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Promoting Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations and Peace Processes
Recognizing that promotion & empowerment of women & support for women’s organizations & networks are essential in the consolidation of peace to promote equal & full participation of women & encouraging Member States, donors & civil society, to provide support in this respect.” (UNSCR 1888)
Friday 16 June 2017AFGHANISTAN PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT ANNUAL REPORT 2016
Source: UNAMA AFGHANISTAN PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT ANNUAL REPORT 2016 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN FEBRUARY 2017 “This appalling conflict destroys lives and tears communities apart in every corner of Afghanistan. Real protection of civilians requires commitment […]
Friday 16 June 2017Many criticisms of International Criminal Court have validity
Source: The Irish Times By Ray Murphy Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, who was convicted by the International Criminal Court for recruiting child soldiers. Photograph: Reuters When the International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002, […]
Friday 16 June 2017WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN PEACE PROCESSES IN AFGHANISTAN
HRRAC is an Afghan-led human rights membership organization established in the year 2003 as an independent research organization mainly focusing on research and advocacy towards women and children’s rights, economic, social rights, security and as well as public participation.
Friday 16 June 2017Truth or Delusion?
Source : Human Wrongs Watch This makes it extraordinarily difficult for accurate information, including vital information about the endangered state of our world and how to respond appropriately, to penetrate the typical human mind. ‘Phenomenal […]
Friday 16 June 2017Intersex, Outcast – The Limits of Gender at the International Criminal Court
Source: Justice in Conflict by Mark Kersten Laura Nacyte joins JiC for this post on the limited conceptualization of gender in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Laura is an MSc graduate of Global […]
Friday 16 June 2017“Fifteen years of violence there have shown that there can be no military solution to the conflict.”
Source: U.K Government Statement by Helen Mulvein, Legal Counsellor at the UK Mission to the United Nations, on the ICC and the situation in Darfur. Thank you Mr President. I would like to thank the Prosecutor […]
Friday 16 June 2017Why ‘1984’ Is a 2017 Must-Read
The dystopia described in George Orwell’s nearly 70-year-old novel “1984” suddenly feels all too familiar. A world in which Big Brother (or maybe the National Security Agency) is always listening in, and high-tech devices can eavesdrop in people’s homes.
Friday 16 June 2017The Children of ‘1984’: Dystopia Down the Decades
SOURCE: New York Times By JENNIFER SCHUESSLERJUNE 15, 2017 The stage adaptation of “1984” opening on Thursday, June 22, may be George Orwell’s Broadway debut. But his novel — and coinages like Big Brother, thought […]
Friday 16 June 2017Culture of Impunity Must End for Justice to Prevail in Darfur, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Tells Security Council
Source: U.N Delegates Split on Handling of Sudan’s President, Other War Crimes Suspects The pervading toxic culture of impunity must be tackled in order for justice to prevail in Darfur, the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor […]
Friday 16 June 2017
