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SUMMARY:Health Care in the Dark: The Human Cost of Russia's Attacks on Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Side Event on the margins of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council Conference Room Concordia I\, Palais des Nations\, Geneva\n25 March 2026 │ 12:00 – 13:00 CET\n– Live streaming on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/RNwO74JW8Z4\n– Co-Sponsored by: Permanent Missions to the UN Geneva of Ukraine\, Czech Republic\, Estonia\, Finland\, Latvia\, Moldova\, Montenegro and Netherlands\n–  Organised by: No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) and Truth Hounds\, in cooperation with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)\n– Flyer\n– Concept note \nRussia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are not an incidental consequence of military operations. They are a deliberate policy directed at the conditions under which civilians live\, access care\, and sustain community life. The responsibility of the Russian Federation is a matter of international law — and the pattern of conduct raises serious questions under international criminal law\, including as potential crimes against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome ICC Statute.\nThe consequences are visible at both the institutional and individual level. Hospital directors and municipal authorities have restructured services\, rationed backup power\, and made triage decisions driven by electricity availability. The medical risks of these attacks were widely known and publicly documented as strikes continued — speaking directly to the foreseeability required under international criminal law. Older people\, people with chronic illness\, patients dependent on dialysis or respiratory support\, children and persons with disabilities are identifiable individuals whose rights are being violated in documented\, recurring ways\, yet whose situation remains largely absent from the evidentiary record.\nThis side event draws on Truth Hounds’ and PHR’s research to show how attacks on civilian infrastructure translate into measurable health harm\, falling disproportionately on those least able to bear it. A practitioner with direct experience of systematic power disruption will ground the discussion in operational reality\, before turning to what the international community — including UN human rights mechanisms and the ICC — is required to do. Three interconnected concerns frame the discussion:\n• The deliberate targeting of energy infrastructure serving civilian populations violates international humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. These health consequences must be prosecuted accordingly — not absorbed into humanitarian frameworks that treat them as if they were unavoidable natural disasters.\n• Sentinel populations — older people\, people with disabilities\, and patients dependent on electricity-reliant care — bear a disproportionate burden of harm that existing casualty methodologies fail to capture. Closing this evidentiary gap is a precondition for accountability.\n• Urgent international action is required\, through UN human rights mechanisms and the ICC\, to ensure justice for survivors and prevent further impunity.\nThis crisis demands coordinated diplomatic\, legal\, and operational responses. Silence and inaction are not neutral: they entrench the impunity that makes these attacks possible. \nPreliminary Draft Agenda\n12:00 – 12:05 Opening Remarks\nRoman Toder\, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine\n12:05 – 12:45 Panel Presentations\n· Evan Harary\, Truth Hounds\n· Lesia Lysytsia\, Okhmatdyt Hospital Kyiv\n· Uliana Poltavets\, Physicians for Human Rights\n12:45 – 12:55 Interactive Dialogue & Q&A\nModerated by Niccolò Figà Talamanca\, No Peace Without Justice\n12:55 – 13:00 Conclusions \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/health-care-in-the-dark-the-human-cost-of-russias-attacks-on-ukraines-energy-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260311T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260311T140000
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SUMMARY:Murder on the Land and the Sea: Extrajudicial Drug War Killings in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Side event at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs\nin-person: Wednesday 11 March\, 1:00-2:00pm CET\, Room M0E79\, Vienna International Center\n\nZoom (with optional registration): https://bit.ly/murderonlandandsea\nZoom (direct meeting access): https://bit.ly/murderonlandandsea-noreg\nhttps://stopthedrugwar.org/ruleoflaw\n\n\nDrugs are an issue which – like migration\, social liberalization and economic tensions – has the capacity to shatter democratic and human rights norms. Perhaps no other extreme found in drug policies today does so more than that of extrajudicial killings.  “Murder on the Land and the Sea” will discuss identified episodes of drug war EJKs in the 21st century\, their context and interrelationships\, and their implications for the future of democracy and the rules-based order.\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nDavid Borden\, Executive Director\, StoptheDrugWar.org\nCarlos Conde\, Rights Report Philippines\, former Human Rights Watch\, NYT\nDiego Garcia-Devis\, Drug Policy Program Manager\, Open Society Foundations\nAnnie Shiel\, US Advocacy Director\, Center for Civilians in Conflict\n\nModerator: Kat Murti\, Executive Director\, Students for Sensible Drug Policy\n\nOrganized by DRCNet Foundation AKA StoptheDrugWar.org\, with cosponsors Associazone Luca Coscioni\, Drug Policy Alliance\, Forum Droghe\, International Drug Law Advocacy & Resource Center\, No Peace Without Justice\, NoBox Transitions Philippines\, Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court\, Students for Sensible Drug Policy\, Veterans Action Council\, Washington Office on Latin America\n \nPlease contact David Borden at +1 202-236-8620 or borden@drcnet.org for further information.  Visit https://stopthedrugwar.org/ruleoflaw and https://stopthedrugwar.org/global to read about our international programs.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/murder-on-the-land-and-the-sea-extrajudicial-drug-war-killings-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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SUMMARY:When accountability becomes a crime:   protecting human rights defenders   in the Age of Lawfare
DESCRIPTION:Side event to the 24th Assembly of State Parties of the ICC \nThursday\, 4 December 2025 | 13:15 – 14:45 | Yangtze 2 \nPanellists:\n– Shawan Jabarin\, Director General of Al-Haq;\n– Raji Sourani\, Founder and Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights;\n– Issam Younis\, Director General of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights;\n– Antônia Pereira de Sousa\, Senior Special Assistant to the Registrar of the ICC;\n– Niccolò Figà-Talamanca\, interim Convenor of the CICC.\nModerator: Rev. Father Albert C. Alejo S.J.\, Board Member\, No Peace Without Justice \nCo-sponsors: No Peace Without Justice; Al-Haq; Al Mezan Center for Human Rights; Palestinian Centre for Human Rights; Coalition for the International Criminal Court; Women’s Initiatives for\nGender Justice; FIDH; Amnesty International; EUmans\, Holistic Empowerment for Development (H.E.D) on behalf of 5 Ethiopian CSOs – African Initiatives for a Democratic World Order\n(AIDWO)\, Exodus Charity Organization (ECO)\, Vision Ethiopian Congress for Democracy (VECOD)\, Human Rights and Humanitarian Development Initiatives (HRHDI); Robert F. Kennedy\nHuman Rights; Union for Civil Liberty; Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada; Human Rights Now; Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society; Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group; International Centre for\nJustice for Palestinians; World Without Genocide; Platform for Peace and Humanity; Centre Marocain pour la Loi et la Paix.\nState co-sponsors: the State of Palestine. \nNote: Interpretation will be available in Arabic\, English\, French and Spanish. \n\nFlyer of the side event
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/when-accountability-becomes-a-crime-protecting-human-rights-defenders-in-the-age-of-lawfare/
LOCATION:The Hague\, Oude Waalsdorperweg 10\, The Hague\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20251001T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20251001T123000
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CREATED:20250924T151603Z
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SUMMARY:Seizing Power: Occupation\, Torture\, and Nuclear Safety Breaches at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
DESCRIPTION:A Side Event to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Corporate Complicity\, War Crimes\, and Risks of Nuclear Catastrophe \n\nDate & Time: Wednesday 1 October 11:30 – 12:30 CET\nVenue: Conference Room V\, Palais des Nations\, United Nations\, Geneva\nLive streaming on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/3PezYb3Zi\nOrganized by: No Peace Without Justice\, Truth Hounds\nCo-sponsored by: Permanent Missions to the UN Geneva of Liechtenstein\, Ukraine\, Poland\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Denmark\, Estonia\, Finland\, Ireland\, Lithuania\, Latvia\, Montenegro\, The Netherlands\, Slovenia\n\nThe event will feature a dynamic panel presentation\, combining expert testimony from Truth Hounds investigators\, legal analysis\, and first-hand accounts from affected community representatives. The format is designed to facilitate a substantive and interactive discussion among\ndelegations\, civil society\, and the media\, moving beyond a simple briefing to a collaborative strategy\nsession.\nAt this side event\, Truth Hounds experts will present the findings of their comprehensive report\, highlighting the interconnection of systematic human rights abuses and nuclear safety breaches\, while addressing key pathways for achieving accountability and actively preventing these crimes from continuing and offering recommendations on how to address the situation. \nBackground\nRussia’s military seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in March 2022 represents the first instance in history of an active nuclear facility under military occupation.\nThe situation raises four interrelated concerns:\n1. Widespread and systematic arbitrary detention\, torture\, and persecution of civilians and ZNPP staff constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute.\n2. Rosatom’s dual role\, coupled with the Russian state’s control over it\, underscores unmatched issues of corporate complicity and state responsibility for facilitating occupation policies that violate international law.\n3. Coercion of nuclear personnel severed regulatory oversight\, and militarization of the plant critically undermine operational safety\, creating a transboundary nuclear risk.\n4. Permitting the militarization of a nuclear facility sets a precedent for future conflicts\, threatening the stability of international peace and security and the integrity of the global nuclear safety regime.\nUrgent international action is required\, including through independent monitoring\, to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and a dangerous precedent that threatens the stability of international peace and security and the integrity of the global nuclear safety regime.\nThis multi-dimensional crisis demands coordinated diplomatic\, legal\, and operational responses to protect civilians\, restore nuclear safety\, and uphold international law. \n\nConcept note and agenda
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/seizing-power-occupation-torture-and-nuclear-safety-breaches-at-the-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250930T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250930T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20250929T124845Z
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SUMMARY:Accountability for Human Rights Violations  committed in the name of the "War on Drugs"
DESCRIPTION:A Side Event to the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council \n\nDate & Time: Tuesday 30 September 2025 / 16:00 – 17:00 CET\nVenue: Concordia I\, Palais des Nations\, United Nations\, Geneva\nLive streaming on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/5c2o9MRcl\nOrganised by: No Peace Without Justice\n\nThe global push to combat narcotics has become a pretext for systematic human rights violations and state violence\, including extrajudicial executions\, torture\, arbitrary detention\, and crimes against humanity. This side event examines accountability mechanisms by linking the ongoing ICC prosecution of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with recent U.S. military strikes on ostensibly civilian vessels in the Caribbean\, exploring how international law can protect both direct victims and populations “in whose name” such violence occurs.\nThe Philippines case provides critical precedent: Duterte’s anti-drugs campaign resulted in thousands of deaths\, widespread intimidation\, and deliberate erosion of democratic institutions. On 12 March 2025\, Duterte was surrendered to the ICC by virtue of an ICC arrest warrant for the crime against humanity of murder under Article 7(1)(a) of the Rome Statute—marking historic progress toward accountability for state-sponsored extrajudicial killings. Victims continue to seek justice at the ICC\, highlighting challenges and possibilities of victim-centered accountability.\nContemporary Caribbean developments demonstrate pattern evolution: U.S. military forces struck four ostensibly civilian vessels in international waters in September 2025\, killing at least 19 individuals. Regional leaders’ endorsement—Trinidad and Tobago’s PM praising the strikes\, Dominican Republic describing “first-of-its-kind joint operation against narco-terrorism”—reveals how anti-drug rhetoric facilitates regional complicity in unlawful state violence. UN Special Rapporteurs and human rights organizations condemned these as extrajudicial killings violating international law.\nA proposed U.S. Authorization for Use of Military Force aimed at “narco-terrorists” could grant authority for counter-narcotics military operations across 60+ countries\, systematizing cross-border interventions and creating templates for authoritarian consolidation. Such operations serve dual purposes: generating popular support while intimidating opponents and normalizing state violence. Populations “in whose name” violence occurs—including the American public—constitute critical victim groups\, highlighting transnational implications requiring robust international accountability. \nCore Objectives:\n– Examine accountability processes for human rights violations committed in anti-drug contexts\, including ICC confirmation under Article 61 and complementarity principles\n– Analyze contemporary operations within proposed legislative expansions that could systematize such operations globally\nExplore victim-centered approaches for both directly targeted populations and those indirectly affected “in whose name” violence is conducted\n– Assess authoritarian consolidation patterns through anti-drug rhetoric and transnational “security cooperation”\n– Identify concrete recommendations for States\, international organizations\, and civil society to strengthen accountability\, prevent future violations\, uphold rule of law \nConcept note and program
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/accountability-for-human-rights-violations-committed-in-the-name-of-the-war-on-drugs/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250704T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250704T130000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
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SUMMARY:Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression: Delivering Justice and Protecting Human Rights Rights in the Context of Russia’s War Against Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Side Event at the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council \nDate and time: 4 July 2025\, 12:00–13:00 CET\nVenue: In person at Room XXIV\, Palais des Nations\nOrganisers: Permanent Missions of Ukraine\, Latvia\, Liechtenstein\, Lithuania\, Luxembourg\, the Netherlands\, International Bar Association\, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute\, No Peace Without Justice \nBackground information\nThe ongoing full-scale war of aggression launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in February 2022 has resulted in widespread and systematic violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Atrocities committed against civilians – including war crimes\, crimes against humanity\, and unlawful deportations\, have emphasized the urgent need for justice and accountability. The crime of aggression\, as the leadership crime and the source of other international crimes committed in this context\, must not go unpunished.\nUkraine\, together with an expanding coalition of states and international legal experts\, has been actively advocating for the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression. On 25 June 2025\, an important step was taken with the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal. This landmark development demonstrates significant momentum towards ensuring justice for the victims of Russia’s aggression and reinforcing the global framework for accountability.\nThe discussion will focus on how the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine can effectively deliver justice\, secure accountability\, and contribute to the protection of human rights in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. \nObjectives of the Event\n• Present recent developments regarding the creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.\n• Highlight the link between the crime of aggression and widespread human rights violations\, emphasizing the need for international legal mechanisms to hold perpetrators accountable.\n• Provide a platform for legal experts\, government representatives\, and civil society to exchange views on how the Tribunal can effectively deliver justice and accountability.\n• Mobilize further support from UN member states\, international organizations\, and human rights defenders for the Tribunal and its mission. \nAgenda \nModerator: Mr. Niccolò Figà Talamanca\, Secretary General of No Peace Without Justice\nOpening remarks: H.E. Mr. Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk\, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva\nSpeakers:\n• Dr. Mark Ellis\, Executive Director\, International Bar Association (online)\n• Dr. Nataliia Hendel\, Senior Researcher\, Institute of Information\, Security and Law of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; expert\, NGO Fundamental Research Support Fund\n• Dr. Anton Korynevych\, the Coordinator of the Core Group on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine\, Director of the Department General for International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (online)\n• Dr. Dainius Žalimas\, Member of the European Parliament\, Professor of International and Constitutional Law at the Law Faculty of Vytautas Magnus University\, Member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (online or in person TBC)\nClosing remarks: H.E. Mr. Paul Bekkers\, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva\nQ&A session \n\nVideo-recording of the side event\nConcept note and agenda\nSpeakers bios\nFlyer\n\n  \nCo-Sponsors:
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/special-tribunal-for-the-crime-of-aggression-delivering-justice-and-protecting-human-rights-rights-in-the-context-of-russias-war-against-ukraine/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250620T160000
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SUMMARY:Accountability for Wartime Environmental Crimes: 
 Legal Pathways\, Community Voices\, and International Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: 20 June 2025\, 16:00 – 17:00 CET\nVenue: United Nations Palais des Nations\, Geneva\, Conference Room XXV\nLive streaming on Facebook; https://fb.me/e/3fv9ViuXV\nOrganisers: No Peace Without Justice\, Truth Hounds\, Prosecutor’s General Office of Ukraine\, Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva \nThe side-event aims to raise visibility of Ukraine’s documentation and accountability efforts. Ukrainian civil society and authorities have begun systematically documenting environmental war crimes. Ukrainian NGOs\, including Truth Hounds\, have compiled over hundreds of cases of suspected environmental crimes. Yet\, much of the harm is not yet systematically documented. This side event will spotlight those documentation efforts\, share key findings to date\, and underscore the need to complete documentation efforts at a standard that ensures high evidentiary value of the information collected. \nThe event also aims to advance legal and policy discussions on environmental crimes. The event will explore how existing law applies to such deliberate destruction. International humanitarian law explicitly prohibits methods of warfare “expected to cause widespread\, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment”\, and many Russian actions qualify as war crimes\, helping explore legal avenues for accountability and redress. \nBy gathering Ukrainian and international stakeholders\, the side event will also lay groundwork for joint advocacy and support. It will outline the needs for technical support and resources (e.g. for forensic analysis\, monitoring and remediation) and strengthen cooperation among NGOs\, governments\, and multilateral institutions working on environment and accountability. \nProgram\n– Opening: Amb. Yevhen Tsymbaliuk\, Permanent Representative of Ukraine\n– Keynote Speech: Viktoriia Litvinova\, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine\n– Patterns of Environmental Destruction: Dmytro Koval\, Truth Hounds\n– Voices from the Ground: Regional administration representatives\, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine\n– Discussion & Reactions: Moderated Q&A\n– Closing: Niccolò Figà Talamanca\, Secretary General of No Peace Without Justice \n\nConcept note and program\n\n  \nFor more information\, please contact Laura Zamperetti (lzamperetti@npwj.org) or Nicola Giovannini (ngiovannini@npwj.org) \n 
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/accountability-for-wartime-environmental-crimes-legal-pathways-community-voices-and-international-responsibility/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250326T150000
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DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
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SUMMARY:Accountability for Crimes Against Migrants. International Criminal Responsibility for Aiding  and Abetting Crimes Against Humanity
DESCRIPTION:Side Event at the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council \n\nDate & Time: Wednesday\, 26 March 2025 | 15:00 – 16:00 CET\nVenue: Conference Room XXV\, Palais des Nations\, United Nations\, Geneva\nLive streaming on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/81BR9CWft\nOrganisers: No Peace Without Justice\, Refugees in Libya\, front-LEX\, Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’homme\, EuroMed Rights\, Comité pour le Respect des Libertés et des Droits de l’Homme en Tunisie\, Avocats Sans Frontières\, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights\, Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples\n\nThis side event to the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council will examine the individual criminal liability under international law of European policymakers and high-level decision-makers for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity committed against migrants. It will explore the legal implications of providing systematic support\, such as funding\, naval assets\, vehicles\, equipment\, supplies\, and intelligence necessary to intercept and capture migrants\, to militias or third-country authorities responsible for atrocities including illegal refoulement\, arbitrary detention\, rape and torture.\nThe event is held under the High Patronage of Mr Adama Dieng\, AU Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities\, who will deliver the opening statement. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Siobhán Mullally\, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons. The panellists will provide direct factual testimonies evidencing the nexus between specific European decisions and practices and the crimes committed against migrants\, and will discuss the legal basis for individual criminal liability under international law of those aiding and abetting atrocities.\nBy exposing these violations and their legal consequences\, the event seeks to end impunity for atrocities committed against migrants\, encourage a critical reassessment of European migration policies that fuel widespread human rights abuses\, and provide a timely reminder that actions by individuals\, irrespective of their official positions\, carry legal consequences under international law. \nAgenda\n– Chair: Giovanni Fontana\, Second Tree\n– Introduction: Dr. Adama Dieng\, AU Special Envoy on the prevention of Genocide and other Mass Atrocities\n– Keynote Address: Prof. Siobhán Mullally\, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons\, especially Women and Children\n– Panel Discussion:\nDavid Yambio\, Refugees in Libya\nDr. Omar Shatz\, front-LEX\nDr. Niccolò Figà-Talamanca\, No Peace Without Justice\n– Testimonies: Fadhel Jemmali\, son of detained human rights defender Mustapha Djemmali\n– Q&A: Interventions from the floor \n\nFlyer of the side event\nBackground paper\n\nFor further information\, please contact Raul Suarez (rsuarez@npwj.org) or Nicola Giovannini (ngiovannini@npwj.org) \n 
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/accountability-for-crimes-against-migrants-international-criminal-responsibility-for-aiding-and-abetting-crimes-against-humanity/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250311T163000
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SUMMARY:Shared Mistakes: Societies Address Mass Incarceration\, the Death Penalty and Extrajudicial Killings
DESCRIPTION:Side event at the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs\nin-person: March 11\, 4:30-5:00pm CET\, Room M0E05\, Vienna International Center \nZoom (with optional registration): https://bit.ly/sharedmistakes\nZoom (direct meeting access): https://bit.ly/sharedmistakes-noreg \nSpeakers:\nFather Albert Alejo SJ\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Pontifical Gregorian University\nKemba Smith-Pradia\, Kemba Smith Foundation (see bio below)\nJiavern Tham\, Project Officer\, HAYAT\nReaction from:\nAlison Smith\, Legal Counsel and International Justice Director\, No Peace Without Justice\nModerator:\nDavid Borden\, Executive Director\, DRCNet Foundation AKA StoptheDrugWar.org \nAcross the world\, many countries have imposed draconian legal sanctions\, and sometimes illegal sanctions\, in response to real or alleged drug law violations. “Shared Mistakes” will focus on the issues of mass incarceration\, the death penalty\, and extrajudicial killings\, with speakers from Malaysia\, the Philippines and United States discussing the policies and achieved or hoped-for reforms. \n“Shared Mistakes” is organized by DRCNet Foundation AKA StoptheDrugWar.org\, with Associazone Luca Coscioni\, Drug Policy Alliance\, European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies\, Forum Droghe\, HAYAT and No Peace Without Justice. \n\nFlyer of the side event\nBio of Kemba Smith-Pradia\n\nPlease contact David Borden at +1 202-236-8620 or borden@drcnet.org for further information.  Visit https://stopthedrugwar.org/ruleoflaw and https://stopthedrugwar.org/global to read about our international programs.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/shared-mistakes-societies-address-mass-incarceration-the-death-penalty-and-extrajudicial-killings/
LOCATION:vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250306T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250306T123000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20250220T123123Z
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SUMMARY:"Beyond Rhetoric: The EU's Role in Upholding International Justice"
DESCRIPTION:On 6 March 2025\, the European Parliament hosted a crucial discussion as part of the Third EUmans Congress. Co-organised by EUmans\, No Peace Without Justice and Parliamentarians for Global Action\, this session entitled “Beyond Rhetoric: The EU’s Role in Upholding International Justice” focused on the rising threats to international justice\, with a particular emphasis on the International Criminal Court (ICC). \nThe ICC is facing significant challenges from multiple fronts. These include sanctions and targeted hybrid campaigns from States who are not parties to the Rome Statute\, as well as troubling actions by ICC States Parties\, ranging from selective cooperation to  outright violations of the duty to cooperate\, including recently a State Party facilitating the escape of an ICC fugitive. These attacks are seriously undermining the Court’s effectiveness and the EU and its Member States have failed to take concrete action in support of the Court or even to uphold their legal obligations. \nDuring the event\, Mr Osvaldo Zavala Giler\, ICC Registrar\, briefed Members of Parliament about the impact on the Court of the multiple attacks against its operations and independence. Members of the European Parliament from diverse political groups and representatives from civil society discussed how the EU and its Member States can effectively address these challenges and reaffirm and comply with their legal obligations to defend and support international justice. \nThe session was intended to explore the EU’s critical role in safeguarding the ICC\, ensuring compliance with its rulings\, and reinforcing the international rule of law. Among the key discussion points\, panelists addressed: \n● The growing array of threats to the ICC\, including sanctions\, selective support for investigations\, and non-compliance with the Court’s rulings. \n● The EU’s legal responsibility to ensure Member States uphold ICC decisions\, including a discussion of the potential legal consequences for non-compliance. \n● The role of the EU’s Blocking Statute\, a critical tool designed to counter non-EU sanctions. \nThe session also called for a unified EU approach to defending the ICC and the Rome Statute\, ensuring that political compromises\, selective enforcement\, and non-compliance do not undermine the EU’s commitment to international justice.Aligned with EUmans’ principles\, the event also encouraged public engagement and advocacy\, urging EU citizens to hold the EU and its Member States accountable for upholding foundational values and legal responsibilities in defending global justice. \nEUmans is a pan-European movement focusing on promoting fundamental rights\, sustainability\, and democratic innovation through civic participation and transnational initiatives. Their Third Congress represented a crucial moment to collectively decide on future challenges and invest in the expansion of European democracy\, driven by a citizen-led movement \nAgenda of the session\n11:40 – 12:30 “Beyond Rhetoric: The EU’s Role in Upholding International Justice”\n– Chair: Niccolò FIGÀ-TALAMANCA – Secretary General\, No Peace Without Justice\n– Keynote speaker: Osvaldo ZAVALA GILER – Registrar of the International Criminal Court\n– Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR – MEP\, S&D\n– Hanna GEDIN – MEP\, The Left\n– Alice AUTIN – Communications and International Justice Officer at Human Rights Watch\n– Frederika SCHWEIGHOFEROVA – Director of International Law and Human Rights Program at Parliamentarians for Global Action \n\nVideo recording of the session\nSee specific report of the session on PGA website\nProgram and concept note of the session\n\nFor further information or media enquiries\, please contact: Nicola Giovannini (ngiovannini@npwj.org) – Lorenzo Mineo (lorenzo.mineo@eumans.org)
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/beyond-rhetoric-the-eus-role-in-upholding-international-justice/
LOCATION:European Parliament\, Brussels\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20241210T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20241210T183000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20241204T125513Z
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SUMMARY:Quelle Europe pour les femmes de la diversité ?
DESCRIPTION:Parlement européen (Bruxelles)\, bâtiment Paul-Henri Spaak 4B1\, 10 décembre 2024 de 16h à 18h15 \nAnimé par des figures engagées\, ce débat abordera les questions d’inclusion\, d’égalité et de lutte contre les violences\, les discriminations et le racisme. Par cette rencontre\, nous souhaitons mettre en valeur des parcours de femmes migrantes\, pour leur permettre de partager leurs expériences de terrain et les défis qu’elles rencontrent en matière de participation citoyenne. \nCes échanges serviront à la rédaction d’un Manifeste de propositions pour une Europe universaliste\, solidaire et ouverte à la diversité. Ce manifeste visera à renforcer l’intégration et l’action des femmes migrantes pour soutenir nos plaidoyers à la veille du bilan de Pékin +30. \nOrateurs : \n\nDjemila Benhabib\, politologue et écrivaine\, présidente du Collectif Laïcité Yallah\nElenie Bernard\, animatrice en éducation permanente du Collectif des femmes\nNiccolo’ Figà-Talamanca\, No Peace Without Justice\nKady Koita\, présidente de La Palabre Asbl (Sénégal-Belgique) et experte internationale des violences sexuelles faites aux femmes et aux filles.\nAdèle Mukadi Masengo\, Maison de l’Initiative Citoyenne\nLailuma Sadid\, journaliste afghane en exil.\n\nRencontre organisée avec le soutien d’Estelle Ceulemans\, Députée – Groupe de l’Alliance Progressiste des Socialistes et Démocrates au Parlement européen. \nCette rencontre s’inscrit dans le cadre du 3ème festival des droits humains au féminin se tenant à Bruxelles du 7 au 10 décembre 2024. \n– Formulaire d’inscription
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/quelle-europe-pour-les-femmes-de-la-diversite/
LOCATION:European Parliament\, Brussels\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20241204T130530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T130530Z
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SUMMARY:Side-event “Getting the ICC to a Meaningful Legacy: Challenges and Opportunities in Situation “Completions”
DESCRIPTION:23rd ASP to the ICC\, The Hague\, 3 December 2024\, 8.30-9.45 (Europe 1 & 2) \nCo-hosted by Belgium\, Denmark\, Switzerland\, Human Rights Watch\, (HRW)\, Lawyers For Justice in Libya (LFJL)\, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) \n\n\n\n\n  \nThe ICC as a permanent institution does not face the same pressures experienced at ad hoc tribunals to complete or wind down their work. At the same time\, however\, robust situation-specific strategies regarding how the court will assess that its work is complete in a given situation will enable the court to (a) define and better support the execution of its mandate to provide meaningful justice in each of its situation countries; (b) consolidate its legacy in those countries; and (c) communicate clearly with its stakeholders to inform expectations\, minimize disappointment and disillusionment\, and maximize cooperation and support. The 2020 Independent Expert Review also recommended the development of such strategies from the outset of an investigation. \nElements of “completion” are already underway at the court. In 2021\, the Office of the Prosecutor issued its Policy on Situation Completion\, and has since announced the completion of the investigation phase—the first of two parts of the completion process under the policy–in Georgia\, Central African Republic\, Kenya\, and Uganda. The prosecutor has also announced that his office plans to complete investigations in Libya by the end of 2025. Libya is the first situation in which the Office of the Prosecutor has provided advance notice of its intention to complete the investigation phase in a country situation. This provides an opportunity to reflect on the Office’s approach to completion\, distill lessons learned from its practice to date in situations where investigations have been completed as well as from other tribunals\, and make forward-looking recommendations to the Office of the Prosecutor\, and the court more broadly. \nPlease join us for a panel discussion exploring these issues in the margins of the 23rd Assembly session with: \n\nAlison Smith\, No Peace Without Justice\nSarah Kasande\, International Center for Transitional Justice\nRepresentative of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor\nSerena Zanirato\, Lawyers for Justice in Libya representative\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by Maria Elena Vignoli\, Human Rights Watch. H.E. Corinne Cicéron Bühler\, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Netherlands\, will deliver opening remarks. \n– Download the flyer of the event \n– Check also NPWJ and HRW joint submission on the ICC Office of the Prosecutor draft Policy on Situation Completion
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/side-event-getting-the-icc-to-a-meaningful-legacy-challenges-and-opportunities-in-situation-completions/
LOCATION:The Hague\, Oude Waalsdorperweg 10\, The Hague\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20241204T130255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T130255Z
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SUMMARY:Side Event “Philippine Cooperation and ASP Support: Their Implications for Asia and the ICC System”
DESCRIPTION:23rd ASP to the ICC\, The Hague\, 3 December 2024\, 13.15 -14.45 (Antartica\, World Forum) \nCo-hosted by Center Law\, Justice and Peace Netherlands\, Network against Killings in the Philippines (NAKPhil)\, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ)\, Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) and StoptheDrugWar.org
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/side-event-philippine-cooperation-and-asp-support-their-implications-for-asia-and-the-icc-system/
LOCATION:The Hague\, Oude Waalsdorperweg 10\, The Hague\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240625T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240625T200000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20240620T135209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T125909Z
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SUMMARY:Theatrical performance and conference highlighting the plight of Prisoners\, Missing Persons\, and Torture Victims in Syria
DESCRIPTION:On 25 June 2024\, No Peace Without Justice\, together with a number of Syrian human rights organisations\, are organising an event in Brussels at De Zeyp (Rue Zeyp 47\, 1083 Ganshoren) with the aim to highlight the plight of Prisoners\, Missing Persons\, and Torture Victims in Syria. \nThe main highlight of the event is a theatrical performance titled “Galati” by Nawar Bulbul\, telling the story of French journalist Michel Seurat. The performance of “Galati” serves not only as a powerful reminder of the suffering endured but also as a call to action for the global community to end these human rights violations. \nIn addition to the play\, there will be speeches from representatives of human rights organizations and testimonies from survivors\, emphasizing the conference’s goals:\n– Demanding the release of all prisoners in Syrian prisons\, regardless of nationality\, with a focus on Syrians\, Lebanese\, and Palestinians.\n– Calling on Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham\, the Syrian Democratic Forces\, and armed factions to unconditionally release all political prisoners. \n  \n\nThe inhumane conditions in Assad’s prison dungeons violate all human rights laws\, and the international community’s failure to stop this brutality normalises violence and brutality.  It has now been thirteen years\, and the fate of most activists imprisoned in Assad’s jails remains unknown. The Syrian regime has not distinguished between Syrians and others. The Caesar photos proved that both Syrians and non-Syrians\, including Lebanese\, Palestinians\, Jordanians\, and Iraqis\, died under torture. Just a few weeks ago\, the U.S. State Department announced the death of Syrian-American doctor Majd Kamalmaz under torture in Syrian regime prisons. \nThis event is part of a series taking place from 20 to 30 June 2024\, in various cities across Syria\, Turkey and Europe. These dates were chosen to coincide with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June\, reinforcing our commitment to raising awareness about these atrocities and advocating for justice.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/theatrical-performance-and-conference-highlighting-the-plight-of-prisoners-missing-persons-and-torture-victims-in-syria/
LOCATION:De Zeyp\, Brussels\, Belgio
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240519
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20240505T133815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240517T194350Z
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SUMMARY:NPWJ will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary with an International Conference in Rome
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 18 May 2024\, Non c’è Pace Senza Giustizia / No Peace Without Justice will celebrate its  thirtieth anniversary with an International Conference at the Campidoglio\, in Rome. \nOver these thirty years\, NPSG has waged countless battles for justice and accountability\, giving voice to the victims of atrocities and fighting against impunity for violations and crimes of international law. We have done so through international advocacy campaigns; on-the-ground documentation of crimes; legal and technical support for negotiations; contributions to the jurisprudence\, and doctrine\, as well as our role in the establishment and functioning of international justice mechanisms\, including the International Criminal Court. \nThe common thread that ties these initiatives together is the belief that freedom for each of us is only a Right if it is protected by law; human rights must not just be aspirations\, but must be backed and guaranteed by effective institutional and legal mechanisms that ensure compliance. Throughout our work\, we have observed and directly experienced how impunity and the denial of justice create power dynamics based on the denial of freedom and violence: “dove c’è strage di diritto\, c’è strage di popoli.” \nThe scale and brutality of atrocities committed before the eyes of the world to this day\, and especially the impunity with which they are now openly flaunted\, seem to deny the very existence of law and the legitimacy of the accountability mechanisms that we have helped set up over the past thirty years. But the conclusion we firmly reject is that international law is therefore irrelevant or useless. \nOn the contrary\, increasing impunity is what makes it all the more necessary for us to reaffirm that universal rules and principles of law do exist and must be applied. We therefore turn these rules and principles into action\, through our commitment to support indigenous communities in the Amazon fighting for the simple right to exist\, or in Libya alongside human rights defenders opposing oppression and violence\, as well as our colleagues in Ukraine as much as in the Philippines\, in Myanmar as much as in Palestine\, in Sudan as much as in Afghanistan. \nFor this reason\, the purpose of the Conference\, to which will participate political leaders\, human rights defenders and civil society activists from various parts of the world\, is not only to celebrate with us the milestone of thirty years of political initiatives\, but above all to help us imagine the next thirty years\, and how to turn the challenges we face today into sustained new actions in favour of freedom\, law\, peace and\, therefore\, justice. \nParticipation in the event is free\, but registration on Eventbrite is required: https://bit.ly/NPWJat30 \nLive Streaming:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/Youtube-NPWJ30Y-EN (English)\nhttps://tinyurl.com/Youtube-NPWJ30Y-IT (Italian) \nFor more information\, please contact info@npwj.org \nPreliminary Program\n(Click here to download the pdf version) \n08:30 – 09:00   Arrival of Participants: Coffee and Registration  \n09:10   Participants Seated \n09:15   Welcome Greetings\nRoberto Gualtieri\, Mayor of Rome (TBC)\nMattia Peradotto\, National Office Against Racial Discrimination\, Presidency of the Council of Ministers\nRosario Aitala\, First Vice-President\, International Criminal Court \n09:30   Opening: Tara O’Grady\, President of NPWJ\n            Keynote: Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi\, former ICC and ICC-ASP President \n09:45   Call to Action: Chief Raoni\, Indigenous Leader \n10:00   Accountability in Action\nModerator: Niccolò Figà Talamanca\, NPWJ Secretary General\nNazhat Khan\, Deputy Prosecutor\, International Criminal Court\nAlpha Sesay\, Deputy Minister of Justice\, Republic of Sierra Leone\nIsatou Touré\, former Vice-President of Gambia\nAlmir Narayamogs Suruí\, Indigenous Paiter Suruí Leader\, Rondônia\, Brazil\nNader Nadery\, Afghan Human Rights Activist\, Senior Fellow at the Wilson Centre\nEmma Bonino\, founder of No Peace Without Justice \n11:15   Keynote: Hatice Cengiz\, Scholar and Human Rights Activist \n11:30   Coffee Break on the Terrazza della Protomoteca (meeting with the press in “Sala Laudato Si”) \n12:00    International Advocacy \nModerator: Fabio Maria Galiani\, International Criminal Lawyer\nInterventions:\nMaurício Ye’kwana\, Yanomami and Ye’kwana leader\, Roraima State\, Brazil\nBarbara Ibrahim\, Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement\, American Univ Cairo\nKhady Koita\, Human Rights Activist and President of La Palabre\, Thiès\, Senegal\nRichard Bennett\, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Afghanistan\nGiovanni Fontana\, Human Rights Activist\, Co-Founder of Second Tree\nAhmed Abofoul\, Int’l Lawyer and a Human Rights Advocate\, Al-Haq\, Palestine\nMarcos Orellana\, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics \n13:15   Colazione on the Terrazza of the Protomoteca \n14:30   The International Legal Environment and the Problem of Compliance \nModerator: Marco Perduca\, NPWJ Board Members\nInterventions:\nMauro Politi\, former ICC Judge\, Professor at the University of Trento\nFrancesca Albanese\, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine\nNasser Algheitta\, Professor of International law and Human Rights\, Libya\nVictor Ochen\, Human Rights Activist\, Executive Director of AYINET Uganda\nSalvatore Zappalà\, Professor of International Law\, Univesity of Catania\nRodney Dixon KC\, South African International Human Rights Lawyer\, London\nDavid Donat-Cattin\, Professor of International Law and Climate Change\, Center for Global Affairs\, NYU \n16:00   Closing Session \nModerator: Albert Alejo\, Human Rights and Peoples Empowerment Centre\, Philippines\nInterventions:\nLeila De Lima\, former Senator\, Philippines (v)\nSayed Yousif Almuhafdha\, Bahraini Human Rights Activist and Researcher\nFlavia Lattanzi\, Professor emeritus Int’l Law\, Un. Roma Tre\, ad litem Judge ICTY/ICTR\nHussein Sabbagh\, Syrian Human Rights Activist\, Euro Syrian Democratic Forum\nBarbaros Sansal\, Turkish Human Rights Activist\nNiccolò Figà Talamanca\, NPWJ Secretary General \n17:15   Vote of Thanks\nSilvia Fernandez de Gurmendi\, former ICC and former ICC-ASP President\nTara O’Grady\, NPWJ President \n17:30   Aperitivo on the Terrazza of the Protomoteca \n18:00   Assemblea dei Soci di Non c’è Pace Senza Giustizia ETS (No Peace Without Justice ETS AGM) \n20:00   Tour of the Musei Capitolini : “La Notte dei Musei” \n  \n \nCon il Patrocinio del Comune di Roma
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/npwj-will-celebrate-its-thirtieth-anniversary-with-an-international-conference-in-rome/
LOCATION:Campidoglio\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240327T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240327T130000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T150503Z
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SUMMARY:Human Rights in the Philippines: Accountability for continuing and past extrajudicial killings\, enforced disappearances and abductions
DESCRIPTION:Side event\, UN Human Rights Council\, 55th Session\, 27 March 2024\, Room XXV\, 12:00-13:00\, Hybrid \n\nWatch live on Youtube\n\nSpeakers\nLeila de Lima – Former Secretary of Justice\, former Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights and former Senator of the Philippines\nAlison Smith – Legal Counsel and International Justice Director\, No Peace Without Justice\nSocorro Reyes – Regional Governance Advisor\, Centre for Legislative Development\, Senior Research Fellow\, La Salle Institute of Governance\, Manila\, Philippines\nSamantha David – Project Development Officer\, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates \nModerator\nAlbert Alejo – Associate Lecturer\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Pontifical Gregorian University\, Rome\, Italy. \nOrganised by Franciscans International • Amnesty International • Alza Vita • CIVICUS • Dominicans for Justice and Peace • Fastenaktion • Forum-Asia • Human Rights Watch • iDefend • International Service for Human Rights • No Peace Without Justice • PAHRA • StoptheDrugWar.org • Task Force Detainees of the Philippines • World Council of Churches • World Organisation Against Torture \nBackground\nThe “war on drugs” was started by then-President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016. It continues under the current President\, Ferdinand Marcos Jr\, who was elected in June 2022. Monitoring by the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center shows that drug-related extrajudicial killings were higher in the first year of the Marcos administration than in the final year of the Duterte administration. According to official statistics\, between 1 July 2016 and 31 May 2022\, 6\,252 people were killed by state agents. According to human rights groups\, the figure rises to 30\,000 when taking into account killings by unidentified gunmen. \nThe UN Human Rights Council adopted two resolutions in 2019 and 2020 in response to the worsening human rights situation in the Philippines. HRC 45/33 in 2020 on technical cooperation and capacity-building for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines and HRC 51/58 acknowledge the UN Joint Program for Human Rights (UNJP)\, aimed at pursuing a human rights-based approach to drug control and strengthening accountability mechanisms. The UNJP is ending in 2024. The program has shown disappointing results\, with only three perpetrators in extrajudicial killings cases having been convicted as of November 2023. Despite this\, the UNJP remains an important platform for civil society engagement with the Government. The Government\, however\, has not shown any interest in continuing the program as it stands and is pursuing a dilution of the program that would see civil society engagement considerably weakened. \nThe Government has also consistently refused to cooperate with the investigation being conducted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into possible crimes against humanity committed across the Philippines during the administration of Duterte. The Government has argued that the court no longer has jurisdiction over the Philippines after withdrawing from the ICC in March 2019. \nIn addition to continued impunity with regard to human rights violations committed during the “drug war”\, the Philippines has been seeing rising extrajudicial killings\, enforced disappearances\, abductions\, arbitrary arrests\, attacks\, harassment\, threats and intimidation against human rights defenders\, journalists\, and civil society organisations as part of “red-tagging” practices by the Government aimed at muzzling civic space and shutting down democratic dissent. \nWithin the framework of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council\, it is important to provide updates on the latest developments with regard to the human rights situation in the Philippines and to share the views of civil society in the Philippines and of UN Human Rights Experts. \nOur Side Event seeks to provide this opportunity\, in particular with the presence of former Senator Ms. Leila de Lima. Leila de Lima has been a staunch critic of Duterte’s anti-human rights policies. As a consequence of her persistent activism and her pursuit of accountability\, she spent almost seven years behind bars on fabricated drug trafficking charges with manufactured testimonies being presented against her. In November 2023\, Senator de Lima was granted bail on the final charge against her by Marcos’ administration. Senator de Lima will address the gathering\, accompanied by the team that has been fighting for her freedom and pushing for justice for crimes committed in the Philippines during the “drug war”. \nObjectives \n\nTo reflect on the way forward with regard to civic space in the Philippines in the face of continued and mounting assaults on freedom of opinion\, expression\, association and assembly.\nTo discuss the role that misogyny and gender-based discrimination have played in the vilification and harassment of women HRDs in the Philippines\, through the prism of the very public case of Senator de Lima.\nTo share efforts of human rights organizations to support EJK widows and orphans of the horrific “Drug War” policy in the Philippines in rebuilding their lives.\nTo reflect on the failures and achievements of the UN Joint Program in light of regressive Government proposals for the next iteration and to reiterate calls for an evaluation of the program by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.\n\n– For further information\, please contact Nicola Giovannini at ngiovanninni@npwj.org
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/human-rights-in-the-philippines-accountability-for-continuing-and-past-extrajudicial-killings-enforced-disappearances-and-abductions/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240321T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240321T150000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20240321T113613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T104433Z
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SUMMARY:"After a Drug War: Ending Extrajudicial Drug War Killings and Extending Transitional Justice for Victims"
DESCRIPTION:Side event\, 67th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs\, Vienna\, 21 March 2024 \nZoom (with optional registration): https://bit.ly/afteradrugwar\nZoom (direct meeting access): https://bit.ly/afteradrugwar-noreg\nhttps://stopthedrugwar.org/ruleoflaw \nKeynote Speaker: Leila de Lima\nSenator\, Republic of the Philippines from 2016-2022\n(via Zoom) \nPanel:\nAgnès Callamard\, Secretary General\, Amnesty International (via Zoom)\nZaved Mahmood\, Human Rights and Drug Policy Advisor\, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights\nSocorro Reyes\, Human Rights Defender and Former University Professor of Leila de Lima\nIntro by David Borden\, Executive Director\, DRCNet Foundation AKA StoptheDrugWar.org.\nPanel and speaker-audience discussion moderated by Father Albert Alejo\, Faculty of Social Sciences\, Pontifical Gregorian University\nand member of Board of Directors of No Peace Without Justice. \nDrug wars sometimes lead to serious human rights abuses\, of which the worst may be extrajudicial killings or real or supposed drug suspects.  These can serve as an authoritarian populist tool by unprincipled leaders\, both politically and as a weapon against political opposition and media.  “After a Drug War” will discuss the experiences of countries that have suffered from this problem\, and of leaders who have paid a price for standing up to it. \n“After a Drug War” is organized by DRCNet Foundation AKA StoptheDrugWar.org\, with cosponsors Human Rights and People Empowerment Center\, NoBox Philippines\, US Filipinos for Good Governance\, Forum Droghe Associazione Movimento per il Contenimento dei Danni \, No Peace Without Justice\, and Alza Vita di Roma. \nPlease contact David Borden at +1 202-236-8620 or borden@drcnet.org for further information.\nVisit https://stopthedrugwar.org/ruleoflaw for more about our work in this area\, and visit https://stopthedrugwar.org/global for more about our work in the international system.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/after-a-drug-war-ending-extrajudicial-drug-war-killings-and-extending-transitional-justice-for-victims/
LOCATION:vienna\, Austria
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231125
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T112854Z
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SUMMARY:INPT International Colloquium: “Monitoring of detention conditions of people in vulnerable situation”
DESCRIPTION:On 23-24 November 2023\, the Tunisian National Authority for the Prevention of Torture (INPT) is convening its eigth annual international colloquium in Tunis focusing on “Monitoring of detention conditions of people in vulnerable situation”. \n\n\nParticipants include high-level representatives of UN bodies and agencies and the African Union\, members of civil society organisations and international experts\, including Niccolo Figa-Talamanca\, Secretary-General of No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ)\, and Frej Fenniche\, MENA régional Representative of NPWJ. The purpose of the two-day colloquium is to discuss the various strategies and mechanisms aimed at the prevention of torture and the protection of human rights of detainees in situation of vulnerability\, the causes and the factors of vulnerability\, as well as to exchange know-how and good practices in the monitoring of the conditions of detention and the treatment of vulnerable persons. \nThe event is co-organised by UNDP-Tunisia\, in cooperation with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights\, Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)\, OMCT – Réseau SOS Torture\, No Peace Without Justice\, Al-Kawakibi Democracy Transition Centre\, Danish Institute for Human Rights\, EuroMed Rights\, Dignity (Danish Institute against Torture)\, Trust (Transition Redevable pour la Société Tunisienne) and DCAF-Geneva. \nFor further information\, please contact Frej Fenniche (MENA Regional representative) on ffenniche@npwj.org or Nicola Giovannini (Press & Public Affairs Coordinator) on ngiovannini@npwj.org.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/inpt-international-colloquium-monitoring-of-detention-conditions-of-people-in-vulnerable-situation/
LOCATION:Tunis\, Tunis
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20221209T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20221209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20230222T115232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T202636Z
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SUMMARY:Justice for the Rohingya: Paths Forward
DESCRIPTION:Side event to the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC \n\nOverview\nProgram Strategy\nProgram Activities\nProgram History\nPartners & Donors\n\nIn the margins of the 21th Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties\, the Delegations of Bangladesh and The Gambia to the ICC and No Peace Without Justice are convening a Side-event on “Justice for the Rohingya: Paths Forward”\, to be held on 9 December 2021 (08h30 hrs CET). \nIn November 2019\, at the International Criminal Court (ICC)\, the Pre-Trial Chamber authorised the Prosecutor to open an investigation into the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar over alleged crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution on grounds of ethnicity and/or religion against the Rohingya population. The investigation is currently ongoing. \nAt the same time\, The Gambia suo moto filed the Rohingya case as a universal concern\, by bringing genocide allegations before the International Court of Justice (ICJ); and seeking provisional measures directed towards ending the genocide\, punishing the perpetrators who committed it and protecting and preserving the relevant evidence. The ICJ ordered provisional measures\, including that Myanmar prevent and punish the commission of genocide and report to the ICJ periodically on measures to implement those provisional measures. Two weeks before the coup in early 2021\, Myanmar lodged an objection to the case. With that pending\, Myanmar’s Counter-Memorial is due in April 2023 \nMeanwhile\, in Argentina\, a universal jurisdiction Case was filed by Mr Tun Khin\, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)\, alleging serious crimes including genocide against the Rohingya. On 26 November 2021\, The Second Chamber of the Federal Criminal Court in Buenos Aires confirmed that it would launch a case against senior Myanmar officials\, including General Min Aung Hlaing and much of the current junta’s senior leadership. Most recently\, the Argentine Courts have sought relevant information from Meta in relation to material posted on Facebook that vilifies the Rohingya and spreads false information. \nAll the three Cases came together in a “perfect storm” in November 2019; despite their slow progression\, the Cases continue to raise hopes that justice might eventually become a reality for the Rohingyas. \nThree years on\, this ASP side event aims to take stock of justice efforts for the Rohingyas\, examining these efforts in the broader geopolitical context\, including the influence of external circumstances\, and in light of the expectations of Rohingya human rights activists and others. At the conclusion of the event\, participants are expected to have a deeper understanding of the human rights situation for the Rohingyas\, an appreciation of the wider geopolitical significance of the Cases and a greater commitment to the pursuit of justice in all appropriate fora. \nSpeakers at the side-event include: \n\nNazhat Shameem Khan\, ICC Deputy Prosecutor in charge of the Myanmar/Bangladesh case\nMr. Hussein Thomasi \, Solicitor General and Legal Secretary\, Government of Gambia\nAmbassador Laetitia Van Den Assum\, former member of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State\nTun KHIN\, President of Burma Rohingya Organisation UK\nM Riaz Hamidullah\, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands\n\nModerator: Representative from No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) \n\nPlease register: hhttps://forms.gle/jPrmtWc7abtvCJVC8\nRSVP: mission.hague@mofa.gov.bd\nConcept note and program\n\n 
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/justice-for-the-rohingya-paths-forward/
LOCATION:The Hague\, Oude Waalsdorperweg 10\, The Hague\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20221209T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20221209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20230222T113746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T144644Z
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SUMMARY:Strengthening Accountability Globally
DESCRIPTION:Side event to the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC \nThe expanded conflict in Ukraine has triggered a strong response from the international community\, including through unprecedented support for a variety of justice initiatives to pursue accountability for grave international crimes. The range of initiatives demonstrates just how interconnected are the different elements and dimensions of what may be understood as the “ecosystem” to deliver justice for serious international crimes. In Ukraine\, it remains to be seen how all these elements will coordinate and interact with each other\, as has also been the case in other situations. Renewed attention now on the role of the ICC and the importance of accountability provides an opportunity to reflect on the linkages within the broader system and the concrete ways in which governments through their support for a range of justice-related initiatives can bolster the system globally. \nThese dimensions include: \n\nProviding financial\, political\, and practical support to domestic\, hybrid\, and international courts tackling grave international crimes;\nExpanding the ICC’s membership to extend the court’s reach and victims’ access to justice;\nCriminalizing and prosecuting grave crime domestically\, including by ensuring that adequate legal and institutional frameworks are in place;\nShowing greater consistency in the judicial response to atrocities wherever they occur; and\nRestraining the use of the UN Security Council veto in situations of mass atrocities.\n\n  \nThis side event aims to explore different elements and dimensions of the international justice ecosystem and discuss concrete steps that civil society organisations and governments are already taking to achieve the goal of bolstering accountability for serious crimes globally. \nOpening remarks: Amb. Jaime Moscoso Valenzuela\, Ambassador of Chile to the Netherlands \nPanel:  \n\nEhsan Qaane\, Transitional Justice Coordination Group\nMatevž Pezdirc\, Head of EU Genocide Network Secretariat\nNadia Volkova\, Ukraine Legal Advisory Group\nAmb. Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia\, Ambassador of Mexico to the Netherlands\nMaria Elena Vignoli\, Human Rights Watch\n\n  \nModerator: Michelle Reyes Milk\, No Peace Without Justice
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/strengthening-accountability-globally/
LOCATION:The Hague\, Oude Waalsdorperweg 10\, The Hague\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220727T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220728T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20221227T201017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T202055Z
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SUMMARY:Colloque sur le Sahel: développement\, gouvernance et droits humains
DESCRIPTION:Nouakchott\, Mauritanie\, 27-28 juin 2022 et sur Zoom \nOrganisé par Fight Impunity\, Maria Arena et le Groupe S&D\, le Représentant spécial de l’UE pour le Sahel et No Peace Without justice. \nParticiper à la réunion Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89695483009?pwd=x6FKpKT2xpTkJiMycRSDex0ejzpcMw.1 \nID de réunion : 896 9548 3009 Code secret : 216744 \nPrésentation du colloque: \nLes pays de la zone sahélienne sont confrontés à des défis majeurs d’ordre sécuritaire\, politique\, économique et environnemental. Depuis plus d’une dizaine d’années le contexte de violence accrue dans la région amène à s’interroger sur l’efficacité des politiques\, stratégies\, instruments et dispositifs de réduction de la violence\, de stabilisation et de développement tels que proposés par les bailleurs de fonds en partenariat avec les autorités nationales. Ces dernières années ont été sanglantes dans tous les pays de la région\, causant des milliers de morts civils et militaires. Les violences commises par toutes les parties ont causé le déplacement de plus de quatre millions de personnes. \nLe colloque de Nouakchott\, sera l’occasion pour réfléchir sur les besoins et réalités vécues par les populations vivant dans des conditions économiques\, sociales climatiques et sécuritaire difficiles ainsi que sur le rôle que l’Union européenne et les partenaires internationaux jouent dans la région en évaluant leur intervention et les résultats lesquels jusqu’à présent\, n’ont pas été à la hauteur des attentes pour faire face aux défis sécuritaires de la région. \nLes conclusions du colloque serviront à penser une approche nouvelle de partenariat entre l’Union européenne et les pays du Sahel dans le but de : \n\n Améliorer les connaissances et éclairer les parlementaires européens sur les enjeux dans la sous-région et les outiller avec des éléments d’analyse pour pouvoir réfléchir au rôle de l’UE dans la région ;\nAnalyser les rôles et les limites de l’intervention des partenaires internationaux des pays de la région en vue d’approfondir la réflexion sur les réels besoins en termes d’interventions à faveur de la stabilité\, les droits humains et la paix dans la région ;\nÉcouter les populations locales et les analystes locaux pour mieux intégrer leur point de vue dans la définition des politiques de l’UE dans la région ;\nFormuler des recommandations en directions des décideurs africains et internationaux en vue d’un retour à la stabilité dans les pays de la région ;\nImpliquer le grand public et la jeunesse dans la réflexion sur les thèmes de la stabilité et droits humains de la région.\n\nIl s’agira donc\, de dégager des recommandations concrètes pour une re -stabilisation durable du Sahel intégrant les préoccupations citoyennes. \nRevue de presse: \n\nhttps://tchad24.tv/le-sahel-une-digue-mal-en-point-les-promesses-de-colloque-de-nouakchott-du-27-au-28-juin/?fbclid=IwAR2ho43kQiSQ8Dnr9b27kl1G9g-TYzD-guPobViA9YWDR-P8r5RqObYksHM\nhttps://cridem.org/C_Info.php?article=757471\nhttps://www.camer.be/mobile/91330/6:1/afrique-g5-sahel-marie-arena-initie-une-grande-rencontre-entre-societe-civile-et-gouvernements-saheliens-africa.html\n\nPrésentation radiophonique \n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/3EcNeQH3tNhbH8sc3LWU4g
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/colloque-sur-le-sahel-developpement-gouvernance-et-droits-humains-pour-la-securite-des-populations/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220622T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20221227T203215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T202126Z
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SUMMARY:HELP: towards a human-rights coordinated against terrorism
DESCRIPTION:The threat of terrorism and the means to fight it efficiently with full respect of the rule of law and human rights is the concern of policy makers\, law enforcement agencies and population at large. Operations conducted by many states within the framework of the so-called “war on terrorism” in recent years “have shown that a wide range of human rights are affected by counter terrorism measures\, notably the right to life\, the prohibition on torture or inhuman or degrading treatment\, the right to liberty and security\, the right to a fair trial\, and respect for private and family life”. \nCounter terrorism and radicalisation measures should respect\, promote and ensure the protection of human rights. As stated by the United Nations Human Rights Council in its resolution 31/30 “the objectives of countering terrorism and of the protection and promotion of human rights are not conflicting but complementary and mutually reinforcing”. Policies which are compliant to human rights standards uphold the values that terrorist groups endeavour to destroy\, weaken support for radicalism among potential advocates\, and reinforce public confidence in the rule of law. \nIn this context and in the scope of supporting regional dynamics around the prevention and the countering of radicalisation\, violent extremism and terrorism\, the Council of Europe organises in Tunis on 22-23 June 2022 a “Regional Conference on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Towards a Human rights Coordinated approach” within the framework of the European-Union and the Council of Europe joint programs\, the Regional Support to Reinforce Human rights\, Rule of Law and Democracy in the Southern Mediterranean Program (South Programme IV) and the Support to Independent Bodies in Tunisia Project (PAII-T). \nThe event is organised jointly with the National Commission on Counterterrorism in Tunisia\, the Higher Authority for Audio-visual Communication and No Peace Without Justice. The Conference has two objectives. The first is to establish the basis for a HELP regional training on repatriation\, reintegration and rehabilitation of children in their countries. The second is to present two HELP contextualised courses on Counterterrorism and Violent Extremism\, i.e Radicalisation Prevention and Combatting Hate Speech in the Audio-Visual Sector. \n\nConcept note and program of the conference\n\nFor further information\, please contact: Frej Fenniche: ffenniche@npwj.org – +216 56 441 505 (English\, French\, العربية)
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/help-regional-conference-towards-a-human-rights-coordinated-approach-in-countering-terrorism-and-violent-extremism/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220616T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220616T180000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20221227T200322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T172904Z
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SUMMARY:Annual International Conference on “The Future of Human Rights"
DESCRIPTION:European Parliament\, Brussels\, 16-17 June 2022 \nOn 16-17 June 2022\, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) is holding a joint conference with Fight Impunity and No Peace without Justice\, to shed light of abuses against human rights\, to foster a better-informed public debate on the subject\, and to help generate a stronger commitment to prioritise it with resources internationally. \nThe conference will bring together representatives from European Union and United Nations\, international experts\, academics\, civil-society representatives\, and actors engaged in the process of defending human rights and fighting against impunity worldwide. The protection of human rights and the fight against impunity are today\, more than ever\, a very major pressing global challenge and one that needs to be highlighted and addressed with urgency. In recent months\, we have seen a very significant growth in grave human rights violations of various kinds\, and the purpose of this conference will be to shed light on such abuse\, to foster a better-informed public debate on this subject\, and to help generate a greater commitment to prioritise it with appropriate resources internationally. \nPlease\, register here to attend the conference (before June 11th at 6:00 pm): https://forms.gle/acNssrPFX2p8c1Py7 \nYou can also attend this event online on Interactio\, with no need for registration. Please click on the following link: https://broadcaster.interactio.eu/join/3m7x-bvl3-haig (only active on the days of the conference). \n\nProgram of the Conference\nDate and time: 16 June\, 14:00-18:00 / 17 June\, 09:30-18:00\nVenue: Library Reading Room\, Spinelli 5th floor D\, European Parliament\, Brussels
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/annual-international-conference-on-the-future-of-human-rights/
LOCATION:Library Reading Room\, Spinelli 5th floor D\, Brussels\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220222T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220222T110000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20221227T202711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T202232Z
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SUMMARY:Justice for Myanmar\, at the ICJ and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:After over 60 years of serious human rights abuses and mass atrocities\, including war crimes\, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by Myanmar’s military\, it is only recently that the international community has taken steps to hold the Tatmadaw to account. Impunity has emboldened the military and was an enabling factor for the military’s February 2021 coup. \nWhile at present\, international accountability efforts are focused on justice for the Rohingya\, however\, these cases importantly break the cycle of impunity and lay the groundwork for accountability for other communities in Myanmar\, including crimes against other ethnic groups\, as well as crimes committed in the context of the coup. This panel will explore how the ICJ proceedings complement other international accountability efforts\, and discuss how they can inform future cases and investigations against the Myanmar military. \n\nRegister here https://t.co/fKlH6ZgxKe
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/justice-for-myanmar-at-the-icj-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220208T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220208T120000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20230222T122207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T211854Z
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SUMMARY:Out of “The Bush School”. Acting against FGM in Liberia and beyond
DESCRIPTION:On 8 February 2022\, a virtual event will be hosted by No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) and Zona. Starting with the projection of the documentary “The Bush School” (2020)\, by Italian journalist and filmmaker Emanuela Zuccalà\, we will discuss the efficacy of existing legal instruments and policies against FGM and the avenues for their improvement. The presentation of the documentary will be the basis of a wider debate on contrast to FGM in Liberia as well as in Europe and the rest of the world. \nThe event will also feature the presentation of 28 Too Many’s recent report “The Law and FGM – Europe” (December 2021). \nThe event\, moderated by Gianfranco dell’Alba (President\, No Peace Without Justice)\, will include interventions by Giulia Schiavoni\, Gender and Human Rights Program Adviser\, No Peace Without Justice; Emanuela Zuccalà\, author of “The Bush School”; Phyllis Nguma Kimba\, Executive Director NATPAH/Liberia; Antric Jalloh\, Liberian women and children’s rights advocate & SGBV survivor\, GOESC; Rugiatu Neneh Turay\, Sierra Leonean anti FGM campaigner and women leader activist; Laurent Delahousse\, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Liberia; Dr Ann-Marie Wilson\, Founder and Executive Director\, 28 Too Many; Chiara Adamo\, Human Rights\, equality and democracy Head of Unit\, European Commission; Khady Koita\, President\, La Palabre; Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana\, MEP (The Greens/EFA); Alessandra Moretti\, MEP (S&D); Frances Fitzgerald\, MEP (EPP). \nParticipation in the event is free\, but registration on EventBrite is required in order to get the direct link to the conference. \nThe live stream of the event can be followed on our social media pages: Facebook and Youtube \n\nProgram of the event\n\nFor further information\, contact Francesca Basso ( fbasso@npwj.org )
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/out-of-the-bush-school-acting-against-fgm-in-liberia-and-beyond-2/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220201T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20221227T203453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T202330Z
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SUMMARY:The Path Forward for the Rohingya Community
DESCRIPTION:The Rohingya community has long suffered under the Myanmar government’s decades-long policies of persecution against them\, which were only exacerbated during and in the wake of the 2017 acts of genocide against them. Today\, over a million Rohingya remain outside Myanmar\, and an additional 600\,000 in Rakhine continue to suffer. Following the February 2021 military coup\, the prospect of Rohingyas’ safe return to Myanmar is even more precarious\, as is the situation of those still in the country. This panel is an opportunity for international policymakers and advocates to hear directly from Rohingya leaders about challenges currently facing the community\, and how the international community can best support the Rohingya people. \n\nRegister here https://t.co/0MdQ2U0t61
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/the-path-forward-for-the-rohingya-community/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20211216T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20211216T170000
DTSTAMP:20260714T052005
CREATED:20221227T204545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T202353Z
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SUMMARY:Side-event on “Ecocide: From Amazonia to Oceania to the Hague.
DESCRIPTION:20th ASP to the ICC\, The Hague\, 16 December 2021\, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CET \nIn the margins of the 20th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (ASP)\, No Peace Without Justice and Seja Legal Campaign are organising a conference on ecocide as part of its ongoing project “Amazonia Beyond the Crisis – Accountability for deforestation: preventing further violations against human rights and protecting against continuous environmental and economic destructions”. \nThis event aims to contribute to the ongoing discussions about ecocide and to build political will towards criminalising ecocide at the national and international levels. More importantly\, it will invite global leaders who will have gathered on the occasion of the 20th session of the ASP in the Hague to commit and actively join this journey towards more stringent environmental protections through the lens of criminal justice. In this context\, the event will also enrich the ongoing discussions by bringing direct perspectives\, testimonies\, and expertise of those who are most affected by environmental destruction into the debate. Finally\, it is aimed at launching a deeper analysis that will tackle the intersectionality between criminalising ecocide and protecting human rights\, including indigenous rights. \nSpeakers will include: Michelle Reyes Milk – No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ); Paulo Barreto\, Senior researcher of Amazon Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon) & spokesperson of Be Legal with Amazon Campaign; Rev. James Bhagwan\, Secretary-general of the Pacific Conference of Churches; Olympia Bekou\, University of Nottingham; Marie Toussaint\, MEP; Kattrin Jadin\, Member of the Belgian Parliament. \nInterpretation will be available in English\, Portuguese\, Spanish\, and Italian. \n\nProgram and concept note (in pdf format)\n\nParticipation in the event is free\, but registration is required in order to get the direct link to the conference: \nhttps://tinyurl.com/2rcnj9vx \nThe live stream of the event can be followed on our social media pages: \n\nFacebook\nTwitter\nYoutube\n\n 
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/side-event-on-ecocide-from-amazonia-to-oceania-to-the-hague-bringing-voices-together-towards-a-common-goal/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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