Justice Rapid Response

You will follow him in his deployment to @trialinternational.bsky.social, which is building the capacity of local CSOs to advance environmental justice. This first episode was made possible thanks to the contribution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium.

Our 1st episode takes you to the DRC where you'll learn about the work of JRR Expert in Crimes Affecting the Environment & Founder of Source International, Flaviano Bianchini.

🎙️We are thrilled to launch the Justice Decoder Podcast, JRR's brand new podcast series that dives into key thematic areas of international justice with experts from the JRR Roster! 👇
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YouTube video by Justice Rapid Response Hasta que la vida nos alcance

👀 Check out our new film now! 👇 👇
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🎥 FILM RELEASE ‼️

We are pleased to release our new short-documentary film on Colombia's transitional justice process titled "Hasta que la vida nos alcance." It showcases the path to justice of two survivors of the Colombian armed conflict, Mss. Neftalina Rosa Romero Guzmán and Jacqueline Castillo.

🔶Get acquainted w/ @gcpea.bsky.social's new Legislative Checklist to Protect Education from Attacks in context of armed conflicts; &
🔷Go through a new @instituteici.bsky.social resource developed with survivors to complement the Murad Code.
To newsletter: 👇
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Also, in this edition:
🔶Discover JRR’s New Guidance and Practical Tool on #Intersectionality developed in partnership with UN Women;
🔷Dive into a new @opiniojuris.bsky.social piece on new frameworks and challenges in relation to environmental justice;

Newsletter alert! 🚨📣
This month, in the JRR Newsletter, we are announcing that we are now seeking applications to find our new Executive Director. Check out the job vacancy advertisement available on our website now!

Check it out here: 👇
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The @instituteici.bsky.social launched a new resource developed with survivors to complement the Murad Code. While the Murad Code features best practices and standards to investigate #CRSV, this new resource focuses on #survivors' voices to show how these standards translate into practice.

Legislative Checklist: Protecting Education in Armed Conflict - Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack

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JRR was proud to support the GCPEA through the deployment of a Legal Advisor that organized an expert roundtable to gather input from justice professionals to strengthen accountability for education-related crimes, and that contributed to the development of the Checklist itself.

On International Day of Education, the @gcpea.bsky.social launched its new Legislative Checklist, a practical tool designed to support lawmakers, justice actors, and policymakers in strengthening domestic legal frameworks to safeguard education from attack.

📣JRR and @unwomen.bsky.social are launching their new Guidance and Practice Tool on #Intersectionality in investigations of serious human rights violations and international crimes.

Check it out now! 👇👇

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In the hope of promoting survivor's rights and access to justice in Myanmar, JRR will continue advancing ongoing justice avenues by making its Roster of experts available to all justice actors

Since 2015, JRR provided technical support to UN investigations and civil society partners, helping them to collect, analyze and publicly report on evidence of breaches of international law.

With the hearings on the merits opening at the ICJ in the The Gambia v. Myanmar case, JRR wishes to acknowledge the tireless work of The Gambia & civil society organizations, including @legalactionww.bsky.social, that contributed to bring this case forward and promote survivors' access to justice.

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Part of the solution resides in this new initiative that JRR contributed to launch with the Institute of Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Physicians for Human Rights, Source International & @trialinternational.bsky.social to develop practitioner-focused Guidelines. More on this 👇

The authors acknowledge the clear shift taking place in the sector of justice and accountability calling for the prioritisation of crimes involving environmental destruction. However, to achieve this, overcoming legal, institutional and practical challenges will be critical, as noted by the authors.

From Policy to Practice: Operationalising Environmental Justice [Maud Sarliève and Dr Pauline Martini are associate research fellows at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London] On 4 December 2025, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the In…

Dive into this new @opiniojuris.bsky.social piece of @maudsarlieve.bsky.social & Pauline Martini from the @icws-sas.bsky.social discussing new approaches and frameworks in the sector of #environmental #justice and its concordant challenges to operationalise them. 👇👇

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🗞️Dive into our January newsletter edition now: 👇https://mailchi.mp/justicerapidresponse/january_2026

YouTube video by Justice Rapid Response Surviving Izolyatsia

Newsletter Alert! 🚨 In Dec, we organized a screening event of our new doc. film w/ the embassies of CAN & UA to the NL, the Dutch MFA & the Media Initiative for Human Rights on ways to promote a victim-centered approach in #Ukraine justice processes.📽️To trailer👇
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Through this agreement, Switzerland reaffirms its commitment to strengthening International Geneva and consolidating its role as a global centre for peace, justice, and human rights. Learn more on this strategic partnership here: 👇
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In view of the strategic role that JRR plays in relation to furthering justice and accountability processes across the globe, the Swiss Federal Council decided to afford the organisation special status by concluding an agreement on privileges and immunities.

🤝 Today, an agreement conferring privileges and immunities to JRR was signed on behalf of the Swiss Federal Council by Mr. Franz Perrez, head of the Directorate of International Law of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, and by Mr. Samuel Emonet, Executive Director of JRR.

Check out the highlights of our event here: 👇👇

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This month, JRR had the pleasure of hosting, in partnership with the Embassies of Canada & Ukraine to the Netherlands, the Dutch MFA and the Media Initiative for Human Rights, a screening event of our new survivor-centric short-documentary film on Ukraine justice processes "Surviving Izolyatsia."

This was the occasion for JRR to demonstrate how it seeks to mainstream the use of technology to make justice possible. Learn more on this here 👇 👇

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On Human Rights Day, JRR participated in a panel on #Innovation in Human Rights Investigation at the RightsX Summit 2025: Innovating for Humanity, a dynamic gathering of change-makers exploring how innovation can advance human rights in digital age organized by OHCHR.