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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

Our July Newsletter is Out!

In our July edition, check out the highlights of the event we co-hosted on June 1 with Yazda and the Clooney Foundation for Justice with the support of Canada that discussed the long and enduring path to justice for victims and survivors of the Yazidi genocide. You’ll also be able to learn more on thisRead More

Yazidi Genocide: Engaging with the Yazidi Survivors’ Path to Justice

Justice Rapid Response, Yazda and the Clooney Foundation for Justice are co-hosting an innovative and interactive event inviting guests to an open dialogue with survivors of the Yazidi genocide. GENEVA, 1 June 2023 – Justice Rapid Response (JRR), Yazda and the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) are co-hosting an innovative event providing representatives from Geneva-basedRead More

Le Temps: Victimes d’un génocide, les Yézidis attendent encore que la justice fasse son travail

Justice Rapid Response appeared this morning in Le Temps. Samuel Emonet, our Executive Director, touched on the importance to collaborate with all the accountability and justice actors, both on the national and international stages, in order to promote the rights and access to justice for victims and survivors. To article

JRR in the news!

Check out the latest piece of Virginia Domingo de la Fuente, one of our Roster experts, published in Law and Trends in which she distinguishes transitional and restorative justice through the case study of Colombia.  To article: Justicia transicional restaurativa, ¿es posible? A propósito del contexto colombiano  

JRR Celebrates 10 Years of Collaboration with the International Criminal Court

For the occasion, Samuel Emonet, Executive Director of JRR, met with Karim A. A. Khan KC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague to discuss their common partnership and solutions to strengthen their efforts in the global fight against impunity.   THE HAGUE, 2 May 2023 – This year marks the 10th anniversaryRead More

The Maldives’ Commission on Deaths and Disappearances: Putting the Victims at the Center of the Justice Process

  On the sidelines of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, Justice Rapid Response (JRR) co-hosted a side event together with the Permanent Missions of the Republic of the Maldives and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to emphasize the importance of relying on a victim-centered approach in State-led investigations.  Read More

FFM on Libya Final Report: JRR Welcomes the Findings on the Misuse of E.U. Public Funds to Detain Migrants

Today at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya will discuss its last report on the dire human rights situation in Libya and uncovered evidence of ongoing human rights violations fueled by the misappropriation of public funds.   GENEVA, 3 April 2023 – Justice Rapid Response (JRR) congratulatesRead More

With accountability Yazidi survivors of sexual and gender-based violence can become peace builders

In 2014, ISIS, the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, also known as Da’esh, invaded Northern Iraq’s territory of Sinjar

Colombia Event: State obligation to search for disappeared persons

We invite you to attend an international seminar on ‘State obligation to search for disappeared persons: progress, challenges and prospects’.