Director, Global Accountability Initiative, International Commission of Jurists. ICL, IHRL, SGBC and dogs. She/Her. RT≠endorsement.
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Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
💬 HAPPENING TOMORROW ⚖️
🗽 The Permanent Mission of Mexico to the #UN & ICJ invite you to a side event on facilitating the implementation of #obligations under the future crimes against humanity convention (the #CAH Convention):
🔗us02web.zoom.us/j/8361428795…
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
With @GqualCampaign & @CJA_News, we are honored to co-sponsor the @asiajcoalition side event on Tue 3 Dec on Asian #Women's #Leadership in International Justice & Accountability. Our Director of Global Accountability @katevigneswaran will give opening remarks. #16DaysofActivism
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
The Asia Justice Coalition welcomes the adoption of a resolution by the UNGA Sixth Committee establishing a formal & time-bound roadmap to convene a diplomatic conference on Crimes Against Humanity Convention. #CAHTreatyNow
Read our full statement ⬇️
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
If you're like me, you've been waiting for analysis from @sfardm, Israel's foremost international human rights lawyer, on the ICC warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant. As ever, Michael doesn't disappoint.
The following is from Michael's FB page, translated from the original Hebrew:
The array of State responses indicating they will or may not enforce arrest warrants signals another threat to the rule of law. #RomeStatute member States have committed to enforce #ICC arrest warrants without exception. Warrants against #Netanyahu and #Gallant are no different.
The responsibility to enforce the arrest warrants remains with States, and they must not give aid or comfort to, or shield any of the suspects from #accountability (2/2)
Visit the link below for more information👇🏼
icj.org/palestine-israel-icc…
#palestine #israel #icc
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States must not shy away from voting for a resolution to move the ILC Draft Articles on #CrimesAgainstHumanity to a full negotiating conference. Read @hrw compelling piece on why
hrw.org/news/2024/11/20/un-a…
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
On 24 October, join @asiajcoalition, @amnesty, @ICJ_org, @glsurvivorsfund, & @4GenderJustice for a discussion on “(Re-)Centering Humanity: Intersectional Strategies Strengthening Multilateralism & International Law” at Church Center, New York (1:15-2:45 PM).
Register below ⬇️
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
@EmbaMexTai with @ICJ_Asia @asiajcoalition & @GCR2P organized a briefing on the Int Law Commission Draft Articles on the Prevention& Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity & ongoing deliberations within UNGA 6 Committee to rally support to convene a Conference of Plenipotentiaries
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
🏛️⚖️#Geneva @UN_HRC Tomorrow at🕐1pm, don't miss the discussion on future directions for #UN Investigative Mechanisms w/ @ELAC_Oxford & support from @LiechtensteinUN @FinlandGeneva @FinlandUN @ChileONUGinebra @GMGenevaMission @NLinGeneva @AustriaUNGeneva @swiss_un @SierraLeoneUN
If you're at #HRC57 this Friday, join us in person or online for a discussion with @UNHumanRights
@ELAC_Oxford @ICJ_org experts on the future direction of UN investigative mechanisms, with opening remarks from @LiechtensteinUN H.E. Ambassador Büchel
Grateful for the support of @NLinGeneva
@AustriaUNGeneva @swiss_un @SierraLeoneUN
@FinlandGeneva @GMGenevaMission and @LiechtensteinUN
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In a year of so much suffering, a needed reminder to never give up. #Belarusians deserve a criminal investigation into allegations of #CAH committed against them Now States must increase #ICC funding and the #OTP prioritise resources for the investigation
icc-cpi.int/news/statement-i…
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
Controversial hot take abstaining is cowardly I'm looking at you Australia
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
Amidst a systematic and widespread crackdown on civil society and dissent in #Belarus, the IAPB urges @OSCE States to adopt domestic measures to actively support accountability for Belarus crimes.
‼️ iapbelarus.org/press-stateme…
Thank you @IrelandOSCE for inviting @IAPBelarus to speak to #OSCE states about how to strengthen accountability efforts and support civil society in the context of #Belarus and beyond.
📌At t/ last mtg of #HDC & marking 7️⃣5️⃣ years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we discussed:
✅Role played by @OSCE in upholding int. humanitarian & human rights law
✅Ways to strengthen the global accountability framework
Thank you @IrelandOSCE for chairing the Human Dimension Committee during #OSCE2023🇲🇰
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
🇵🇪 Peru: Fujimori's humanitarian pardon does not comply with Peru’s human rights obligations. The @ICJ_org calls on Peru to abide by its legal obligations and for effective measures by the bodies of the @OAS_official to ensure such compliance⬇️
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
@ICJ_org➕@asiajcoalition➕@hrw➕@GlobalJusticeC➕@amnesty are organizing a closed-room civil society workshop on the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention on 5 Dec (3:30 - 5:30 PM EDT) in-person in #NYC. Register here!👉rb.gy/dmeqvu
As we prepare for the @IntlCrimCourt #ASP22, join @asiajcoalition and partners @hrw @GlobalJusticeC @amnesty @ICJ_org for a closed-room civil society workshop on the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention on 5 December (3:30-5:30 PM EDT) in New York.
Kate Vigneswaran retweeted
👋Hello, it is Thursday 28 Sept. And we are waiting for big news today from #Switzerland on the accountability front.
#JusticeForBelarus
Indeed, the verdict in the Yuri Harauski trial will be publicly rendered at 3 PM in Saint-Gallen.
Since the prosecution, the civil parties, and even the defense have admitted Yuri Harauski’s participation in the murder and disappearance of opposition leaders in 1999, it is expected that the court will recognize these facts as settled.
More complicated is whether these facts amount to #EnforcedDisappearances under Swiss law, a new provision that has never yet been applied.
We @TRIAL will be in the courtroom this afternoon, in a case that we have supported from the start alongside our partners at @fidh_en and @viasna.
#UniversalJurisdiction
