July 2025
- Admin AJC
- Aug 1
- 2 min read
ANZIL CONFERENCE PANEL
On 2 July, Senior Law and Policy Advisor Jen Keene-McCann, alongside colleagues from across the Coalition and the region, participated in the 32nd Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law, held under the theme ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’. The panel, titled ‘Bolstering Accountability for Atrocity Crimes in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania Regions’, featured a video compilation that showcased strategic accountability efforts in the region—important work that is often overlooked.
AJC PARTICIPATION AT THE FEMNET CONVENING ON WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP IN LAW
From 14 to 16 July, Sangeetha Yogendran, Senior Program Manager, participated in the FEMNET convening on “Women in Leadership in Law" (WILL) in Nairobi, Kenya. The WILL Convening brought together women leaders, jurists, lawyers, researchers, subject-matter experts, and journalists from diverse backgrounds and across generations from Africa and beyond. The Convening provided a space and opportunity to share lived experiences of the journey towards leadership by unpacking the systemic barriers encountered along the way as well as celebrating their personal wins and lessons learned from the losses.
ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN ASIA
On 17 July, to mark the International Justice Day, the Asia Justice Coalition published a video showcasing the creative and robust engagement with international accountability by its partners in Asia. The diverse work showcased includes the application of universal jurisdiction in Indonesia, the potential Article 14 referral of the Myanmar situation to the International Criminal Court, the examination of international standards within international criminal law in Asia, Malaysia's engagement with the International Court of Justice, corporate criminal accountability, transitional justice initiatives, and the advancement of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention.
AJC–CPJ: WIJA WORKSHOP ON RIGHTS OF REFUGEES & MINORITIES
On 16 July, the Capacity Building Unit of the Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, organiSed a one-day participatory workshop titled “Practitioners’ Workshop on Refugee and Plainland Ethnic Minority Rights” under the Women Leaders in International Justice and Accountability (WIJA) project. The workshop aimed to bring together young and emerging practitioners interested in getting a deeper understanding of the legal frameworks to protect the rights of refugees and plainland ethnic minorities in the fields of access to justice and right to education in Bangladesh.
‘A FUTURE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CONVENTION AND ASIA: A NEW TOOL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY’
On 29 July, the Legal Advocacy and Communications Manager, Aakash Chandran, published a blog post mapping the position of Asian States calling for a diplomatic conference on the Crimes Against Humanity Convention. The post urges further Asian States to take the lead, center regional experiences, strengthen the Draft Articles, and ensure participation of all CSOs, including non-ECOSOC organisations & experts moving ahead.