A strong start to day 2 with Malta, Austria, Brazil, Mexico & the US expressing their openness to considering gender apartheid under the draft crimes against humanity treaty, including as a part of a gender-competent & survivor-centric approach.

#EndGenderApartheid

The United Nations's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of #Iran has released a new, detailed report providing an overview of the information & evidence upon which its recent findings are based. #HRC55

Full report ➡️ bit.ly/3TIoHmD

A year of hard work preserving digital evidence of protest violence for the Iranian Archive with an incredible coalition Mnemonic Iranhrdc.org Promise Institute for Human Rights Amnesty International Human Rights Center + Azadi Digital Archive ensures that information shared by brave protestors is preserved for future justice

Excited to participate in this excellent panel and discuss justice and accountability options for protest violence in Iran featuring the chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council #IranFFM and the amazing documentation groups that helped identify human rights abuses + #CrimesAgainstHumanity

📅 MONDAY: A #HRC55 side event on human rights in Iran featuring Iran FFM chair Sara Hossain, Balochistan Human Rights Group's Monireh Shirani, ECPM (Ensemble contre la peine de mort)'s Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, HRANA English's Skylar Thompson, Nushin Sarkarati and Kurdistan Human Rights Association-Geneva (KMMK-G)'s Taimoor Aliassi.

United Nations investigators say Iranian authorities killed, tortured and raped women, men and children in a brutal repression of mass protests that erupted over the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini. nyti.ms/3Iu1gHu

Check out our new series on Just Security on the need for an intergovernmental effort to establish a Syria Victim Fund. Just as govts pass laws and policies redirecting assets for the benefit of Ukraine, the same must be done to address the ongoing needs of Syrian victims

Meet our new Gender and Policy Advisor, Metra Mehran!

Metra is a gender equity and human rights activist and practitioner with a decade of experience in international development, peace, and gender equality.

Read her full bio ⤵️
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We are working with Syrian civil society to support the establishment of a Syria Victims Fund, where States can pool monetary recovery linked to violations in #Syria and direct it to victims.

Just Security launched a series discussing the concept, and our experts weighed in:

The UN published Member States' written comments on a potential crimes against humanity treaty. 6 states specifically mentioned the potential inclusion of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and 16 raised other gendered considerations.

#EndGenderApartheid

The UN is currently drafting and debating a new Crimes Against Humanity Treaty.
This is the moment for world leaders to stand with Afghan girls and women. - Malala Yousafzai

#NMAL2023
#NelsonMandela
#Mandela10

📢 Meet our new junior policy fellow, Bahar Ghandehari | بهار قندهاری!

Bahar is an Iranian human rights defender, founder of Middle East Matters (MEM), and an advocacy officer for the Syrian Emergency Task Force.

Read her full bio 👇
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In a new blog, Celeste Kmiotek explains the legal significance of the status of Israel's occupation of Gaza, the international laws governing occupation, and the obligations of occupying states.

Check it out ⤵️
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NEW REPORT | In response to the abuses perpetrated by the Islamic Republic of Iran, our latest report analyzes international avenues for accountability.

Read our recommendations to states and civil society ⬇️
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(4/6) A brief urges the codification of the crime of gender apartheid in the treaty.

Gender apartheid, like racial apartheid, can be understood as an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination. globaljusticecenter.net/wp-content/upl…

Proud to have Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi join the Strategic Litigation Project Global Justice Center brief calling on the UN to recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity theguardian.com/law/2023/oct/0…

Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her relentles fight against the oppression of women.

She is a signatory of the letter & brief urging UN Member States to codify gender apartheid in their upcoming Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity.

#EndGenderApartheid