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ICJP Introduction [New window]
... promoting its ratification and effective implementing legislation, much of its focus is on ensuring that those crimes are properly addressed through national and international judicial processes or accountability mechanisms, with the ICC acting as a catalyst, as a guardian and as a last resort.
For more information, please contact justice@npwj.org.
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Overview report [New window]
Overview report
The Kenyan Government and No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) held a three-day conference in Nairobi on Female Genital Mutilation in view of developing a political, legal and social environment for implementing the Maputo Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The conference was ...
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Accra Conference [New window]
On February 22 to 23, under the auspices of the Minister of Justice of Ghana, No Peace Without Justice in collaboration with the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court and a Ghana Fellowship of Former Member of Parliament (GHAFFOMP) organized an international conference on “Domestic Implementation of the Rome Statute on the ...
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ICJP Priorities [New window]
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ICJP History [New window]
... for the ICC: Before and during the Rome Diplomatic Conference (up to 1998)
2) Promoting entry into force of the Rome Statute: The Preparatory Committee (1998-2002)
3) The ICC in practice (2002-present)
NPWJ has also worked on the following programs and issues:
1) Conflict Mapping and War Crimes Documentation
2) Timor Leste – Defence and the Special Crimes Panel
3) Sierra Leone Program
4) International Criminal Justice and Children
5) Justice Rapid Response
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ICC Ratification & Implementation [New window]
Promoting ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute
In the context of evolving awareness of demands for justice during or following periods of conflict or transition, the establishment of the ICC, on 1 July 2002, marks a critical step in the creation and development of an effective international criminal justice system. While it is only one piece of the puzzle, universality of the ICC remains a critical goal, so as to provide the widest possible protection for victims; the widest application of the principle of accountability for the commission of serious crimes under international law; and to avoid the perception ...
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Conflict Mapping [New window]
Conflict Mapping addresses the consequences of conflict by establishing a record of the truth of what happened during that conflict. The chronological and geographical mapping of the conflict, including reconstructing the order of battle and chain of command, serves to prevent denial of those events. An analysis of events according to international law establishes prima facie accountability for violations of international humanitarian law. In so doing, it ...
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International Justice & Children [New window]
... of critical importance to the effectiveness, functioning and credibility of international and national post-conflict accountability mechanisms, in contributing to the end of impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide with a view to the restoration of the rule of law and the promotion and protection of human rights. NPWJ has experience and specific expertise on the issue of children and international criminal justice, having co-authored the seminal book on the subject with the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and having cooperated closely with UNICEF in drafting a brief on the customary law status of child soldiers that was ...
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Seminars and other activities [New window]
... on the establishment of the ICC, Maurice Biggar and Rolf Einar Fife.
New York, October 29, 1996 Columbia Law School. Panel discussion on the establishment of the International Criminal Court, with Adriaan Bos, Legal Adviser of the Minister of Foreign Affair of the Netherlands, and Prof. Fislaer Damrosch, Columbia University.
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Preparing for the ICC: 1994 to 1998 [New window]
... on 17 July 1998 in Rome, during which the Rome Statute was adopted.
During and since the Rome Conference, NPWJ has implemented its Judicial Assistance Program, whereby legal advisers are seconded to government delegations lacking personnel or technical capacity who have requested assistance in following and participating in the negotiations. To date, some 12 countries have benefits from up to 35 NPWJ-seconded legal advisers who are experts in international law, including jurists, lawyers and University Professors and researchers. Starting in 2001, NPWJ has also been seconding legal experts to Government Missions on a more permanent basis. In some ...
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