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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
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SUMMARY:Side-Event HRC61: Safeguarding International Justice  
DESCRIPTION:Defending the Defenders: Countering Sanctions and Coercive Measures against the International Criminal Court and those Supporting its Mandate \n\nDate/Time: 23 March 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00\nLocation: Palais des Nations\, Geneva (Room XII)\nLive streaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/VoOvRKCcu-4\nHosted by: Colombia\, State of Palestine\, Slovenia\, South Africa\, Spain;\nOrganizers: NPWJ\, CICC\, Al-Haq\, Al Mezan\, and PCHR\n\nOn the margins of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council\, this side event will examine the growing use of sanctions and coercive measures against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and those working to support international justice. Bringing together UN experts and human rights defenders\, the discussion will explore the real-world impact of these measures on judges\, civil society organisations and the documentation of international crimes\, highlighting how the Court and its partners continue their work despite unprecedented pressure. The event will call for the urgent adoption of concrete countermeasures to safeguard the independence and functioning of the international justice system.\n\nProgramme:\n12:00-12:05:  Welcome & Political Framing\n            H.E. Mr. Gustavo Gallón\, Permanent Representative of Colombia\n12:05-12:13: The Expanded Net: Sanctions Overreach\n             Ms. Francesca Albanese\, UN Special Rapporteur on the OPT\n12:13-12:37: The Ground Reality: Impact on Human Rights Documentation\n                     Al-Haq\, Al Mezan\, PCHR\n12:37-12:45: The Extraterritorial Impact of Sanctions: Measures States Parties can take\n                     Ms. Zoé Paris\, CICC\n12:45-12:50: Call to Action\n                     H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Khraishi\, Permanent Observer Representative of the State of Palestine\n12:50-13:00: Q&A\n                     Mr. Niccolò Figà-Talamanca Secretary General\, No Peace Without Justice\n\n\nFlyer
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/side-event-hrc61-safeguarding-international-justice/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
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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
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SUMMARY:PRESS CONFERENCE - From Words to Action: Shielding the ICC and Civil Society from US Sanctions
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, 14 April\nTime: 16:30 – 18:00\nLocation: Brussels Press Club\, Rue Froissart 95\, 1040 Brussels\nRegistration: Online at this link (free)\nCo-sponsors: Al-Haq\, Al Mezan\, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)\, Amnesty International\, Avocats Sans Frontières\, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)\, EUmans\, EuroMed Rights\, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)\, No Peace Without Justice and 11:11:11. \nAbout the press conference: \nOn 6 February 2025\, less than a month after the beginning of his second term\, the United States (US) President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO)14203 “Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC)” and designated the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan for his work on the investigations in the Palestine and Afghanistan situations. Since then\, eight ICC judges and two deputy prosecutors\, three Palestinian organisations and a United Nations Special Rapporteur were designated under the same EO.\nBy using sanctions against the entire international justice ecosystem\, the US is targeting justice efforts for the world’s most serious crimes. Due to US dominance in global finance and IT services\, these sanctions have a deep impact all around the world for those directly targeted\, and ultimately for victims of international crimes\, especially in Palestine and Afghanistan.\nOver the past months\, the Secretariat of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) drafted a report on the impact of US sanctions against the Court and those cooperating with it. To be centered around the voices of those affected\, all individuals and organisations that were designated under EO 14203 were interviewed. In the week leading to the launch of the report\, the directors of the three designated Palestinian organisations\, Al Haq\, PCHR and Al Mezan\, will be present in Europe to call for concrete actions.\nIn the face of such unprecedented attacks\, civil society organisations and grassroot movements around the world have mobilised and advocated against these measures and for the adoption of the EU blocking statute. A European-wide mobilisation and a Satyagraha (a citizen-led relay fasting) are underway and represent a grassroots push to prompt European institutions to take concrete action.\nThe EU must move beyond generic political statements of support and demand the activation of the EU Blocking Statute (Regulation 2271/96) to protect NGOs\, the International Criminal Court and those working on justice and accountability from the extraterritorial effect of US unilateral sanctions.\nThe following organisations are participating in the press conference and calling for the EU Commission to adopt the EU blocking statute: Al-Haq\, Al Mezan\, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)\, Amnesty International\, Avocats Sans Frontières\, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)\, EUmans\, EuroMed Rights\, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)\, No Peace Without Justice and 11:11:11. \n\nPress Conference Agenda\n\n 
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/press-conference-from-words-to-action-shielding-the-icc-and-civil-society-from-us-sanctions/
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SUMMARY:Murder on the Land and the Sea II: Accountability for Extrajudicial Drug War Killings Is Only a Matter of Time
DESCRIPTION:Side event for the 35th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice\nonline-only\, 4 June 2026\, 9:00-10:00am ET / 3:00-4:00pm CET / 9:00-10:00pm PHT\nWatch the video recording at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmWvtqICIV8 \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 drug policy today does so more than extrajudicial killings (EJKs). As the former president of the Philippines awaits trial later this year\, the death toll from US strikes on alleged “drug boats” has raced past 200\, making state violence and accountability for it pressing issues in drug policy today. \n“Murder on the Land and the Sea II” discussed identified episodes of drug war EJKs in the 21st century\, their context and interrelationships\, and the international legal exposure officials may face – in some cases are already facing – in states that perpetrate EJKs or facilitate them through intelligence and law enforcement cooperation. \nSpeakers:\nJohn Ramming Chappell\, Advisory\, US Advocacy\, Center for Civilians in Conflict\nDino Singson de Leon\, Trustee\, Human Rights and People Empowerment Center\nSarah Harrison\, Nonresident Fellow\, Conventional Defense Program\, Stimson Center\nIntro and Moderation: David Borden\, Executive Director\, StoptheDrugWar.org \nOrganized by DRCNet Foundation AKA StoptheDrugWar.org\, with cosponsors Associazone Luca Coscioni\, Drug Policy Alliance\, Eumans\, 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 \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-ii-accountability-for-extrajudicial-drug-war-killings-is-only-a-matter-of-time/
LOCATION:vienna\, Austria
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SUMMARY:"Human Rights in Tunisia: Sliding into Authoritarianism"
DESCRIPTION:Side Event on the margins of the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (Room XI\, Palais des Nations\, Geneva)\n17 September 2026 │ 12:00 – 13:00 CET\n– Organised by:  Human Rights Watch\n–  Co-sponsored by: Amnesty International\, Avocats Sans Frontières\, Euromed Rights\, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)\, No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ)\, OMCT\n– Concept note \nFive years after President Kais Saied seized extraordinary executive powers in 2021\, the human rights situation in Tunisia has severely deteriorated and the country is sliding into authoritarianism.\nTunisian authorities have intensified repression of political opponents\, lawyers\, journalists\, activists\, and other critical voices\, by carrying out mass arrests on vague charges including on terrorism or conspiracy against state security and bringing abusive prosecutions within a judicial system under executive control. Much of civil society and the political opposition is now behind bars or in exile.\nThe government has turned arbitrary detention into a cornerstone of its repressive policy\, aimed at depriving people of their civil and political rights.\nCivic space has closed rapidly as authorities harassed activists and systematically targeted civil society organizations through arbitrary arrests\, detentions\, unfounded financial and criminal investigations and administrative suspensions. This campaign threatens to collapse one of the last remaining checks on Saied’s one-man rule.\nTunisia’s deepening authoritarian drift is having an increasingly severe impact on the country’s most vulnerable groups. Detainees face deteriorating conditions and suspicious deaths in custody; people on the move are exposed to torture\, ill-treatment and other serious human rights violations; and an increasing number of individuals are subjected to arbitrary security measures and coercive practices of control. Several UN bodies and experts\, including the High Commissioner for Human Rights\, Special Procedures and Treaty Bodies\, have repeatedly raised the alarm\, particularly in the past few years\, over the human rights situation in Tunisia.\nThis side event will provide a space for civil society to brief HRC member and observer states on the human rights situation in Tunisia and to present recommendations to both the Tunisian government and international partners to ensure accountability for on-going human rights violations and stop the downward spiral into authoritarianism.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/human-rights-in-tunisia-sliding-into-authoritarianism/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:The intensification of short-range drone attacks in Ukraine: implications for emergency and humanitarian response
DESCRIPTION:Side Event on the margins of the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council\n– Date: 25 September 2026\n– Time: 12:00 – 13:00\n– Location: Room VIII\, Palais des Nations\, Geneva\n– Co-organisers: Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva; Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva; Truth Hounds; Nonviolent Peaceforce; the Charitable Foundation Spravzhni; BASE.UA.\n– Co-sponsors: Permanent Missions of Albania\, Andorra\, Australia\, Austria\, Canada\, Estonia\, Finland\, France\, Germany\, Latvia\, Liechtenstein\, Lithuania\, the Republic of Moldova\, the Kingdom of the Netherlands\, New Zealand\, Norway\, Poland\, Romania\, Slovakia and Sweden to the UN in Geneva; No Peace Without Justice.\n– Concept note \nBackground and Context\nShort-range drones have fundamentally changed the character of contemporary warfare and\, with it\, the way emergency services and humanitarian missions can operate. In Ukraine\, Russian forces have increasingly used short-range drones in attacks affecting civilians and civilian objects\, including first responders and humanitarian personnel carrying out life-saving activities in frontline areas. The scale and persistence of these attacks illustrate how the proliferation of short-range drones can create new risks for civilian populations and significantly constrain humanitarian and emergency response operations in areas affected by hostilities. \nRecent monitoring indicates a broader deterioration in the operating environment for humanitarian actors in Ukraine. Between January and June 2026\, violence against humanitarian personnel increased by 20 per cent compared with the same period in 2025\, while instances in which hostilities prevented humanitarian personnel from reaching affected areas\, or civilians from reaching humanitarian assistance\, increased by 225 per cent. These trends demonstrate that attacks and threats against humanitarian and emergency responders have consequences extending beyond individual incidents: they can prevent assistance from reaching civilians who depend on it. \nThis event builds on research and field documentation by Truth Hounds concerning short-range drone attacks and the apparent targeting of emergency responders in frontline regions of Ukraine. It will present new findings on the risks faced by first responders and humanitarian personnel and examine the practical measures increasingly used to mitigate those risks\, including electronic warfare and jamming devices\, drone detectors\, armoured vehicles and other protective equipment. \nThe discussion will also address a protection gap which is becoming starker. Humanitarian and emergency personnel may operate in areas where conventional protective measures are insufficient\, while access to specialised protective equipment remains limited. This raises practical and legal questions concerning the measures civilians can employ to protect themselves and others while continuing to perform humanitarian and life-saving functions\, and how such measures should be understood under international humanitarian law. \nShort-range drones also raise a broader question about the relationship between technological precision and civilian protection. Although these systems can enable highly targeted attacks at short range\, their technical precision does not in itself guarantee compliance with international humanitarian law or reduce civilian harm. In Ukraine\, documented patterns indicate that short-range drones can be used to repeatedly expose civilians\, humanitarian personnel and first responders to direct and persistent threats\, including while they are responding to previous attacks. \nSimilar challenges are emerging in other contemporary armed conflicts\, where short-range drones are increasingly used for surveillance\, reconnaissance\, targeting and attacks in and around populated areas. The Ukrainian experience therefore provides an important case study for understanding how the proliferation and use of short-range drones is changing the protection environment for civilians and humanitarian actors more broadly. \n\nObjectives\n\nPresent new field evidence on attacks against first responders and humanitarian personnel in Ukraine and identify patterns in the use of short-range drones.\nExamine how the proliferation of short-range drones is changing the operating environment for humanitarian and emergency actors\, including their ability to reach civilians in need.\nIdentify gaps in access to protective equipment and practical self-protection measures available to humanitarian and rescue teams working in high-risk areas.\nDiscuss the legal and operational implications of measures such as jamming devices\, drone detection\, and armoured vehicles for civilian and humanitarian actors under international humanitarian law.\nPlace the Ukrainian experience in a broader cross-conflict context and identify common protection challenges and means of overcoming them.\nEngage Member States\, UN Special Procedures and monitoring mechanisms on concrete measures to strengthen protection\, documentation and accountability.
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/the-intensification-of-short-range-drone-attacks-in-ukraine-implications-for-emergency-and-humanitarian-response/
LOCATION:Human Rights Council\, Geneva\, Switzerland
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