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Events
Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity: Civil Society Workshop
UN Member States are currently considering Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. The Draft Articles offer an opportunity to fill a critical gap in international law on mass atrocities and advance gender justice.
This workshop provided members of civil society attending the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women with an overview of the Draft Articles and a forum to exchange views on them. It convened experts in international law, including some who have co-authored legal briefs on proposals to make the draft articles gender-competent, survivor-centric, and intersectional.
Programme Overview of the Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity, relationship to other relevant conventions, and the need to center victims and survivors of crimes against humanity in the process Leila Sadat, Professor, Washington University School of Law Sareta Ashraph, Consultant, Global Justice Center Naw Hser Hser, Advisory Board Member, Women’s League of Burma Opportunities to advance gender justice in the Draft Articles Akila Radhakrishnan, Strategic Legal Advisor for Gender Justice, Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project Dr. Melanie O’Brien, Visiting Professor, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Erin Farrell Rosenberg, Senior Legal & Policy Advisor, Mukwege Foundation Tess Graham, Legal Adviser, Global Justice CenterA High-Level Panel Discussion on Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
In collaboration with the Malala Fund and the Atlantic Council, IPI hosted a high-level panel discussion to mark International Women’s Day on March 8th. The event addressed the harrowing reality of millions of women and girls living under systematic oppression at the hands of the Taliban and highlighted the ongoing efforts of Afghan women and the international, legal, and research communities to ensure justice for these abuses—in particular, the momentum around efforts to codify the crime of gender apartheid.
The event was co-sponsored by the Global Justice Center, Rawadari, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and the Permanent Missions of Mexico and Malta.
Opening/Closing Remarks:
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Peace Institute
H.E. Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta to the UN
H.E. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN
Speakers:
Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Laureate
Nayera Kohistani, Afghan Activist and Expert
Penelope Andrews, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law & Director, Racial Justice Project, New York Law School
Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chair, UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls
Moderator:
Jomana Karadsheh, International Correspondent, CNN
Towards a Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity: Scope, Definitions, National Measures, and Safeguards
Link to event agenda
Session 2: Definitions and General Obligations (Articles 2, 3, 4) ModeratorLeila Sadat (James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, Director, Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Washington University School of Law)
Panelists Sérgio Carvalho (Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN) Richard Dicker (Human Rights Watch) Paloma van Groll (Legal Advisor, Global Justice Center) Patricia Sellers (Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford)Subscribe to newsletter
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