While an ICJ case may not immediately change conditions on the ground in Afghanistan, writes Nazifa Haqpal🇦🇫, it nevertheless carries profound symbolic, political, and legal weight. buff.ly/Pu7lCzF

This International Women's Day, stand with the women and girls of Afghanistan and Iran and show your support for the campaign to recognize, codify, and #EndGenderApartheid. Learn more about how you can take action today 👇

In case you missed it, listen/read Azadah Raz Mohammad’s powerful address to the UNSC earlier this week on the urgent need for hold the Taliban accountable for their institutionalized system of gender-based discrimination & oppression on Afghan women.

6 months ago, a helicopter flying over a crowd in #Syria would have caused complete terror. Today, this one is reportedly dropping rose & jasmine petals over Syrians celebrating the anniversary of #Syria’s now victorious revolution. That’s change for you.

I wonder if the fall of Rome was this stupid.

ATLAS's profile of the inspiring Mona Rishmawi is out! Mona is a Palestinian, Jordanian & Swiss lawyer, currently serving as a Member of the Independent Intl Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan. Read about her journey - and her advice for others 👇 atlaswomen.org/profiles/2025/…

From her roots in Palestine to her work to Sudan, Sri Lanka, Somalia and Syria, Mona Rishmawi's work for justice has centred the dignity of victims and survivors. Read about her career here: atlaswomen.org/profiles/2025/… Al-Haq الحق ICJ UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Sri-Lankan Lives Matter Sareta Ashraph

You asked me what motivates me. It is mostly the strength of the people I meet in these difficult situations. Their struggle for dignity and security against all odds is what keeps me going. It gives me energy to fight for them." Mona Rishmawi Sareta Ashraph

3. Embrace your ambition. When girls are young, they can be very vocal about what they want to be. But this impulse gets sort of hushed up, perhaps because for a long time ‘ambitious’ was not a compliment for a woman. Be proud of your goals, of what you want to make of yourself.

Read our full profile of Mona Rishmawi here: atlaswomen.org/profiles/2025/… With thanks to Sareta Ashraph for profiling Mona for ATLAS!

📷 Workshop on Gender in International Criminal Law and Refugee Law 📷 Friday, April 11th, Tilburg University, NL. Keynote Sareta Ashraph Organised by Gezy Schuurmans, Rory Schuurmans, and Shima Esmailian. Registration is through the following link: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

My latest blogpost "Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink" Atlantic Council atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

We are making progress on codification of Gender Apartheid in international law with women and girls in Afghanistan at the center of this work! It was an honor to host talented colleagues for the last 2 days Stanford University University's Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality

#Syria [exclusive interview] - Karla Quintana, Mexican human rights lawyer, head of the UN’s Institution on Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), explains how this UN body had to reshape its priorities after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Karla Quintana O. المؤسسة المستقلة المعنية بالمفقودين في سوريا justiceinfo.net/en/144559-look…

A historic moment. #Syria’s flag of freedom has just been raised officially at the United Nations in #NewYork.

63 judges dismissed by #Assad's regime or who defected during #Syria's revolution have been officially reinstated into the Justice Ministry today. Steps like this are crucial to making meaningful, open transitional justice a practical possibility.

I am horrified by yesterday's unjust & irrational Executive Order banning travel to the U.S. by #Afghan nationals Very grateful to Shawn VanDiver for explaining impact below If you are concerned about helping those fleeing #Taliban persecution & #genderapartheid, please RT

So much horror in the world, but a serious threat is building in West Africa. "Emboldened by their success in the landlocked nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, insurgents affiliated with AQ and IS are moving south towardsand into coastal nations." nytimes.com/2025/06/16/wor…

"Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court" by CUP s is now available *open access* Thrilled to have contributed –together w/ 60+ scholars & practitioners – to reimagining how international criminal law can advance gender justice. cambridge.org/core/books/fem…

Today, 3 August, is the 11th anniversary of the start of ISIL’s genocidal attack on the Yazidis of Sinjar, northern Iraq. Thinking of the victims, survivors, and the many still missing.