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🪩🎄 What’s new at the ICJ? Our final 2025 human rights update Explore our latest initiatives and events before the year wraps up: 🔗
mailchi.mp/icj/discover...
✨🔮 Happy holidays from all of us, and best wishes for a wonderful start to the new year!
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🪩🎄 What’s new at the ICJ? Our final 2025 human rights update Explore our latest initiatives and events before the year wraps up: 🔗
mailchi.mp/icj/discover...
✨🔮 Happy holidays from all of us, and best wishes for a wonderful start to the new year!
13 days ago
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15 days ago
Missed
@icjurists.bsky.social
webinar on procedural rights of migrant and refugee children in legal proceedings? 🎥The recording is available here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gau1...
#ChildVOICE
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UN
#HRC
: ICJ deplores the deterioration of the human rights situation in Venezuela following the 2024 elections, and calls on the Council to ensure the work of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission is enabled by allocating adequate resources. 🔗 Learn more:
www.icj.org/un-hrc-icj-s...
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UN HRC: ICJ Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela | ICJ
United Nations Human Rights Council Intersessional Activity Oral statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the interactive
https://www.icj.org/un-hrc-icj-statement-on-the-human-rights-situation-in-venezuela/
15 days ago
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🌍⚖️ What’s at stake for civic space under
#UN80
? At a @fesonline.bsky.social-ICJ conference, speakers stressed civic space is essential to the
#RuleOfLaw
,
#HumanRights
& democratic legitimacy. Civil society brings truth, evidence & accountability to the UN—and must remain central 📹
shorturl.at/fgStU
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FES-ICJ High-Level Conference: The role of civil society in the UN80 Initiative | ICJ
What is the role of civil society in multilateral spaces? What is at stake for civic space under the UN80 reforms? As we reflected on Human Right
https://shorturl.at/fgStU
17 days ago
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17 days ago
Register for the
@icjurists.bsky.social
webinar on inclusive participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Discover how international & EU legal frameworks guarantee their right to be heard and inclusive justice 📅14 January 🕚11:00-12:30 ✍Register
forms.office.com/e/6FgdDQtGkL
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🌍⚖️ On
#HumanRightsDay
, ICJ President Carlos Ayala Corao analyzes the systemic
#barriers
obstructing
#justice
for grave human rights violations in
#LatinAmerica
, urging action: 📹
www.icj.org/carlos-ayala...
#RuleOfLaw
#HumanRights
#AccessToJustice
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Carlos Ayala: The battle for the rule of law in Latin America | ICJ
In an exclusive interview, Carlos Ayala, President of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), analyzes the systemic barriers obstructing j
https://www.icj.org/carlos-ayala-the-battle-for-the-rule-of-law-in-latin-america/
22 days ago
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⚖️✊🌱 On
#HumanRightsDay
&
#HumanRightsDefendersDay
, we honor
#EqualityForAll
& the courage of those defending it everywhere. 📢📅 In
#Geneva
tomorrow? Come join us! 👇
shorturl.at/Fg1iS
#InclusionMatters
#16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV
#UNiTE
#EndDigitalViolence
#DisabilityRights
#StandUp4HumanRights
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The role of civil society in the UN at 80
High-Level Conference on the Role of Civil Society in the UN at 80 on the occasion of the 2025 International Human Rights Defenders and International Human Rights Days
https://geneva.fes.de/e/default-362cf49f8e682f330a126f6ab2357518.html
22 days ago
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🛠️✊ Your support fuels real change. Stand with those who defend rights. On Human Rights Day, support justice for all survivors and victims worldwide. Donate at either 👇 ✨ USD:
every.org/ICJ
or ✨ CHF:
app.spheriq.ch/organisation/international-commission-of-jurists
#HumanRightsDay
#GivingTuesday
22 days ago
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⚖️ When courts are silenced, survivors are too Attacks on the
#ruleoflaw
directly harm
#WomenAndGirls
, specially if they have disabilities: 📹
youtu.be/MvMGDvAejGU
✊Stand with those who defend rights:
www.icj.org/donate/
#16DaysOfActivism
#AccessToJustice
#InclusionMatters
#DisabilityRights
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16 days against GBV & Disability Rights: H.E. UN S.R. Heba Hagrass
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtu.be/MvMGDvAejGU
24 days ago
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⚖️ Many persons with
#disabilities
' — especially women& girls' —
#legalcapacity
is still not recognized, leading to harmful practices such as forced
#institutionalization
or medication: 📹
youtube.com/shorts/jXHIs...
#AccessToJustice
#IDPD2025
#InclusionMatters
#DisabilityRights
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The Kathmandu Declaration on Persons with Disabilities
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtube.com/shorts/jXHIsyQDHhw
28 days ago
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⚖️ Karuna Parajuli highlights a critical issue faced by women and girls with disabilities when seeking access to the justice system — the struggle to obtain free legal aid. 📹
youtube.com/shorts/ic8tP...
#WomenAndGirls
#DisabilityRights
#AccessToJustice
#FreeLegalAid
#InclusionMatters
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Barriers to Access to Justice for Women and Girls with Disabilities
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtube.com/shorts/ic8tPerhFOw?feature=share
28 days ago
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♀️✊ICJ Laxmi Pokharel has no doubt: "The government needs to make digital violence a crime—now" 📹
shorturl.at/luCzg
#StopToDigitalViolence
#ProtectUsOnline
#DigitalSafety
#16Days
#WomenDefenders
#UNiTE
#OnlineProtection
#WomenAndGirls
#EndOnlineAbuse
#EndVAW
28 days ago
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1/5 ⚖️ H.E. Heba Hagrass, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: “Justice cannot be redefined without the full
#inclusion
of people with
#disabilities
, especially
#WomenAndGirls
”: 📹
youtu.be/MvMGDvAejGU
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16 days against GBV & Disability Rights: H.E. UN S.R. Heba Hagrass
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtu.be/MvMGDvAejGU
28 days ago
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Civitas Maxima
28 days ago
Senior Legal Counsel, Kristina Hon, joined justice practitioners from around the world at
@icjurists.bsky.social
’s closed Global Practitioners' Forum on Non-Criminal Justice & Redress held in 🇨🇭 for lively discussions on strengthening non-criminal accountability for serious human rights violations.
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⚖️🗣️ On
#IDPD2025
, ICJ Commissioner Lawrence Mute spotlighted the urgent need to implement the African Disability Protocol, especially when it comes to
#reasonableaccommodation
. 🪶🤝📹
youtu.be/YvSWSQ53rMM
#InclusionMatters
#DisabilityRights
#EqualOpportunities
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities: ICJ Commissioner Lawrence Mute
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtu.be/YvSWSQ53rMM
29 days ago
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⚖️ A bank challenged ICJ Legal Adviser Wilson Macharia's rights because of his
#disability
. He challenged them back—in court. And he won. Here's his story 👇 📹💡
shorturl.at/Nl4AI
#IDPD
#InclusionMatters
#DisabilityRights
#EqualOpportunities
#AccessibleWorld
#CelebrateAbilities
#RuleofLaw
29 days ago
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♀️✊"It is imperative to insist that
#States
protect everyone from the scourge of violence & break the vicious cycle of
#impunity
. Standards & tools already exist in intl HR law"-Juan Méndez
#16Days
#UNiTE
#WomenAndGirls
#EndVAW
#JusticeForAll
#OrangeTheWorld
#EndGBV
#NoWomanLeftBehind
#NoExcuse
about 1 month ago
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📢 Upcoming Webinar: Election-Related Laws and International/Regional Responses. Join us for this timely webinar to examine the implications of recent election law changes for Myanmar’s upcoming election. 🗓 Date: 8 December 2025 ⏰ Time: 5:00–7:00 PM (MMT) ✍️ Register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
about 1 month ago
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💻♀️✊#16daysForHerSafety
#OGBV
: The Harm We Don’t See 🤫Let's speak up & promote
#Accountability
&
#DigitalLiteracy
: silence enables abusers. Advocate Priya Gopalan sends a powerful message👇 📹
shorturl.at/mrOWN
#16Days
#DigitalSafety
#WomenDefenders
#UNiTE
#EndVAW
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
🚨Unaccompanied children must never be placed in asylum border procedures The
@icjurists.bsky.social
,
@savechildreneu.bsky.social
&
@supportkind.org
call on EU Member States to implement the new Asylum Procedures Regulation in a manner that guarantees the rights of children 👉
icj.org/eu-unaccompa...
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EU: Unaccompanied children must not be placed in asylum border procedures | ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Save the Children and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) have issued a joint legal opinion on Article
https://www.icj.org/eu-unaccompanied-children-must-not-be-placed-in-asylum-border-procedures/
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Lawyers for Justice in Libya
about 1 month ago
Tomorrow, we co-organise the side event “Cooperation to achieve justice for victims: the ICC in Libya” with
@ecchr.bsky.social
,
@icjurists.bsky.social
,
@lcw.ngo
&
@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
Please join us for an important conversation and stay tuned for more updates. Details below.
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♀️✊ During
#16Days
, Clara Sandoval reminds us that the fight against
#GBV
must include the survivors of conflict-related sexual violence —whose stories are too often overlooked. Their voices matter. Their
#justice
matters. Let's not look away.
#NoExcuse
#CRSV
#NoWomanLeftBehind
🎞️🎥shorturl.at/LCjY2
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16 days Against GBV: Clara Sandoval
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtube.com/shorts/YrD5pAdk8b4?feature=share
about 1 month ago
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💬⚖️🏛️ The
#Geneva
Forum on “Non-Criminal
#Justice
&
#Redress
” gathered global practitioners to discuss solutions to deliver restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, & guarantees of non-recurrence for
#victims
of human rights violations
#accountabilitynow
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Live
@icjurists.bsky.social
webinar with Kateřina Radová (Czech Government’s Office before the ECtHR) & Michail Christodoulou (ECtHR Registry), sharing first-hand practical insights on litigation before the
@echr.coe.int
against the detention of migrant children
#EndChildDetention
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#UN
Pre-session ahead of Nepal’s Universal Periodic Review in January 2026. CSOs & NHRIs presented their concerns & recommendations on transitional justice, human rights accountability, gender & disability rights. Our Nepalese colleagues were there representing ICJ.
about 1 month ago
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♀️✊
#16days
#disabilityrights
During the November session at the Second World Summit for Social Development in
#Doha
, ICJ and partners urged States to ensure
#accesstojustice
for
#women
and
#girls
with disabilities🔗👇
shorturl.at/VceTm
#NoWomanLeftBehind
#NoExcuse
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Qatar: States urged to ensure access to justice for women and girls with disabilities | ICJ
On 4 November 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with the Government of Finland, Forum for Women, Law and Deve
https://shorturl.at/VceTm
about 1 month ago
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1️⃣🧵#16days We spoke with Professor Rosa Celorio, director of the International Law Program at George Washington University, about the challenges, advances, and outstanding issues in the area of gender-based violence (GBV)👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-99...
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Violencia de género: justicia, leyes e impunidad
YouTube video by CIJ América Latina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-99tEnFaeA&t=1s
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Today
@icjurists.bsky.social
held a session in Tashkent on women’s rights, non-discrimination & CEDAW, stressing States’ duty to protect women and girls from violence and to ensure equal access to justice. Launching
#16Days
of Activism campaign.
#WomensRights
#CEDAW
#HumanRights
#Uzbekistan
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The ICJ and partners express deep concern over the ongoing judicial harassment of
#Pakistani
human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. Read the joint statement 👇
www.icj.org/end-the-judi...
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End the judicial persecution of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha | ICJ
Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Commis
https://www.icj.org/end-the-judicial-persecution-of-human-rights-lawyers-imaan-zainab-mazari-hazir-and-hadi-ali-chattha/
about 1 month ago
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💬🏛️ Judge Diana Vega Laguna: “Colombia implemented a novel model of
#transitional
#justice
with a restorative approach that puts victims at the center. This model seeks to restore social cohesion through dialogue between
#victims
and perpetrators, in pursuit of truth and reparation.”
#GenevaForum
about 1 month ago
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🏛️👨⚖️ICJ, in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of
#Uzbekistan
, has just launched the third cycle of the International Human Rights
#Law
#Course
. Learn more 👇
www.icj.org/uzbekistan-i...
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Uzbekistan: ICJ and the Academy of Justice open the third cycle of the International Human Rights Law Course | ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of Uzbekistan, has launched the third cycle of the Inte
https://www.icj.org/uzbekistan-icj-and-the-academy-of-justice-open-the-third-cycle-of-the-international-human-rights-law-course-18-november-2025-tashkent/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
📢Don’t forget to register for the
@icjurists.bsky.social
webinar on litigation before the ECtHR - Immigration detention and alternatives to detention of children 🗓️ 28 November 🕚 11:00–12:30 CET ✍️
forms.office.com/e/9UDCgJnrHR
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As we mark the start of
#16Days
of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, let’s raise our voices, challenge discrimination, and commit to building a world where inclusion is the norm — not the exception. ✊🏽💜
#EndGBV
#DisabilityRights
#InclusionMatters
#NoWomanLeftBehind
#HumanRights
#GBVPrevention
about 1 month ago
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🇹🇳 Our organization, together with several other CSOs, expresses its strongest condemnation following the conviction, on October 31, 2025, of
#Tunisian
lawyer and former magistrate Ahmed Souab 👇
www.icj.org/tunisia-conv...
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Tunisia: Conviction of Ebru Timtik Award Laureate Ahmed Souab marks escalating repression of lawyers | ICJ
Our organizations express their strongest condemnation following the conviction, on October 31, 2025, of Tunisian lawyer and former magistrate Ah
https://www.icj.org/tunisia-conviction-of-ebru-timtik-award-laureate-ahmed-souab-marks-escalating-repression-of-lawyers/
about 1 month ago
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🇰🇪🏆 ICJ Africa Director, Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh receives an award in recognition of ICJ’s long standing commitment and support to promoting the rights of
#refugees
and
#migrants
. Find out more 👇
www.icj.org/icj-honored-...
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ICJ Honored for Championing Refugee and Migrant Justice Worldwide | ICJ
The ICJ receives an award for its long-standing support of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges and its commitment to th
https://www.icj.org/icj-honored-for-championing-refugee-and-migrant-justice-worldwide/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Register for the
@icjurists.bsky.social
webinar on litigating children’s rights in immigration detention before the ECtHR. Learn how to bring a case and explore litigation strategies to end detention of migrant children 🗓️28 November 🕚11:00-12:30 CET ✍️
forms.office.com/e/9UDCgJnrHR
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@icj-eca.bsky.social
🧒⚖️ The ACCESS webinar on Combating Systemic Discrimination and Exploring Alternatives to Pre-Trial
#Detention
for
#Children
brought together prosecutors, law enforcement professionals, & experts 📹 In case you missed it, you can now watch it here 👇
youtu.be/Uyi39cBHLPM
about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
On 13-14 November, the
@icjurists.bsky.social
brought together experts and legal professionals from Austria, Czechia, Malta, the Netherlands and Slovakia to exchange good practices ensuring effective participation of children with disabilities in legal proceedings 👉
www.icj.org/eu-children-...
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about 2 months ago
For practical guidance on the rights of persons with disabilities in criminal proceedings, check out the
@icjurists.bsky.social
&
@validityfoundation.bsky.social
’s Model Disability Rights Benchbook:
www.icj.org/resource/mod...
#ChildVOICE
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about 2 months ago
What are the rights of children with disabilities in legal proceedings? Exploring access to justice and procedural accommodations under international and EU law with Karolína Babická
@icjurists.bsky.social
& Simona Florescu
@validityfoundation.bsky.social
#ChildVOICE
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about 2 months ago
Day 2: Spotlights on inclusive strategies & good practices for professionals working with children with disabilities! Participants from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Austria & the Netherlands discuss effective procedural accommodations and remedies
#ChildVOICE
@icjurists.bsky.social
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🌏 Inside ICJ: what does Its work look like around the world? Mandira Sharma, ICJ Senior Legal Adviser in the
#Asia-Pacific
region, takes us behind the scenes of the organization’s daily battles & breakthroughs to advance the
#RuleOfLaw
worldwide 👇 🎬
youtube.com/shorts/c1R3c...
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ICJ's work in Asia-Pacific: A Word with Mandira Sharma
YouTube video by International Commission of Jurists
https://youtube.com/shorts/c1R3cjXjZ58?feature=share
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Day 1 of
@icjurists.bsky.social
workshop focuses on the need for procedural accommodations for children with disabilities in legal proceedings. Support from intermediaries, interpreters & other professionals ensures that children are heard and can effectively participate
#ChildVOICE
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The 27th amendment to the Constitution of
#Pakistan
, passed today by Pakistan’s Parliament, is a flagrant attack on the
#independence
of the
#judiciary
and the rule of law. Learn more:
www.icj.org/pakistan-dis...
#RoL
#independentjudiciary
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Pakistan - Dismantling Justice: A Full-Frontal Assault on the Rule of Law | ICJ
The 27th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, passed today by Pakistan’s Parliament, is a flagrant attack on the independence of the judi
https://www.icj.org/pakistan-dismantling-justice-a-full-frontal-assault-on-the-rule-of-law/
about 2 months ago
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#HRC60
Kate Vigneswaran, ICJ Director for the Global Accountability Initiative, gave a presentation on the legal grounds for considering and addressing
#reproductive
#violence
perpetrated in the occupied Palestinian territories as
#genocide
. Find out more 👇
www.icj.org/occupied-pal...
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Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Pursuing Accountability for Reproductive Violence as Genocide | ICJ
Side Event at the Human Rights Council’s 60th Session At the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the International Commi
https://www.icj.org/occupied-palestinian-territory-opt-pursuing-accountability-for-reproductive-violence-as-genocide/
about 2 months ago
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Karolína Babická
about 2 months ago
Glad to be able to present the
@icjurists.bsky.social
Disability Rights Benchbook at the workshop with
#justiceactors
and national experts today!
www.icj.org/resource/mod...
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Kicking off the
@icjurists.bsky.social
workshop on inclusive justice for children with disabilities! Practitioners will dive into international legal frameworks and disability-inclusive practices for children in legal proceedings.
#ChildVOICE
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