April 2025
- Admin AJC
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‘MISSING: ASIAN WOMEN ON THE INTERNATIONAL BENCH’
On 9 April, building on the Asia Justice Coalition's Women Leaders in International Justice and Accountability (WIJA) Project, our former intern Anuja Jaiswal examines the gender and regional representation of judges at four international courts and tribunals: the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court, the UN International Residual Mechanism for Courts and Tribunals, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The blog post finds that disaggregating the statistics reveals a lack of both intersectional and intra-regional representation and calls for localized work through grassroots-led interventions that encourage long-term social change.
DR. PILLAI JOINS THE STRATEGIC LITIGATION PROJECT
Asia Justice Coalition Executive Director Dr. Priya Pillai joined the Atlantic Council's Strategic Litigation Project as the non-resident senior fellow.
AJC – CPJ: FEMINIST JUDGMENT PROJECT WORKSHOP
On 29 April, the Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University, held an online workshop as a part of the Feminist Judgment Project (FJP), an intervention under the Asia Justice Coalition’s Women Leaders in International Justice and Accountability (WIJA) project. Dr. Aparna Chandra, Professor of Law at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, and national co-convenor of the Indian Feminist Judgment Project, facilitated the session, sharing insights on the project’s aims, design, methods, and challenges