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A follow-up: growing support for the creation of a standing mechanism to investigate serious human rights violations

There are currently more than 15 so-called “mechanisms,” specialized and dedicated units investigating human rights violations in different countries and assembling case files for prosecution.

#112 The G|O Briefing, October 6, 2022

A CLOSE VICTORY FOR CHINA AND A REBUKE TO THE WEST AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL | BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE | STOPPING PHONE HACKING | NUKES NOT AN OPTION

Anchoring Accountability for Mass Atrocities

Anchoring Accountability for Mass Atrocities

ICJ outlined the options for the establishment of a Standing Independent Investigative Mechanism (SIIM), which would support and complement the existing human rights and international justice architecture.

Building permanent support for UN mandated investigations

Late this afternoon of May 19, in Room XXIII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva—a cool respite from the brutal outside heat—Stephen Rapp, former US Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice and former prosecutor in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, could not resist sharing a joke before

#98 The G|O Briefing, May 19, 2022

A new report offers models to strengthen the UN's investigative capacity - A tighter relationship between China and Russia

Diplomacy is dead. Long live diplomacy!

This is an onsite edited excerpt of the G|O Briefing newsletter By Vincent Landon When US President Joe Biden meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday, 16 June, traditional diplomacy gets a welcome shot in the arm. “There is never any substitute for leader-to-leader engagement, particularly for

#61 The G|O Briefing, June 15, 2021

Biden-Putin: a much needed summit - Why virtual diplomacy is here to stay

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