The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, together with our more than 6,000 grassroots members and partners, express our strong concern and joins calls urging immediate action for the protection of the Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas, the Colombian women’s rights organisation. …
Statement from civil society in Bukavu | Déclaration de la Société Civile à Bukavu
Pour la version française, voir ci-dessous. On 20 November 2012, the city of Goma, capital of the North Kivu province in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was overtaken by the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) militia group. …
Launch of the Gender Report Card 2012
On 15 November 2012, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice launched the Gender Report Card on the International Criminal Court 2012, a Special Edition of the Gender Report Card on the International Criminal Court, during the eleventh session of the …
Ambassador Intelmann and international practitioners to speak at Symposium
Ambassador Tiina Intelmann, President of the Assembly of States Parties, will deliver a keynote speech at the Strengthening Gender Justice through International Prosecutions Symposium. On Thursday 6 September, Ambassador Intelmann will address the Symposium on the successes of the international …
Unique opportunity to hear from Chief Prosecutors
An historic gathering of the four Chief Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will open …
Women’s Initiatives and justice advocates welcome Special Gender Advisor appointment
The Board of Directors of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice along with other gender and international justice advocates warmly welcome the announcement by Prosecutor Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) appointing Brigid Inder as her Special Gender Advisor. …
Symposium – Strengthening Gender Justice through International Prosecutions
On 6 and 7 September 2012, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and UN Women will host the Strengthening Gender Justice through International Prosecutions Symposium. Bringing together key actors, including practitioners from the international courts and tribunals, experts in the …
ICC Prosecutor appoints Brigid Inder as Special Gender Advisor
Pour la version française, voir ci-dessous. On 21 August 2012, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the appointment of Brigid Inder, Executive Director of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, as the Special Gender Advisor. Read the press …
Special Issue #3 on Lubanga Judgement now available
The August 2012 Special Issue of Legal Eye on the ICC is now available. This Special Issue is the third in a series reporting on the first trial Judgement by Trial Chamber I in the case against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, …
First ICC reparations decision | Première décision de la CPI sur les réparations
Pour la version française, voir ci-dessous. Read the statement by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice on the first reparations decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC), issued on 7 August 2012 by Trial Chamber I in the case of …