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SUMMARY:Women’s Strength
DESCRIPTION:The event “Women’s Strength”\, hosted by Emma Bonino and organised by No Peace Without Justice and Le Contemporanee\, with the support of +Europa\, will be held on 6 December 2022 at “Spazio Europa” in Rome\, via Quattro Novembre 149. \nOn the eve of Human Rights Day\, it aims at supporting the struggles\, courage and determination of women who take to the streets and fight for their rights\, for those of future generations and for the human rights of all. \nIn the world’s most repressive societies\, women lead the change\, from Afghanistan to Iran\, from Ukraine and Belarus to Iraq. This should come as no surprise: women are and always have been inherently strong. \nFrom a young age\, women are taught to be the wind under someone else’s wings\, to be the “inner” force that enables men to be strong and successful in public. Now\, during times of adversity\, (almost always) women take on the leadership: they are the ones who manage the scarce resources to ensure the survival of the most vulnerable; they are the ones who play a series of roles to guarantee essential services and whatever else is necessary. But too often the difference – due to the ancestral patterns of respective social roles – is that women have been “allowed” to demonstrate their strength in the private sphere\, but are still not allowed to do it fully in the public one. \nViolence against women in public and private life is an integral part of this construct. But this is changing: violence against women in public life is increasingly in the spotlight\, while women are rediscovering their strength and increasingly asking not to be excluded from the decision-making processes that affect their lives\, and not to be treated as victims\, but as holders of rights which deserve justice and reparation when violated. \n“Women’s Strength”\, with the testimonies of many activists and leaders fighting in the field\, has the objective of recognizing\, sustaining and encouraging these requests\, for it is only this way that society as a whole can benefit from the collective strength\, that is greater than the sum of its parts. \n\nPreliminary Program\nConcept note\n\nFor further information\, please contact gschiavoni@npwj.org
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/womens-strength/
LOCATION:Spazio Europa\, Via Quattro Novembre 149\, Rome\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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SUMMARY:Global crisis and the potential of the ICC: relevance of ecocide as the fifth crime
DESCRIPTION:21th ASP to the ICC\, The Hague\, 6 December 2022\n\n\nThe Rome Statute is intended to address the “most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole”\, those acts which most “threaten the peace\, security and wellbeing of the world”. \nMass damage and destruction of vital ecosystems through human activity now constitutes precisely such a threat on a global scale. Such damage and destruction\, now increasingly referred to as “ecocide”\, not only has direct and devastating consequences for communities and nations now\, but also the severest of implications for the future of human civilisation as a whole\, as well as for the wider community of species with whom we share our planetary home. \nThere is strong relevance to the ICC’s remit\, therefore\, of the inclusion of ecocide within the scope of the Rome Statute. This is being recognised and discussed by a growing number of States Parties\, as well as by the Court itself\, as acknowledged during the 20th anniversary conference on 1st July of this year. \nThis side event examines the rapid global progress of this discussion\, the importance of the consensus legal definition of ecocide (Independent Expert Panel\, June 2021) in that progress\, and the potential for the ICC to play a decisive role in addressing the greatest challenge of our time. \nSpeakers:\nHon Elly van Vliet\, Honorary Consul of Vanuatu in The Netherlands\nJudge Chile Eboe-Osuji\, Former ICC President\nPhilippe Sands KC\, University College London\, Matrix Law\nDarryl Robinson\, Professor of Law\, Queens University Canada\nJojo Mehta\, Chair\, Stop Ecocide Foundation\nJosh Oxby\, UN Youth Advisor \nModerator:\nHRH Princess Esmeralda of Belgium \nThe event will be in English with French\, Spanish and Arabic interpretation. \nFor more information\, please check: https://www.stopecocide.earth
URL:https://www.npwj.org/event/global-crisis-and-the-potential-of-the-icc-relevance-of-ecocide-as-the-fifth-crime/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20221209T080000
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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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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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