Peace & Justice
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ICRtoP Update
December 2019
A coalition working to prevent genocide and mass atrocities spent recent months pressing for veto restraint and action on hate speech, putting young women at the centre of prevention, and training civil society in Lebanon to spot early warning signs.
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70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
December 2019
The article reviews the history and evolution of international humanitarian law, focusing on the Geneva Conventions and related traditions. It highlights how these laws, alongside human rights provisions, aim to establish a rule of law that supersedes conflict.
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Accountability and justice for the Rohingya
December 2019
Three courts now hold cases over the crimes against the Rohingya: The Gambia’s genocide suit at the International Court of Justice, an ICC investigation of deportation to Bangladesh, and an Argentine universal jurisdiction case naming Aung San Suu Kyi.
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TakeAction: Building international justice
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2019
The International Criminal Court prosecutes war crimes in the DRC. Canada should ratify the Kampala amendments on the crime of aggression.
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Canada can do more to support the Rohingya
World Federalist Movement – Canada · June 2019
Beyond an envoy and close to $100 million in aid, Canada can bring Myanmar before the International Court of Justice, as a cross-party group of parliamentarians has asked its foreign minister to do.
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In Memoriam: Takeshi Akune
June 2019
Takeshi Akune’s most recent campaign, a petition against land reclamation at Henoko, Okinawa, drew over 210,000 signatures, including that of Queen guitarist Brian May.
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ICC Update
June 2019
International justice moves unevenly: the ICC acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba and Laurent Gbagbo, convicted Bosco Ntaganda, still waits on suspects at large in Darfur, Libya and Uganda, and lost the Philippines from the Rome Statute.
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The Women, Peace and Security agenda — and why it is important
June 2019
Peace deals signed by women last longer and are more fully carried out, yet women remain a sliver of mediators, negotiators and peacekeepers. Bringing more women into peace talks is the core aim of a Security Council effort launched in 2000.
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The Right to Peace: A Political Approach
June 2019
A culture of peace can become a recognised human right. The 2016 UN declaration on the right to peace binds no one, but it builds the public opinion that must come before any legal ban on war.
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Towards the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
June 2019
Twenty-five years after 189 governments adopted the Beijing Platform for Action, a chain of national reports, regional reviews, a civil society forum and UN meetings through 2020 aims to turn promises on women’s equality into ambitious, workable plans.
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ICRtoP Update
June 2019
The International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect advances atrocity prevention by linking the R2P norm to gender equality, hosting side events at the Commission on the Status of Women and the UN Security Council debate on protection of civilians. New UN Special Adviser on R2P Karen Smith, appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in December 2018, takes responsibility for developing the norm across the UN system.
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COPLA Update
June 2019
The COPLA campaign, launched by Argentine NGO Democracia Global, advocates for a Latin American and Caribbean Criminal Court to prosecute transnational organized crime leaders and confiscate their assets, drawing on the Palermo Convention as its legal basis. The initiative has secured resolutions from Argentina’s Congress, support from the Mercosur Parliament, and endorsements from President Mauricio Macri and Vice President Gabriela Michetti at the UN General Assembly.
