May 2026
- Jun 5
- 2 min read
WORKSHOP ON PROSECUTING ASIA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CRIMES IN DOMESTIC COURTS
On 19-20 May, the Asia Justice Coalition, along with Griffith University and FIBGAR, co-hosted a workshop on “Prosecuting Asia-Pacific International Crimes in Domestic Courts" in Brisbane, Australia. The workshop convened more than 35 practitioners, academics, and civil society actors working across the international criminal justice field in the Asia-Pacific region including AJC members, Amnesty International, the Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, the International Commission of Jurists, and Legal Action Worldwide.
Kaoru Okuizumi (Deputy Head, IIMM) and Antonia Mulvey (Executive Director, LAW) delivered the keynote addresses. The workshop witnessed discussions centred on the prosecution of atrocity crimes in Asia-Pacific, with a focus on universal jurisdiction and complementarity accountability mechanisms exploring broader forms of accountability. The presentations covered situations/cases from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Nepal, Timor-Leste, the Philippines and Afghanistan.
COALITION FOR A CONVENTION ON CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY INVITES NEW MEMBERS
As a member of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity (C-CAH), Asia Justice Coalition is pleased to share the expressions of interest from civil society organisations and experts committed to advancing a global crimes against humanity convention. C-CAH is a civil society group composed of academics, NGOs, and other experts committed to working together to achieve an effective, victim/survivor-centric, and non-discriminatory crimes against humanity convention that will fight against impunity. The Coalition is values-based, focused on the progressive development of international law. Interested organisations and experts can submit an expression of interest to join the Coalition here.
AJC’S INPUT TO UN SR MYANMAR CITED IN THE REPORT
Asia Justice Coalition’s input to the former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Tom Andrews, was cited in his last report on ‘From Impunity to Justice’. In its submission, AJC presented our approach towards accountability, reframing it from a broader lens that encompasses other ways of addressing harm that includes but is not limited to international criminal justice. The full submission is available here.
