October 2025
- Admin AJC
- Nov 5
- 2 min read
STATEMENT AT THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN & PEOPLE’S RIGHTS ON CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CONVENTION
On 24 October, the Asia Justice Coalition endorsed the statement delivered by the International Commission of Jurists at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The statement called upon African States to meaningfully engage in the negotiation process for an international Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity to ensure “a trauma-informed, gender-competent and intersectional approach to access to justice and accountability and provide tools and mechanisms for its effective implementation to promote protection of marginalized groups and the interests of victims and survivors”.
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CONVENTION SIDE EVENT IN NEW YORK
On 22 October, the Asia Justice Coalition co-sponsored a side event organized by the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations and the International Commission of Jurists on 'Facilitating implementation of obligations under the Crimes Against Humanity Convention: Gaps and Opportunities'. AJC’s Aakash Chandran (Legal Advocacy and Communications Manager) made an intervention at the event calling on Member States to ensure and effectuate meaningful participation of the civil society, including non-ECOSOC-accredited NGOs, during all phases of the diplomatic negotiations, including the Preparatory Committee, Working Group sessions, and the regional and country-focused workshops.
AJC PARTICIPATION AT THE PACIFIC JUST ANNUAL MEETING
From 30-31 October, AJC’s Jennifer Keene-McCann attended the second annual meeting of PacificJust in Brisbane, Australia. PacificJust is the sister network to the European Union’s Genocide Prosecution Network; its mandate is to bring together a community of practice focused on accountability for core international crimes across the Pacific Rim. Jen spoke about opportunities stemming from positive developments across Southeast Asia and Australia to support accountability efforts.
DR. PILLAI’S PARTICIPATION AT THE NUREMBERG FORUM
Asia Justice Coalition Executive Director Dr. Priya Pillai participated at the Nuremberg Forum 2025 (“Strengthening International Criminal Law: 80 Years since Nuremberg") organised by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy from 10 to 12 October. Dr Pillai served as the panelist on the session 'Legitimacy, Prevention, and Universality' along with Pablo Gavira Díaz, Louise Chappell, Juan E. Méndez, and Natia Navrouzov. The recording of the full panel discussion is available here.
BLOG POST ON AUSTRALIA’S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
On 13 October, Asia Justice Coalition's Jennifer Keene-McCann (Senior Law and Policy Advisor) co-authored a blog post with Aruni Jayakody entitled 'Australia’s role in bringing international criminals to justice,’ calling on the Australian government to take concrete actions domestically to combat atrocity crimes while supporting international mechanisms and institutions.
