AJC Holds a Side Event on the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
On 18 March, the Asia Justice Coalition, REDRESS, FIDH, Center for Justice and International Law and International Commission of Jurists co-organised a side event entitled “Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: Advancing Towards a New Convention” at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The event convened experts to discuss the opportunities that a new convention offers in advancing the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.
Dr Priya Pillai selected as a 2024 Yale World Fellow
Secretariat head Dr Priya Pillai has been selected as a 2024 Yale World Fellow for the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows program. The program is run by the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and aims to enable extraordinary individuals to increase their capacity to make the world a better place.
AJC Secretariat on Representation of (Asian) Women on the International Bench
Ahead of the International Women’s Day and the International Day of Women Judges, the Asia Justice Coalition secretariat mapped the gender and regional representation at four international(ised) courts & tribunals: International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). None of these institutions have had 50% gender representation through time. Collectively, a total of 231 judges were elected to these courts over time. Only 45 of them were women – 19%. Of those 45, only 5 were Asian women.
Joint Statement in support of progress towards a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
On 27 March, the Asia Justice Coalition and its members Global Justice Center, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, and Legal Action Worldwide along with 300+ civil society ogranisations and experts signed a joint statement to express their support for a global convention on crimes against humanity. They urged States to use the second resumed session of the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee (April 1 – 5 and 11) to push towards a procedure moving the Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity forward to negotiations for a treaty at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.
AJC Secretariat Briefs Members of the ICR2P on CAH
On 20 March, Secretariat head Dr Priya Pillai and Aakash Chandran (Legal Advocacy and Communications Manager) briefed members of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICR2P) on the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity and the process at the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee.