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Creative feminists using international law to achieve gender equality and dismantle systems of oppression.
There can be no doubt by now that social media platforms are doing the bidding of anti-abortion and anti-trans movements.
Even in areas where it's legal, abortion information is being censored without justification. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
📣 BREAKING: Today on #HumanRightsDay, over 110 members of Congress just reintroduced legislation declaring abortion a human right for all and applauding the local leaders who did the same in Philly, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, and more.
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🔔 STARTING NOW!
Join our conversation on abortion provision as an expression of one's conscience, religion, or belief.
bit.ly/conscience4a...
🗓️ TOMORROW, 12/9, 10am ET
➡️ Register: bit.ly/conscience4a...
📣 Don't forget to register for our webinar that will explore how abortion provision and support can be understood as an expression of one's conscience, religion, or belief.
NEW: We just published a legal brief summary that recommends the inclusion of the slave trade in the draft treaty on crimes against humanity.
Currently, the draft treaty has prohibitions on enslavement and sexual slavery, but not the slave trade. cahtreatynow.org/summary-the-...
We've long said the success of the anti-abortion movement has alarming consequences for healthcare more broadly.
Case in point: the Trump administration is looking to require countries to share decades of abortion data if they want to receive essential health funds. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/p...
NEXT WEEK: We're hosting the third webinar in our series on the intersection of conscience & abortion access!
This webinar will focus on abortion provision as an expression of one's conscience, religion, or belief.
▶️ Register: bit.ly/conscience4a...
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🎉 Today is #GivingTuesday, and we're reminding our incredible GJC community that the first $15,000 will be matched thanks to a generous supporter.
Your donation supports our efforts to combat gender-based violence, defend reproductive autonomy, & more.
donate.globaljusticecenter.net
WEDNESDAY: If you will be in The Hague for the ICC Assembly of States Parties, join us for a civil society workshop exploring the crimes against humanity treaty effort and gender justice!
Register: bit.ly/cahtreatyatASP
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🗓️ Wednesday, December 3
🕙 10:00 CET
📍 World Forum, The Hague
Attending next week's ICC Assembly of States Parties session?
Join us for a civil society workshop that will explore the crimes against humanity treaty effort and gender justice.
Register: bit.ly/cahtreatyatASP
🎉 With #GivingTuesday just 1 week away, one of our supporters has offered to match the first $15,000!
Our supporter is a champion of GJC’s efforts to build a gender competent treaty on crimes against humanity.
Join them and help us reach our $30,000 goal. donate.globaljusticecenter.net
We sued the first Trump admin for creating a commission that tried to redefine human rights in the image of Christian nationalism.
Now, Trump is doubling down with new human rights reports that ignore US allies' violations and attack abortion rights. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"They are being mandated by the states in which they’re practicing to act in violation of their obligations to their patients."
Read our partners at @P4HR on the impact of abortion bans across entire healthcare systems. msmagazine.com/2025/11/18/a...
🔔 We're still looking for legal interns to join us in the spring!
If you're a current or recently graduated law student with a passion for gender equality and international human rights law, we want to hear from you.
Apply ➡ www.globaljusticecenter.net/career/2026-...
👏 The Philadelphia City Council just passed a resolution that recognizes abortion as a human right!
Local leaders around the country are increasingly seeing the lack of abortion access in their communities as an issue of fundamental human rights. whyy.org/articles/abo...
"The message from the writers is clear: Women should know their place. But women already do—it’s everywhere decisions are made."
A recent New York Times opinion piece tried to put an intellectual veneer on old, patriarchal ideas about feminism and the workplace. msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...
“No country should be above international law. Human rights are universal — or they are meaningless.”
Thank you to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for calling out the United States' attempt to evade its mandatory UN human rights review. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
📣 "Liberation doesn’t live in law. It lives in us, and we will not be stopped from sharing our experiences."
Read a new piece from our partners @janesdueprocess.bsky.social on how the US evading its UN human rights review could affect the health & rights of Texans. www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
Alongside our partners at @womenspeacenetwork.org, we recently co-organized a conversation between the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for #Myanmar (IIMM) and human rights advocates.
The IIMM's investigations into international crimes in Myanmar remain critical.
"Playing for my country is one of the ways I can stand up for the girls back in #Afghanistan."
The former Afghan Women's National Football Team played its first game in years this week.
It's a testament to their determination. We stand with Afghan women. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
The draft crimes against humanity treaty must support existing rights to reproductive autonomy.
👉 Check out our NEW legal brief summary proposing changes to the draft treaty that would protect the right to human agency over reproduction. cahtreatynow.org/summary-the-...
Last week's "People's UPR" offered a rare and powerful opportunity for those impacted by human rights abuses in the United States to share their stories and demand accountability.
✊ We thank everyone who joined us for this essential forum.
We are experiencing technical difficulties for those who registered for this webinar.
📺 But our YouTube livestream is up! Join the conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ZnZG1f2...
TUESDAY: Be sure to sign up for the next webinar in our series on conscientious objection and the right to abortion care.
We have added Dena Sher of @americansunited.bsky.social to our list of panelists!
Join us for this urgent discussion that will focus on the U.S. bit.ly/conscience_a...
Ahead of the “People’s UPR” tomorrow that will highlight human rights abuses across the US, we’re joining 100+ orgs to call out the diminishing state of bodily autonomy.
The Trump admin cannot be allowed to evade its human rights review. Read our letter: www.globaljusticecenter.net/letter-repro...
🗓️ October 28
🕐 1pm ET
Join us for the second webinar in our series on conscientious objection and the human right to abortion care!
This webinar will focus on the United States and feature experts from @reprorights.org @guttmacher.org and more.
Register: bit.ly/conscience_a...
U.S. foreign aid cuts are a global health disaster. But they're also wreaking havoc on international institutions, human rights, & more.
➡️ For @msmagazine.com GJC's Jaime Gher explored these impacts with our board member Payal Shah + Floriane Borel of @guttmacher.org. msmagazine.com/2025/10/19/u...
"By recognizing forced marriage as a separate crime, we can ensure that its distinct harms are recognized and met with consistent legal responses."
We recently published a short version of our brief on forced marriage & the crimes against humanity treaty. cahtreatynow.org/summary-the-...
TOMORROW: Tune into this urgent conversation on conscientious objection and reproductive health that features our own Jaime M. Gher + other leading experts!
The panel will be in Spanish, English and French.
Register: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The "Universal Periodic Review" is an essential international process that monitors governments' obligations to protect our human rights.
We will be there with a coalition highlighting the diminishing state of reproductive and bodily autonomy in the U.S. www.globaljusticecenter.net/submission-f...
