Press Releases

JRR Welcomes Nina Suomalainen as Executive Director

06 May 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA, Switzerland – Justice Rapid Response (JRR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Nina Suomalainen to the role of JRR Executive Director. Ms. Suomalainen of Finland is an international crisis management and institutional development professional with 25 ...

Departure of Andras Vamos-Goldman, JRR Co-founder and Executive Director

24 April 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 April 2018 GENEVA, Switzerland – After leading Justice Rapid Response (JRR) since its inception, Executive Director Andras Vamos-Goldman will be stepping down from his position. Mr. Vamos-Goldman, a former Canadian diplomat, was pivotal to the ...

Statement by UN Women and JRR on release of Syria Commission of Inquiry report on SGBV

21 March 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN Women and Justice Rapid Response (JRR) welcome the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, “I Lost My Dignity: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Syrian Arab Republic.” The report—the ...

JRR Honored on Gender Justice Legacy Wall for International Criminal Court

18 December 2017

In December 2017, Justice Rapid Response (JRR) was honored by the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice for its work to advance justice for sexual and gender-based crimes. This award comes in the form of an inscription of JRR’s name and logo ...