Sareta Ashraph

Justice for the Victims of the Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: Ongoing Accountability Efforts and the Path to the International Criminal Court Abstract. In September 2023, the mass exodus of over 100,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno–Karabakh into neighbouring Armenia captured international attent

Thrilled to see "Justice for the Victims of the Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: Ongoing Accountability Efforts and the Path to the International Criminal Court" by Sheila Paylan and myself now published in JICJ in its Jan 2026 issue. It's open access!

academic.oup.com/jicj/advance...

The SLP is grateful to the survivors, IHRDC, Argentine lawyer Maximo Castex who filed the complaint, and the legal support provided by Nizar El Fakih, @lisandranovo.bsky.social, @saretaashraph.bsky.social, and Nushin Sarkarati.

We will continue to provide updates here.

Have a read of Valeria Cetorelli and my recent work - Yazidi Victims Demographic Documentation Project's paper on the ISIL attack on Tel Banat and Tel Qasab, supported by @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social and @cja-news.bsky.social

Read & download it here: eprints.lse.ac.uk/120263/1/The...

Building Towards Justice: Recent European Trials of ISIL Members for Crimes Against Yazidis 5.00pm Wednesday 19 November | Sareta Ashraph | Free event at LSE

Happening today @ 5pm @ LSE! This event will provide an update on recent European trials of ISIL members for crimes against the Yazidi community.

Roza Qaidi, Sana Murrani and I will be speaking. You can register to join in person or online here:
www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

The Yazidi Genocide: A Personal Perspective - Middle East Centre by Bahaa Ilyas & Roza Al-Qaidi The sun greeted me as I woke on the morning of 3 August 2014. I was a researcher at the University of Duhok, 200 miles from Sinjar. It was to be a happy day as I was wai...

And Roza's and Bahaa's blogpost on her experience of being in Dohuk on the day of the attack on her community in Sinjar:

blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2018/05/...

And also our demographic report on the ISIL attack on the Yazidis of Tel Banat and Tel Qasab villages:

eprints.lse.ac.uk/120263/

For those who've not yet seen them, here is our demographic report on the ISIL attack on the Yazidis of Kocho village:

eprints.lse.ac.uk/101098/

Building Towards Justice: Recent European Trials of ISIL Members for Crimes Against Yazidis 5.00pm Wednesday 19 November | Sareta Ashraph | Free event at LSE

London/ Hybrid, Wed 19 Nov @LSE 5pm

Roza Qaidi, Sana Murrani & I are discussing "Building Towards Justice: Recent European Trials of ISIL Members for Crimes Against Yazidis.

I'll be exploring recent genocide cases & the role of demographic doc. @cja-news.bsky.social

www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice: Views from Practice To reflect on the theme of professionals and professionalism(s) covered within the articles in this symposium, on 14 February 2025, the guest editors and t

Very happy to have been part of this conversation, now published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice, titled "Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice: Views from Practice."

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Heartened to be at the Gender Justice in International Criminal Law conference.

Listening now to a fascinating discussion of emerging justice opportunities in Syria with Joumana Seif, Razan Rashidi, Mariana Karkoutky, Sema Nasser, and Sana Kikhia. @4genderjustice.org

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Coming –in person or online– to the Gender Justice in International Criminal Law, taking place in The Hague on 29 and 30 September?

To attend in-person, please email admin@4genderjustice.org

or register online here: 4genderjustice.org/our-work/gen...

Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror” An absence of credible legal basis for the Caribbean strike suggests the Trump admin is asserting a prerogative to kill outside the law.

The lethal U.S. strike in the Caribbean that killed 11 people doesn’t fit the counterterrorism justification, writes @bcfinucane.bsky.social.

The lack of legal basis suggests the Trump administration may be asserting a prerogative to kill outside the law:

Incredibly insightful discussion on genocide litigation on international law, led by Oxford’s Janina Dill! A good final day at the ESIL conference, giving much food for thought.

Thrilled to be at the ESIL conference. Just finished my panel and now listening to a packed forum on “Institutional Reconstructions: Which Role for the United Nations?” with Prof Brunk, Prof Klabbers and Assoc Prof Sinclair, moderated by Prof Chinkin.

Looking forward to being part of these discussions!

Join in person or online on Thursday 18 Sept for "Countering Gender Apartheid with International Law: A Strategic Convening" @umichlaw.bsky.social @profkarimabennoune.bsky.social

Excellent blogpost "Afghanistan and the Erosion of the International System" by Amb. Nasir A. Andisha and Hamid A. Formuli on @justsecurity.org

Really pleased by the recognition of the efforts of the End Gender Apartheid movement. See endgenderapartheid.today for more information and resources.

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

About a week after DOGE outed him, Taliban intelligence agents in Kabul descended on the homes of his relatives and detained three of his family members. They were blindfolded, thrown into the backs of 4x4 pickup trucks and driven to a small remote prison.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Now sanctioned are Nicolas Guillou, France; Nazhat Khan, Fiji; Mame Mandiaye Niang, Senegal; Kimberly Prost, Canada.

Deputy Prosecutor Khan & Judge Prost were profiled by ATLAS in 2022 and 2019, respectively.

www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/202...

www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/201...

In solidarity.

End Gender Apartheid The women and girls of Afghanistan and Iran have united in a call to end gender apartheid.

Four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan & the establishment of a governance system based on gender oppression and violence. It is the worst place in the world to be a woman or girl. Recognise Gender Apartheid. End Gender Apartheid. endgenderapartheid.today

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.

Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court Cambridge Core - UN and International Organisations - Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court

"Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court" by CUP is now available *open access*

Thrilled to have contributed –together w/ 60+ scholars & practitioners – to reimagining how international criminal law can advance gender justice.

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Please read!

So much horror in the world, and 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."

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/w...

Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink While there have been some elements of relief that the Iraq parliament has pulled back from legalizing child marriage, the situation remains dynamic.

My latest blogpost: "Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink" @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...

The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

🌍 Last Friday, our colleague Juliana Laguna Trujillo moderated a panel on Gender Justice & the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty at the #JoinedUpJustice conference on Gender in ICL & IRL at Tilburg University.

Big thanks to our speakers including @saretaashraph.bsky.social for their contributions!

Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink While there have been some elements of relief that the Iraq parliament has pulled back from legalizing child marriage, the situation remains dynamic.

My latest blogpost: "Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink" @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...

Honored to take part in this @ejiltalk.bsky.social podcast on international law & the rights of #Afghan women w @saharfetrat.bsky.social of @hrw.org

She said women use the word "suffocating" to describe the situation under Taliban rule & argued that #Afghanistan may now be unlivable for #women

The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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