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Ambassador Marja Lehto Awarded the Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy

Congratulations to Marja Lehto, Ambassador for International Legal Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Member of Justice Rapid Response’s Executive Board, who will receive the prestigious Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy! Awarded annually by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, this prize aims to recognize the innovation, skill, andRead More

Swiss Peace Supporter: “Paz Total” – the comprehensive approach to peace in Colombia

Want to learn more on the transitional and restorative justice efforts we support in Colombia? Dive into the latest edition of the Swiss Peace Supporter, the review of the Swiss contributions to international peace operations in cooperation with the Federal Department of Defense, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Department of Finance. In thisRead More

JRR’s September Newsletter is Out!

Our September Newsletter is out! In this edition, JRR is proud to unveil its renewed strategic partnership with the Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), Colombia’s transitional justice mechanism established in the context of the 2016 Peace Agreement. Discover also the highlights of our interactive discussion on the JEP’s restorative justice efforts for cases of sexual and gender-based violence,Read More

Gender Persecution: Addressing Rights Violations through International Criminal Law

Discover more on the work we do in terms of policy development in this article published on Just Security written by Emily Kenney, Policy Specialist, Rule of Law and Transitional Justice at UN Women. In her contribution, Emily discusses the new policy of the International Criminal Court on the crime of gender persecution, to whichRead More

Geneva Solutions: JRR’s Efforts in Mainstreaming Child’s Rights

Geneva Solutions recently showcased our efforts in shedding light on gross human rights violations affecting children through expert support to international investigative mechanisms, national authorities and civil society organizations involved in justice and accountability efforts. At JRR, our justice and human rights experts are first-hand witnesses of how immense is the scale of the crimesRead More

JRR Featured in the Asymmetrical Haircut Podcast!

Justice Rapid Response’s certified legal expert Marta Valinas, who currently serves as the Chair of the Independent UN Fact-finding mission on Venezuela, discussed with Asymmetrical Haircut, the international justice podcast, of alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Venezuela government against protesters since 2014 and ongoing investigations before the International Criminal Court. Learn more on theRead More

JRR Featured in UNICEF’s Report

Thank you UNICEF for featuring us in your Standby Arrangements Annual Report of 2022! Justice Rapid Response and UNICEF are enjoying a longstanding collaboration, which started in 2015 with the deployment of two child rights experts who mentored UNICEF officers in the MENA region in the documentation of sexual and gender-based violence and other grave violations committedRead More

Renewed Strategic Partnership with the JEP

Today, Justice Rapid Response is proud to have renewed and expanded our strategic partnership with the ​​​​​Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), Colombia’s transitional justice mechanism established in the context of the signature of the Peace Agreement in 2016. Since 2019, Justice Rapid Response has made available its justice and human rights experts to supportRead More

El Espectador: Injecting Gender Expertise in the Work of the JEP

Today, in this piece of Felipe Morales Sierra from El Espectador, learn more about our contribution to the Jurisdicción Especial Para La Paz’s macro-case 2, which investigates the crimes and violations that occurred in the cities of Tumaco, Ricaurte, and Barbacoas, in the Colombian department of Nariño. Our legal expert on sexual and gender-based violence, DalilaRead More

Event Summary : Roundatble on the Impact on Child Rights of International Crimes & Serious Human Rights Violations affecting the Environment

In May, we hosted a roundtable in collaboration with Canada, Belgium, UN Women, and Save the Children International on the impact on child rights of international crimes and serious human rights violations affecting the environment. The roundtable sought to address the need for international accountability mechanisms to document and investigate the impact of international crimes and serious human rights violations onRead More