On 2 December 2020, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice joined seventeen other NGOs in calling on States Parties to the Rome Statute to ensure a fair, transparent, and merit-based election process of the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. …
How to break the ICC’s circular definition of sexual violence – a guest post by Wayne Jordash
It is nearly a year since The Hague Principles on Sexual Violence were published. They were designed to respond to a pressing issue in modern international criminal law – the systematic failure to listen and understand the views of survivors …
Statement to COJUR on the ICC Prosecutor election & ending the culture of sexual harassment and bullying at the ICC
The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice made a statement on the ICC Prosecutor Election at the meeting of the European Union’s Council Working Group on Public International Law, focused on the International Criminal Court (COJUR-ICC), on 3 November 2020. Alix …
Civil society statement on ICC Prosecutor election
The shortlist of candidates for the ICC Prosecutor election may be extended. We join a a number of NGOs in raising concerns about the deviation this represents from the Terms of Reference for the election of the Prosecutor as adopted …
Joint civil society statement ahead of the IER final report
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice joins ten NGOs in calling on the International Criminal Court and its states parties to maximize the unique opportunity provided by the final report of the Independent Expert Review. We recommend that in this process the …
Joint NGOs letter on the MLA Draft Convention
On 24 September 2020, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice joined nine other NGOs in welcoming a number of improvements made in the March 2020 version of the ‘Mutual Legal Assistance Initiative’ (MLA) Draft Convention, a new multilateral treaty for the …
Joint Civil Society Letter to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice joins the call to ensure Ukraine demonstrates its serious commitment to victims of international crimes and takes the necessary steps to fully align its domestic legislation with international criminal law and international humanitarian law, including …
Open Letter on the Need for Additional Vetting for ICC Prosecutor Nominees
On 11 September 2020, Women’s Initiatives joined the Open Society Justice Initiative in submitting an open letter to the Bureau of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Assembly of States Parties, asking for additional, robust vetting of all nominees for the …
Vacancy: Two Members of the Supervisory Board of Women’s Initiatives
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is looking for two new members of the supervisory board of the foundation. Women’s Initiatives is an international women’s human rights organisation that advocates for gender justice through the International Criminal Court and through …
Joint Civil Society Statement – Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: States Should Respect the Process They Established
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice joins more than 30 NGOs in urging States Parties to the Rome Statute to stand by their commitment to a transparent, merit-based, and free from political interference process for electing the next ICC Prosecutor. The …