“What concrete steps can Member States take to support the integrity, independence, and effective use of institutions such as the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court—particularly when the Security Council is unable to act?” - @rebeccaashoot.bsky.social

The 1st session of the #CAH #PrepCom is over and the ImPact Coalition on Strengthening Intl Judicial Institutions commends the successful conclusion of the first #PrepCom on an essential Crimes against Humanity treaty.

Last week at the #PrepCom for the crimes against humanity treaty, our Co-Convener Rebecca Shoot called on states to adopt a treaty that retains a gender-forward, victim-and survivor-centric architecture - and advocated for the addition of the slave trade to the treaty.

2/2 Today, LIE reaffirms its commitment to establish a convention promoting: - all atrocity crimes are at the same level - existing intl. criminal law and #ICC provisions - the role of the ICJ to settle disputes amongst states - the meaningful participation of civil society

1/2 LIE is proud to participate for the next two weeks in the historical preparatory committee on a convention on crimes against humanity. This convention will fill a legal gap on states’ responsibility to prevent and punish CaH - showing that no hierarchy exists between the most serious crimes

🇺🇳 As states discuss a future #CrimesAgainstHumanity convention, we urge parliamentarians to engage their governments to support a #humanrights-based treaty that complements the #RomeStatute and ensures justice for victims and survivors. ⚖️ https://legal.un.org/diplomaticconferences/cah/prepcom.shtml

Over the next two weeks, the CAH Initiative will be sharing daily summaries as it follows the work of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. sites.wustl.edu/crimesagains...

In a chaotic world, it's so important to keep working to move the needle forward. I'm in New York for the next important phase on the Crimes Against Humanity treaty - two week session of the Preparatory Committee for the #CAH Conference has kicked off - laying the framework for treaty negotiations.

And one year later, last Friday the sixth committee set the date for the second prepcom. First prepcom com begins January 19! #CAHTreatyNow

Today, the ImPact Coalition on Strengthening Intl Judicial Institutions was honored to participate in PrepCom on Crimes Against Humanity treaty & welcomes states' emphasis - eg #Switzerland #Mexico #Liechtenstein #France #EU #Romania - of importance of civil society in process.