@leilasadat1.bsky.social and @akilarad.bsky.social report on the recent First Preparatory Committee on the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty.
They write that this marks the next step toward closing an 80-year gap in international criminal law:
www.justsecurity.org/133160/crime...
Gender justice is not optional.
At the UN Prep Comm on a Crimes Against Humanity Convention, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice was clear: a gender-competent approach is essential to the Convention’s legitimacy, effectiveness, and authority.
📍UN, New York | 20 Jan 2026 | @akilarad.bsky.social
Our 'throwback' episode this week is on genocide and gender. At this week's hearings at ICJ in the Gambia v Myanmar genocide case, the role that CRSV played will be central to how to prove alleged 'intent' in the clearance operations against the Rohingya. www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
For far too many, the International Criminal Court is the only hope for justice and accountability. Victims and survivors of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes deserve justice, and the US government should not be impeding their fight. 4/4
The chilling effect of this executive order disrupts the pursuit of justice for marginalized populations around the world - including women and girls from Afghanistan and the Rohingya - who I have been proud to partner with in their engagement with the Court. 3/4
The ability of lawyers, experts, and advocates to work freely with independent courts is an essential part of the rule of law. 2/4
Proud to be a part of this lawsuit against President Trump’s Executive Order targeting the International Criminal Court, which has broad and sweeping implications, including on free speech, for all of us who work with the Court. 1/4
Important work here by @akilarad.bsky.social
"Radhakrishnan said she was bringing the case “to prevent my own government from punishing me for trying to hold the #Taliban accountable for its systematic violence against women and girls from #Afghanistan”."
I support these courageous plaintiffs
So proud of my colleagues @akilarad.bsky.social and Mathew Smith and grateful for the tireless work of the ACLU in standing up for the rule of law and opposing US sanctions against the ICC. www.aclu.org/cases/smith-...
Today @washulaw.bsky.social is hosting a symposium on the crimes against humanity treaty. Looking forward to speaking about its potential to advance gender justice, including the codification of gender apartheid.
Join the conversation @ 12:00 CST: wustl.zoom.us/j/94469285428.
#CaHTreatyNow
At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social describes how the Taliban have erased women so thoroughly that they are suffocating in their homes, banned from even looking out the window.
"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."
30 years since Beijing. Are we moving forward, or slipping dangerously backward?
In our first “Where is the Justice?” interview, @akilarad.bsky.social reminds us what's at stake.
👉 Read the full interview here: 4genderjustice.org/our-latest-p...
Excited to join CEPS Ideas Lab with Iran Digital Archive Coalition colleagues. If you’re in Brussels next week and interested in the Strategic Litigation Project’s work on spyware accountability, transnational repression, cybercrime, Syria, Iran, gender apartheid and more,reach out!
ideaslab.ceps.eu
Next week for #IWD2025 join @egacampaign.bsky.social for the Global Days of Action to End Gender Apartheid - March 7-8!
📢 Amplify – Share your support & stories
📷 Act – Join or plan protests
🗣 Advocate – Host or attend events
Mark your calendars and add your voice to #EndGenderApartheid.
Must read! "#AlHassan Symposium – A Disappointment for the Victims of #SGBV in Timbuktu" by @leilasadat1.bsky.social
The judgment is "fractured by multiple opinions, lacking legal clarity & ..approaches the charges of SGBV without understanding the context" #ICC lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
Interested in competing ideas of "gender" in international criminal law? I'll be chatting next week on this with the brilliant Akila Radhakrishnan, Valerie Oosterveld, Lily Kather, Juliana Santos de Carvalho & Lena Holzer. Tune in on Monday 3 February at 10am, Cambridge time.
Tis the weekend #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events🧵
B4 we begin though, while a difficult listen, we recommend listening to this important session hosted by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK “the genocide never stopped” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
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EGA Legal Advisor @akilarad.bsky.social tells The Guardian: "The request for an arrest warrant … demonstrates the systematic way in which these violations have been working in tandem to oppress girls and women under the Taliban’s gender apartheid.”
Learn more⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
Listening to this & things are really grim for the Rohingya at the moment. Honestly heart-breaking
Appreciate the work of @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social, Tun Khin, M.Arslan Suleman & Chantal Daniels contuined work sheading light on the challenges, working for justice & accountability
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New event! (Short notice)
📆23rd Jan
🕑2pm UK Time
Join Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK for panel “The Genocide Never Stopped: Five years on from the World Court’s order to protect the Rohingya” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
Reg:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post.”
Out now! Want some good book and series recommendations for the new year? We have lots here (but first hear us all worry for a bit)
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social + more
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social and many more!
Want a warm bath of good cheer for 2025? Then don’t listen to our podcast - out tomorrow. An entire collection of stressed-out justice activists worry about what might be coming!
With contributions on #ICC #aggression review (C #Kress), #STCoA for #Ukraine (J #Trahan), #CaH treaty (@leilasadat1.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social @cahinitiative.bsky.social), #Palestine (@astridcoracini.bsky.social) with a foreword by Ch #Wenaweser (@liechtensteinun.bsky.social).
Curious about what the 6th Committee decided on the crimes against humanity treaty, how they got there & what's next?
@leilasadat1.bsky.social & I unpack the drama & the details @justsecurity.org: justsecurity.org/105305/cah-tre…
And on their podcast: buzzsprout.com/2074610/episod
#CaHTreatyNow
📢Don’t miss the SLP team at #ASP23 in The Hague next week!
Join discussions on international justice mechanisms in Syria, Afghanistan and more, featuring @akilarad.bsky.social, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Metra Mehran and @dijkstal.bsky.social⤵️
Thank you @justsecurity.org for having us on to discuss the excitement and drama of last Friday’s decision to move to a #CaHTreatyNow.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social and I unpack the discussions, the way forward and why it’s so important for victims around the world.
A bright spot in an otherwise dark time for international law: the Sixth Committee adopts resolution moving the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity to negotiations. Thanks so much @akilarad.bsky.social @leilasadat1.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social for your tireless advocacy! ⚖️
