global Initiative Against Impunity, ensuring that gender-competent and intersectional approaches guide all consortium activities. We contribute feminist legal and policy expertise to research, reports, and dialogues, and we are developing an internal guidance note on gender-competent and intersectional approaches for GIAI partners.

Our team also contributes to the creation of a survivor engagement protocol, advancing trauma-informed and ethical practices for collaboration across the consortium.