Our Voices Matter, co-produced by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and six local DRC partners in collaboration with WITNESS, features interviews with women victims/survivors of rape and other forms of sexual violence from North Kivu, South Kivu and Province Orientale. …
Statement for International Women’s Day 2015
Today, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD), together with our 6,000 grassroots partners, associates and members, the majority of whom are living in armed conflict countries with situations under investigation by the International Criminal Court …
ICC issues first appeal judgment on reparations in the Lubanga case
Today, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its first judgment on reparations for victims in the case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga). The Appeals Chamber held that the Trial Chamber committed a number of errors in …
Statement on Dominic Ongwen’s initial appearance before the ICC
Today, Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ongwen is the first suspect in the Uganda Situation to appear before the Court. The ICC Prosecutor alleges …
Statement on transfer of LRA commander to the ICC
The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, its partners, members and associates in north and north eastern Uganda and West Nile, as well as partners in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic (CAR), all countries affected …
Launch of the Gender Report Card 2014
On 10 December 2014, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice launched the Gender Report Card on the International Criminal Court 2014, Anniversary Edition, during the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) 13th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) in New …
ICC’s Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
On 7 December 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched its Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes, at UN Headquarters in New York. Speakers included: HE Ms Catherine Samba-Panza, President of the Central African …
ICC Judges uphold conviction of Lubanga
Pour la version française, voir ci-dessous. Today, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its first ever appeal judgment in the case against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga). The Appeals Chamber upheld, by majority, Lubanga’s conviction and 14 …
Critique of Katanga’s acquittal for sexual violence charges
On 11 June 2014, Brigid Inder, Executive Director of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice gave a speech on an expert panel at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict held in London, UK. During the panel titled, …
Ground-breaking case for the ICC reaches closing stages
Tomorrow, the closing oral statements are commencing in the case against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (Bemba) before Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC). ‘The Bemba Trial has broken new ground for the ICC, with evidence of sexual violence …