Activities Overview

 
As part of its International Criminal Justice Program, NPWJ implements a wide range of activities aimed at promoting and strengthening the international criminal justice system, including on the International Criminal Court, other accountability mechanisms and issues related to international criminal justice, including:
 
2021

• The Role of Women’s Civil Society Organisations in Combatting GBV among Syrian Refugee Communities, Online event, 30 March 2021
• Fostering active cooperation of Libyan CSOs with UN Human Rights Bodies, Jerba, Tunisia, 28-31 March 2021
• Libya: workshop to strengthen national authorities' capacity to report to the Committee Against Torture (CAT), Jerba, Tunisia, 25-26 March 2021
• Empowering Syrian Refugee Women and Girls, Online event, 25 March 2021
• Libya: workshop to foster compliance with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Jerba, Tunisia, 22-23 March 2021

 
2020

• Side-event on “Justice and Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Against the Rohingya", 19th ASP to the ICC, The Hague, 11 December 2020
• "Dynamics of Human Rights Violations and Impunity in Libya", Virtual European Parliament Briefing, 9 December 2020
• "Silent Complicity: the Saudi G20 as Normalisation of Violence", Virtual UK Parliament briefing, 18 November 2020
• "Her Voices, Her Journey: The Gendered Experiences of Rohingya Women", Rohingya Women Webinar Series, 24 July 2020
• "Beyond Covid-19: Justice Impact », Live stream on Thursday 18 June 2020
• "Beyond Covid-19. For Rohingya genocide victims, an emergency within the emergency", Live stream on Friday 10 April 2020
• Panel discussion on "Human Rights Crisis in Saudi Arabia", Geneva Press Club, 10 March 2020
• The ICJ Genocide case. Rohingya perspectives, The Hague, 23 January 2020

 
2018-2019

• Truth and Justice for Jamal Khashoggi, Rome, Italy, 16 December 2019
• ICJ Genocide Case: The Rohingya Right of Reply, The Hague, 11 December 2019
• Accountability for the Rohingya Genocide: the ICJ Case, The Hague Humanity Hub, Den Haag, Netherlands, 11 November 2019
• Human Rights and Freedom Under Siege, United Nations HG, New York, 26 September 2019
• Amazonia Beyond the Crisis. Accountability for deforestation: preventing further human rights, environmental, and economic disasters, The Harvard Club of New York, 21 September 2019
• Side event on "Silencing Dissent », Geneva, UNHRC, 41th Session, Palais des Nations, 25 June 2019

• Training on Negotiations, Gaziantep, Turkey, 19-23 July 2018

• Side event on "Death Notifications and Negation of Justice in Syria", Geneva, UNHRC, 40th Session, Palais des Nations, 25 February 2019
• Conference: “What Next for Justice in Syria?”, Istanbul, Turkey, 18-19 December 2018
• "Victims speak out against impunity and in defense of transitional justice", Press Conference, Tunis, 6 November 2018
• Workshop on “A holistic approach to Transitional Justice and constitutional reform”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 14 – 15 July 2018
• Side event on “Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention in Syria”, Geneva, UNHRC, 38th Session, Palais des Nations, 27 June 2018
• Side event on "Forcible Transfer of Population in Syria", Geneva, UNHRC, 37th Session, Palais des Nations, 26 February 2018
• Workshop on “Municipal administration and anti-corruption policies in Syria”, Dara’a, Syria, 19–23 February 2018
• Workshop on “Civil Society role within the constitution-building process in Syria”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 19 – 22 February 2018

 
2017

• Panel discussion on “The duty to Honour Victims by Preventing & Punishing Genocide”, 14 December 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva
• Workshop on "Civil society and international mechanisms synergies to seek justice and accountability for Syria", Gaziantep, Turkey, 13-15 November 2017
• Nuremberg Forum 2017 on "Peace and Justice: The Fight against Impunity at a Crossroad", Nuremberg Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, 20–21 October 2017
• Media and public briefing for the release of “Crossroads: The Future of Iraq’s Minorities after ISIS”, Conference Hall, Press Club Brussels Europe, 7 June 2017
• Conference “Post-ISIS Ninewa: The European Response”, European Parliament, Room ASP 3G3, Brussels, 6 June 2017
• Training workshop on "Good Governance and Fighting Corruption", Idlib, Syria, 3-6 April 2017
• Advocacy events on “Solidarity with Syrian Civil Society and Social Movements”, Rome, 30-31 March 2017
• Training Course on Project Cycle Management, Gaziantep, Turkey – 13-16 March 2017
• Side-event on "Using Universal Jurisdiction for Accountability", Geneva, UNHRC, Palais des Nations, 15 March 2017
• Side-event on “Next steps: Making the General Assembly’s Syria Accountability Mechanism operational”, Geneva, UNHRC, Palais des Nations, 2 March 2017
• Syria peace talks must unlock humanitarian access, Statement by 97 Syrian and international NGOs on the Astana talks, 23 January 2017
• Training course on security awareness for Human Rights Defenders in Syria, Gaziantep, Turkey, 18-19 January 2017

 
2016

• Side Event on "Accountability Options for Syria", 15th ASP to the ICC, The Hague, 19 November 2016

• Screening of Syria UPR Session and Workshop on UPR Process and Advocacy Strategies for Civil Society Engagement, Gaziantep, Turkey, 31 October & 3-4 November 2016
• Roundtable discussion on “Vetting processes as part of a comprehensive approach to Transitional Justice in Syria”, 29-30 September 2016, Gaziantep, Turkey
• Side event on "Syria: the UPR process and civil society’s role in promoting justice and accountability", Geneva, UNHRC, 33rd Session, Palais des Nations, 21 September 2016
• Workshop on Documentation Protocols and Best Practices on human rights abuses in Syria, Gaziantep, Turkey, 24 - 26 August 2016
• Workshop on Awareness Raising and Campaigning Strategies for the National Constitution Campaign, Gaziantep, Turkey 10-12 August 2016
• Presentation of report on the situation of Iraqi minorities since the fall of Mosul, European Parliament, 14 July 2016
• Release of Report "No Way Home: Iraq’s Minorities on the Verge of Disappearance", 4 July 2016
• Press preview of the painting “Angels of Syria”, Brussels, 30 June 2016
• Workshop on Constitution-Building in Syria and the Role of Civil Society Organisations in the Process, Gaziantep, Turkey 9-11 June 2016
• NPWJ submission on the ICC Office of the Prosecutor draft Policy on Case Selection and Prioritisation, 1 April 2016
• Workshop and roundtable on "Accountability, SGBV, Women’s Rights and Children’s Rights in Syria", Gaziantep, Turkey, 26-28 March 2016
• Submission of recommendations for consideration at the 26th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, Geneva, 24 March 2016
• Side Event on "Syria: Five years seeking democracy and accountability", Geneva, UNHRC, Palais des Nations, 16 March 2016
• Workshop on “Promoting accountability through UN mechanisms with a focus on women and children”, Istanbul, 20-23 February 2016

 
2015

• Side event on "Accountability and the Prospect of a Political Solution to the Conflict in Syria", 14th ASP to the ICC, The Hague, 25 November 2015
• “Inside Syrian Regime Prisons: the Caesar Files” Exhibit, 14th ASP to the ICC, The Hague, 18-20 November 2015
• Conference on “Iraqi Turkmen Trapped in No-Man's Land: Between Assimilation, Exodus and ISIS”, European Parliament, Brussels, 11 November 2015
• Meetings and roundtable discussion with Bahraini opposition leaders, Brussels, 28-30 September 2015
• Side Event on "Political Solution and Accountability for Syria", 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, 21 September 2015
• Training on documenting human rights violations against refugees and migrants, Skopje, Macedonia, 14-17 September 2015
• Meeting on transitional justice and accountability with Stephen Rapp, Gaziantep, Turkey, 27 July 2015
• Exhibition of ‘Caesar’ Photographs – “Inside Syrian Authorities’ Prisons”, European Parliament, Brussels, 13-16 July 2015
• Side Event on "Syria after tyranny: achieving a democratic and pluralistic future", 29th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, 25 June 2015
• Open letter to Members of the UN HRC on the UNSMIL-led peace talks in Libya, 17 April 2015
• UPR Pre-session on Libya, Geneva, Centre International de Conférences, 10 April 2015
• Human Rights Youth Training Program for Libya, Geneva, United Nations, 23-27 March 2015
• Open letter to Members of the UN HRC on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria, 16 March 2015
• Training course on “Documentation of human rights violations and crimes under international law”, Hammamet, Tunisia, 4-6 March 2015
• Launch of Report “Between the Millstones:  Iraq’s Minorities Since the Fall of Mosul”, 27 February 2015
• Seminar on "Challenges and priorities of Transitional Justice policies in the Libyan and Tunisian cases", Tunis, 18 February 2015
• Training on "Promoting the ICC’s contribution to democratic and human rights reform in Libya", Hammamet, Tunsia, 27-29 January 2015
• Meetings with Bahraini opposition leaders, Brussels, 20 January 2015

 
2014

• Side event on “Making Justice Visible - Exploring the impact of ICC outreach and communications”, 13th ASP to the ICC, New York, 16 December 2014
• Side event on “Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Libya”, 13th ASP to the ICC, New York, 12 December 2014
• Side event on “Accountability for Syria: Options and Preparations”, 13th ASP to the ICC, New York, 10 December 2014
• Seminar on “Transitional Justice processes in Libya and Tunisia: commonalities and differences”, Tunis, 19-20 November 2014
• High-Level Conference: “20th anniversary of No Peace Without Justice: Challenges and Opportunities of the International Criminal Court”, Italian Senate, Rome, 13 November 2014
• Meetings and roundtable discussion with opposition leaders, Brussels, 12 November 2014
• Submission of recommendations for consideration at the 22nd Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, Geneva, 8 October 2014
• Side event on “Libya: Transitional justice and accountability as necessary measures to halt the humanitarian and political crisis”, 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, 17 September 2014

• Side Event on "Syria: Focus on Children",  27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, 16 September 2014

• Parallel event on “Challenges and opportunities of democratic transition in Libya”, 26th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, 18 June 2014
• Side event on “Ending Impunity for Atrocities in Syria”, 26th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, 17 June 2014
• Lecture on "The ICC and Transitional Justice: a civil society perspective", Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, 9 June 2014
• Roundtable discussion with Bahraini opposition leaders, Brussels, 5 June 2014
• Second training course on SPHERE Humanitarian Charter, Gaziantep, Turkey, 4-9 May 2014
• Meeting on Transitional Justice Law and its mechanisms, Tripoli, Libya, 29 April 2014
• Training on "Designing a Transitional Justice Poll", Gaziantep, Turkey, 27-28 April 2014

• Training course on “SPHERE: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 26-31 March 2014
• Workshop on “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Victims’ Rehabilitation”, Tripoli, Libya, 29 March 2014
• Briefing on Syria Transition Roadmap, European Parliament, Brussels, 25 March 2014
• Colloquium on women’s participation in democratic processes in Libya, Tripoli, 23 March 2014
• Meetings with Bahraini opposition leaders, Brussels, 17-19 March 2014
• Together #withSyria, Commemoration of the third anniversary of the Syria crisis, Gaziantep, Brussels, Rome, 15 March 2014
• SGBV Training of Trainers, Gaziantep, Turkey, 10-13 March 2014
• Press Conference “8 March 2014 for Syrian Women: free from violence, free to build democracy”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 8 March 2014
• Trial Monitoring workshop, Tripoli, Libya, 26-27 February 2014
• Third Youth Day on Transitional Justice, Houn, Libya, 22-23 February 2014
• Second Training Course on “Forensic Investigations of Cases of Political Violence and the Disappeared”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 11-14 February 2014
• Colloquiums on Transitional Justice Mechasnisms, Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and the Constitutional Process in Libya, University of Tripoli, Libya, 2-9 February 2014
• Geneva II Conference: Open letter to the UN Permanent Representatives, 7 February 2014
• Training “#SGBV in #SYRIA – looking at Sexual and Gender-Based Violence”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 28 January - 1 February 2014
• Colloquium on the basic principles of Transitional Justice, University of Tripoli, Libya, 29 January 2014

• Colloquium on the situation of the International Displaced People (IDP) in Libya, Tripoli, Libya, 29 January 2014
• Syria: Commemoration of the Queiq River Massacre, Istanbul, Turkey 29 January 2014
• Roundtable discussion and special hearing with Bahraini opposition leaders, Brussels, NPWJ office / European Parliament, 22 January 2014
• Colloquium on the role of tribes in conflict-solving, Tripoli, Libya, 21 January 2014
• Syria: Training Course on “Digital Security”, Gaziantep, Turkey 14-16 January 2014
• Colloquium on the Libyan Tansitional Justice law, Tripoli, Libya, 16 January 2014
• Training workshop for the Libyan Human Rights Council, Tripoli, Libya, 6-8 January 2014 

2013

• Workshop on Transitional Justice and field visit in Misurata, Libya, 16-18 December 2013
• Youth Day on Transitional Justice, Tobruk, Libya, 14-15 December 2013 
• Syria: Training course on “Documenting Violations Against Women”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 9-12 December 2013
• Syria: Training Course on “Forensic Investigations of Cases of Political violence”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 25-29 November 2013
• Side event on “Complementarity in Libya”, The Hague, 12th ASP to the ICC,  26 November 2013
• Side event on “Accountability for Syria”, The Hague, 12th ASP to the ICC,  23 November 2013
• Release of Handbook to support Trial Monitoring in Libya, Tripoli, Libya, 21 November 2013
• 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, 20-28 November 2013 
• Release of publication "The Preparatory Process to Transitional Justice in Tunisia", Brussels-Tunis, 30 October 2013
• Training and Colloquium on sexual violence, juvenile justice and evidence collection procedures, Tripoli, Libya, 20-22 October, 2013
• Training course on “Chemical weapons awareness and documentation”, Gaziantep, Turkey, 7-12 October 2013
• Workshops on Justice Sector Reform, Trial Monitoring and Transisional Justice, Tripoli, Libya, 5-8 October 2013
• Civil society capacity-building training on transitional justice and accountability processes, Tripoli, Libya, 1 October 2013
• Specialised training course of civil society on documentation of human rights violations and crimes under international law, Tunis, 20-23 September 2013
• Workshops on Transitional Justice Outreach, Sebha, Libya, 5-7 September 2013
• Syria: Dawlaty and NPWJ release publication to support Transitional Justice and Accountability, 31 July 2013
• Handbook to support Trial Monitoring in Libya, Tripoli, Libya, 22 July 2013
• Workshop on Transitional Justice and Human Rights, Yefren, Libya, 27 June 2013
• Practitioners’ Dialogue on Transitional Justice: Pre-transition and Non-transition Country Contexts, Istanbul, Turkey, 21-23 June 2013
• Conference on “Transitional and International Justice in the Arab region”, Tunis, 20 June 2013
• Strategic Colloquium on "Challenges and Opportunities for Bahraini Civil Society", Istanbul, Turkey, 17-19 June 2013
• Capacity-building training on trial monitoring, Sebrata, Libya, 14-15 June 2013
• Media Training on “The International Criminal Court and Transitional justice in Libya and Tunisia”, Tunis, 12 June 2013
• Capacity-Building Training on Transitional Justice and Human Rights for Libyan CSOs, Tripoli, Libya, 28 May 2013
• Meeting on “Transitional justice to achieve reconciliation and peace in Sirte”, Libya, 16 May 2013
• Consultation on Youth and Transitional Justice, Tozeur, Tunisia, 30 March 2013
• Consultation and training of lawyers on Transitional Justice, Sfax, Tunisia, 28-30 March 2013
• Expert consultation on accountability and transitional justice in Syria, Brussels, 22-23 March 2013
• Training on “Forensic investigations in the cases of political violence”, Tripoli, Libya, 17-21 March 2013
• Training on “Transitional Justice: The Voice of Libya Youth”, Tripoli, Libya, 16-17 March 2013
• Training course of victims and representatives of victims associations, El Kef, Tunisia, 16 March 2013
• Trial monitoring capacity building for Libyan lawyers, Brussels and The Hague, 4-7 March 2013
• Trial monitoring exchanges between Tunisian and Libyan legal professionnals, Tunis, 1-3 March 2013
• Training on Transitional Justice, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law,Tripoli, Libya, 24-28 February 2013
• Training Course for Youth on Transitional Justice, Bizerte, Tunisia, 7-8 February 2013
• Colloquium on” Criminal Justice Procedures and Transitional Justice”, Tripoli, Libya, 28 January 2013
• Launch of the Report on the impact and legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 7 January 2013

 
2012

• Conference on “Youth and Their Priorities”, Zawia, Libya, 26-27 January 2012
• Transitional Justice Academy: consultation with victims, Tunis, Tunisia, 21 December 2012
• Training for Judges and Prosecutors, Benghazi, Libya, 11-13 December 2012
• Training on reinforcing media capacity in the field of transitional justice, Keiruan, Tunisia, 21-22 November 2012
• "What accountability for atrocities and persecution in Bahrain?", The Hague, World Forum, 20 November 2012
• Eleventh Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, The Hague, 14-22 November 2012
• Regional Civil Society Strategy Meeting on Transitional Justice, Tripoli, Libya, 16-17 November 2012
• Informal Steering Committee meeting on transitional justice outreach strategy, Tripoli, Libya, 8 November 2012
• Pre-launch of the Report on the impact and legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, 29 October 2012
• Workshop on the draft legislation on transitional justice, Tunis, 22-23 October 2012
• Law Student’s Colloquium Series on Transitional Justice, Tripoli, Libya, 17 October 2012
• Civil Society meeting on Transitional Justice, Tripoli, Libya, 3 october 2012
• International Criminal Law Colloquium Series, Tripoli, Libya, 29 September 2012
• Promoting Implementation of international legal instruments supporting human rights and transitional justice in Tunisia, El Mechtel, Tunisia, 25-26 September 2012
• Meeting on "Towards Justice for Bahrain", Geneva, Palais des Nations (United Nations), 19 September 2012
• Regional Strategic Meeting on transitional justice, Tripoli, Libya, 4 September 2012
• First training of Libyan Prosecutors on transitional justice issues, Tripoli, Libya, 26-28 May 2012
• Meeting on "Towards Justice for Bahrain", Geneva, Palais des Nations (United Nations), 21 May 2012
• Transitional Justice Academy: training of victims in Tozeur, Southern Tunisia, 26-27 April 2012
• Transitional Justice Academy: consultation with victims in Tozeur, Tunisia, 25 April 2012
• National event to support Libya’s democratic transition through justice and accountability, Tripoli, Libya, 24-25 April 2012
• Training course on transitional justice, Tunis, 12-13 March 2012
• Conference on “Transitional Justice: for a Participatory and Consultative Process”, Tunis, 7-9 March 2012
• Workshop on Transitional Justice, Tunis, 6 March 2012
• First Transitional Justice Academy Course, Tunis, 31 January ‑ 4 February 2012

 
2010-2011

• Regional Conference on Transitional Justice, Tunis, 13-14 December 2011
• Tenth Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, New York, 12-21 December 2011
• Meeting on Transitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation in Tunisia, Tunis, 13 September 2011
• ICC-NGOs Strategic Meetings, The Hague, 3-6 October 2011
• ICC Regional Diplomatic Conference, Doha, Qatar, 24-25 May 2011
• The Sixth International SCSL Prosecutor's coloquium, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 14-16 May 2011
• Launch Conference: Assessing the Impact of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, 5-6 May 2011 
• Seminar on Accountability and Justice, Pretoria, 11-12 April 2011
• ICC-NGOs strategic meetings, The Hague, 4-7 April 2011
• ICC Working Group meeting, The Hague, 15 March 2011
• Training Course on Justice Rapid Response, Qatar, 23 January-1 February 2011
• Uganda: ICC Review Conference Public Engagement Initiative – Final Report Launch, 10 December 2010
• Ninth Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, 6 December 2010
• Certification Workshop on Justice Rapid Response, The Hague 27-29 September 2010
• Justice Rapid Response deployment to Haiti, July 2010
• Presentation of book “Closing the Gap: The role of non-judicial mechanisms in addressing impunity”, Kampala, Uganda, 4 June 2010
• Panel discussion on "Prosecuting Persecution on the Basis of Gender", Kampala, Uganda, 2 June 2010
• ICC Review Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 31 May-11 June 2010
• “War Victims Day Football Game”, Kampala, Uganda, 30 May 2010
• Training Course on Justice Rapid Response, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7-16 May 2010
• Resumed Eighth Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties, UNHQ-NY, 22-25 March 2010
• Presentation of book on Children and Accountability, Harvard, 9 March 2010
• Roundtable meeting with Croatian President Ivo Josipović, Brussels, 5 March 2010
• Certification Workshop on Justice Rapid Response, Brussels, 5-8 February 2010
• Pre-ICC Review Conference Delegates’ Visits to Uganda, January-May 2010

 
 
For previous activities, please see the section on ICJP History.