On Friday 18 June, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) launched a publication called “Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes …
Open civil society letter thanking ICC Prosecutor Bensouda for service
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice proudly joins 78 human rights organizations in sending a letter of gratitude to the outgoing International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, for her many years of service to the Court and for the progress made …
NPWJ and WIGJ submission on the ICC OTP Draft Policy on Cultural Heritage
On 16 April 2021, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) and Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ) responded to a call by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to provide written comments on its Draft Policy on Cultural …
WIGJ joins 70+ organisations in calling for the Biden administration to immediately reset U.S. policy regarding the ICC and lift sanctions against ICC officials
On February 17th, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice joined over 70 Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Groups, and Academic Institutions to call for the Biden Administration to rescind executive order 13928, authorizing sanctions against ICC personnel. The executive order put in place …
Karim Khan elected next Prosecutor of the ICC
On Friday 12 February 2021, following a nearly 18-month identification and selection process, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute elected Mr Karim Khan as the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr Khan was …
Trailblazing ICC Judgment on SGBC – Ongwen verdict advances international accountability for forced marriage and forced pregnancy
On Thursday 4 February 2021, Dominic Ongwen was convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 61 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Prosecution had placed sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) at the heart of the case, …
Conclusion #WhyIDidntReport Twitter Campaign
On Friday, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and ATLAS concluded the #WhyIDidntReport Twitter campaign, which highlighted chronic underreporting of workplace misconduct at international justice institutions. The campaign has shed light on the vast scale of underreporting, which has regrettably been …
#WhyIDidntReport Twitter campaign launch: highlighting chronic underreporting of workplace misconduct at international justice institutions
Today, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and the ATLAS network launched an awareness-raising Twitter campaign to highlight the scale of workplace misconduct (including sexual harassment, bullying, abuse of authority, corruption, racism, ableism, homophobia, sexual assault, and other forms of …
Defining the ‘Sexual’ in Sexual Violence – a guest post by Ruby Mae Axelson, Maria Carolina Espitia Becerra and Veena Suresh
While significant advances have been made in international criminal law (‘ICL’) towards accountability for sexual violence, if we are to do better at addressing this ongoing human rights crisis we must focus our attention on some of the most critical …
WIGJ remarks at the ICC NGO roundtables on workplace misconduct and the critical challenge of chronic underreporting, from the perspective of complainants
On 23 November 2020, WIGJ consultant Danya Chaikel made the following remarks during the online ICC NGO roundtables to ICC officials from all organs, and NGOs from the Coalition for the ICC: I would like to say a few words …