Justice Rapid Response Executive Director Nina Suomalainen highlights how 2019 has been marked by a number of interesting developments in the field of international justice.
LATEST NEWS
Uganda: Victims are central to prosecuting mass atrocity crimes
Senior Prosecutor for Uganda Florence Akello and Justice Rapid Response Roster expert and barrister Serena Gates shared their experiences of working on the Thomas Kwoyelo case in Uganda.
Charges presented against high-ranking military officers in separate Guatemala genocide cases
In the space of one week, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Guatemala presented charges against four senior military officials for genocide and crimes against humanity inflicted on the Maya Ixil population, marking a milestone for this indigenous community’s search for justice.
Guest article: Kosovo leads the way in reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence
Conflict-related sexual violence remains a widespread, deeply debilitating tool of war. Its effects – physical, psychological, and societal – are long-lasting and far-reaching, spreading through communities and across generations.
Criminal justice experts train to investigate international crimes of mass atrocity
Justice Rapid Response (JRR) held a recruitment training course for criminal justice experts in The Hague during 11-15 November to train 25 experts in investigating mass atrocity crimes and human rights violations. Participants came from a wide range of countries, including Cameroon, Guatemala, Jamaica, and Myanmar, reflecting the diversity of JRR’s roster. The course wasRead More
The Promise of Complementarity in Uganda
Are you attending the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Treaty next month? Join us in The Hague for a side event discussion on complementarity in Uganda as we share challenges and opportunities in delivering justice to victims.
Hope and justice for women who have survived ISIS
JRR expert and police investigator Rabiaa El Garani gives a moving account of her efforts to gather evidence of crimes perpetrated against Yazidi girls and women in Iraq.
Guest article: What Does It Mean to Do Justice?
JRR expert Eliott Behar shares his personal reflections on the work of an international justice practitioner.
UN Security Council: We need better reporting of SGBV against children in conflict
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called attention to the plight of 420 million children worldwide living in conflict-affected areas in its annual Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict on 2 August. The debate focused on killing and maiming as one of the six grave violations against children in conflict, and on theRead More
Landmark conviction: ICC convicts Congolese militia commander Bosco Ntaganda of the crime of sexual slavery
The conviction of Ntaganda in July marks the first time that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has found a defendant guilty of the crime of sexual slavery, and the first time that the ICC has held a commander responsible for sexual crimes perpetrated by his troops against members of their own forces. Ntaganda’s conviction forRead More
ROSTER RECRUITMENT
Call for Nominations: JRR Roster Recruitment Course on International Criminal Investigations
Call for Nominations is open for the JRR Expert Roster recruitment course on International Criminal Investigations which will be held from 16 to 21 March 2020 in The Hague, the Netherlands. This six-day recruitment course is tailored for criminal justice and related professionals. Deadline for nominations is 1 December 2019.
Course in The Hague Prepares Experts for International Criminal Investigations
Justice Rapid Response held a course on International Criminal Investigations from the 10 to 15 December 2018 in The Hague, The Netherlands, together with its partner IICI.
Expert Recruitment Course on Investigating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Concludes in Sarajevo
A private ceremony on 26 July marked the close of the joint expert roster-recruitment course of JRR, UN Women and the Institute for International Criminal Investigations.
[Closed] Call for Nominations for the JRR-UN Women SGBV Justice Experts Roster Recruitment Course on Investigating SGBV as International Crimes – Bosnia and Herzegovina, 16 – 26 July 2018
JRR and UN Women will hold a course on Investigating Cases of Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) as International Crimes from the 16th to 26th July 2018 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.