👋 Good morning, it's the week of 15 April 2024, and @trial and its partners are publishing today the 10th edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review.
This year's #UJAR will show a big ↗️ in #UniversalJurisdiction cases & the growing impact of this accountability tool.

NEW: 'A Credible List': Recommendations for the Secretary-General's 2024 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Read it here: watchlist.org/publications/a…

#ICC Office of the Prosecutor launches public consultation on Policy on Slavery Crimes ⤵️
bit.ly/4ag4KsS

#CeJourLà en 2012 : M. #Lubanga a été reconnu coupable de conscription & enrôlement d'enfants de - de 15 ans & les avoir utilisés pour participer à des hostilités en #RDC .

Il a été condamné à 14 ans de prison. Les juges ont aussi rendu une ordonnance de réparation aux victimes.

13 years after Syria’s conflict began some 90% of those left in the country now live in poverty thenationalnews.com/mena/syria/202…

Experience online the human impact of #war and how International Humanitarian Law #IHL limits suffering.

In this interactive fictional story, choose between three roles and understand the rules of war through perspectives of different characters.

👉🏽 ifwarcomestoyou.com

Must read! Here is the blog from my talented colleague, on accountability for Violations and Crimes against Children in Wars savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2024/acc… AnetaJamecna

🎙️Listen to the 2nd episode of #women in #internationallaw w/Atlas Women!

Jelena Aparac discusses her #career in #humanrights advocacy with Paige Morrow.

🎧On SoundCloud bit.ly/4bPtklY and all the other #podcast platforms!

In many conflicts, siege warfare has left millions of civilians trapped under fire, lacking #food , #water & #medical care.

International humanitarian law #IHL imposes limits to besieging & besieged warring parties.

Our legal expert Cordula Droege explains what the law says 👇

I spoke about the pivotal and indeed heroic role of our national Sierra Leonean VWU (witness support & protection) colleagues that underpinned any and all of our accomplishments at the SCSL.

#ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC commemorates the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers.

#ChildrenNotSoldiers

From Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar, respect for the “laws of war” is being eroded or is non-existent. Most shocking, and unforgivable, is the wanton harm done to children.
… The cost to children will be borne [by] generations to come.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

UNChildRights

UNChildRights #EglantyneJebb founded #SavetheChildren and drafted the 1924 Declaration of Geneva, the first international document on #childrenrights adopted by the League of Nations.

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The Taliban's ban on girls' education at secondary and university levels is a crucial strategy to suppress women across all aspects of public life and normalise a permanent gender apartheid system. It is imperative for the world to raise awareness…

Today I head back to Palais Wilson #UNGeneva 🇨🇭 for the Committee on the Rights of the Child's #UNCRC 95th session. 📺 Watch the sessions LIVE on webtv.un.org. We will work very hard... but nothing can be accomplished if you only look to us for change! UNChildRights

100 years ago, the League of Nations endorsed the Geneva Declaration. It was the first inter-governmental resolution recognising the rights of children.
Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children International, drafted the declaration.
In 2024, we will celebrate this important milestone!

“The deliberate erasure of women’s rights by the Taliban is not an incidental byproduct of their rule, but rather a fundamental tenet of it.”

The Taliban’s Oppression of Women is Gender Apartheid - GIWPS giwps.georgetown.edu/the-talibans-o…

📢Children are the over-represented victims of armed conflict around the world. At Watchlist, we have taken steps to advocate for their protection.

📢Check out some of the key efforts we undertook in 2023 👇👇👇

Every day, you make a difference for children.

Whether it’s enabling them to speak out globally about climate change, or ensuring they get life-saving care, your support changes futures.

Here’s a reminder of what you helped us achieve in 2023 🥰❤️