The Rome Statute is the first instrument of international criminal law to expressly include crimes of sexual violence. However, jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) highlights the need for a working definition of what sexual violence could entail. Specifically, the ICC Legal framework lacks a …
En développant une définition ouvrable d’un « acte de violence sexuelle »
Le Statut de Rome est le premier instrument du droit pénal international à inclure expressément les crimes de violence sexuelle. Cependant, la jurisprudence de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) souligne la nécessité d’une définition ouvrable de ce que la violence …
Desarrollando una definición operativa de un “acto de violencia sexual”
El Estatuto de Roma es el primer instrumento del derecho penal internacional que incluye expresamente los delitos de violencia sexual. Sin embargo, la jurisprudencia de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) resalta la necesidad de una definición operativa de lo que podría implicar la …
Blog: Forced Relationships: Prosecutorial Discretion as a Pathway to Survivor-Centric Justice
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice’s own Siobhan Hobbs (Legal and Programme Director) and Andrea Raab (former Legal Intern) published a blog post on Opinio Juris on the appropriate legal characterisation of forced relationships in conflict, and the importance of prosecutorial discretion for a victim-centric approach. Read …
Overturn of 1st ICC conviction for crimes of sexual violence
On 8 June 2018, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), by a 3-2 majority, acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (Bemba). The Appeal Judgment overturned his conviction handed down unanimously in March 2016 for two counts of crimes against …
Blog: The Prosecutor’s Request for a Ruling on the ICC’s Jurisdiction over the Deportation of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh: A Gender Perspective
Today, Andrea Raab, our Legal Intern, and Siobhan Hobbs, our Senior Legal Officer, published a blog post on EJIL: Talk! – Blog of the European Journal of International Law. The post provides a gender perspective on the Prosecutor’s recent request for a ruling …
Statement on the Al Hassan Surrender to the ICC and Charges of Forced Marriage
The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is encouraged by the surrender to the International Criminal Court of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud (Al Hassan), suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Mali. Al Hassan …
Powerful declaration at UNSC from our DRC partner
On 19 March 2018, Jeanine Bandu Bahati, Coordinator of the local women’s rights organisation Encadrement des Femmes Indigènes et des Ménages Vulnérables (EFIM) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), addressed the UN Security Council during a briefing on …
March 2018 issue of Legal Eye on the ICC now available
The March 2018 issue of Legal Eye on the International Criminal Court (ICC) is now available. In the Legal Eye on the ICC, we provide summaries and gender analysis of judicial decisions and other legal developments at the ICC, and …
Statement for International Women’s Day 2018
Today, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD), together with our grassroots partners, associates and members, the majority of whom are living in countries with armed conflict. On IWD we applaud the courage of the many …