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Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq

·June 8, 2023·3 min read

Ambassadors were briefed by Christian Ritscher, Special Adviser and Head of the UN Investigative Team to promote accountability for these crimes, UNITAD, established five years ago. The Islamist group declared a self-styled caliphate across parts of Iraq and northern Syria in 2014, before being militarily defeated and driven from Iraq...

Arrest of top Rwandan genocide fugitive shows ‘justice will be done’

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·May 25, 2023·2 min read

Fulgence Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi refugees at Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said in a statement. He was arrested in South Africa on Wednesday in a joint operation between the IRMCT Office...

New arrest warrants seek justice for victims in Libya, ICC prosecutor says

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·May 12, 2023·2 min read

To date, four warrants have been issued and two others are in the application process, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said, highlighting this key step as recognizing the rights of victims to justice. “If this Council’s referrals are to be vindicated, it requires everyone to step up,” he said. “Partnerships are...

INTERVIEW: ‘Extremely difficult conversations’: Seeking justice for sexual abuse victims

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·April 30, 2023·7 min read

She shared with UN News her on-the-ground accounts of “extremely difficult conversations” with victims and their children, and how the UN is addressing issues from child support to DNA testing. Jane Connors of Australia is the first Victims’ Rights Advocate for the United Nations. UN News: How would you assess...

Transitional justice hinges on ‘equal footing’, say UN peacebuilders

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·April 29, 2023·4 min read

“A society can only succeed on its path towards sustainable peace and development when all its constituencies can participate on an equal footing,” Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, said ahead of progress reports delivered by high-level representatives of Colombia, The Gambia, and Timor-Leste. The preventive potential of...

DPR Korea: Truth, justice needed amid ‘tragic’ legacy of enforced disappearances

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·March 29, 2023·2 min read

A new report by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) details enforced disappearances and abductions dating back to 1950. Heart-breaking testimony from some 80 victims shows how the crimes have caused long-lasting trauma, said UN rights chief Türk, who added that “entire generations of families have lived with the grief...

South Sudan: Humanitarians call for justice after latest deadly attack

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·March 20, 2023·1 min read

The appeal comes after a convoy of more than 100 trucks transporting food and other assistance was ambushed on Friday in Jonglei state. Two contracted drivers were shot, one fatally, and another person died in a related road accident. A humanitarian worker was injured and is currently receiving treatment. Escalating...

Women in justice: Three trailblazing World Court judges send a powerful message

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·March 13, 2023·8 min read

Gender equality in the judiciary has been historically unbalanced, including at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The first woman to be elected as a member of the ICJ in 1995 was Dame Rosalyn Higgins, who in 2006 also became the first...

‘The time has come to do justice for the least developed countries,’ says UN chief Guterres

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·March 4, 2023·8 min read

“Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth. But your countries are trapped in vicious cycles that make development difficult, if not impossible,” Mr. Guterres told the Summit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in Doha, Qatar Today’s...

Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts

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·January 28, 2023·2 min read

“We have serious concerns about impunity and the failure to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, deaths in police custody, ‘joint enterprise’ convictions, and the dehumanising nature”, of the so-called ‘stop and search’ policing strategy, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said in a statement at...

Indonesia: President’s apology for past rights violations a ‘step on the long road to justice’

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·January 13, 2023·1 min read

President Joko Widodo reportedly acknowledged “gross human rights violations” during his country’s past, and expressed regret for a dozen past incidents, stretching back more than 50 years. These included the 1965-1966 anti-Communist crackdown, the 1982-1985 protester shootings, enforced disappearances in 1997 and 1998, and the Wamena Incident in Papua in...

Iraq: Investigative team reaches ‘next level’ in bid to bring ISIL terrorists to justice

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·December 6, 2022·4 min read

Highlighting the progress made by Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD), he said evidence collected and analysed, substantiated preliminary findings from his previous report. He cited crimes committed against Christians such as enslavement and forced conversion; “notable progress” on the development and use of chemical...