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Continue reading “Frequently Asked Questions”On October 28, 2022, PJI welcomed the announcement of charges in the matter of systematic police attacks on civilians in Kisumu County, including the widely decried murder of Samantha Pendo “Baby Pendo” with prosecution set to proceed in Kenya.
Continue reading “The Baby Pendo Case”On October 23rd, at the invitation of Kosovo’s President Dr. Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, PJI Co-Director Dr. Kathleen Roberts contributed to a panel about gender-sensitive transitional justice in Kosovo as part of the first Women, Peace, and Security Forum held in Pristina, Kosovo.
Continue reading “Women, Peace, and Security in Kosovo”On September 6, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated claims against Chiquita Brands International, Inc. in a historic lawsuit over the company’s role in funding paramilitaries in Colombia, allowing the case finally to proceed to a jury trial.
Continue reading “Colombian human rights case to go forward”On March 25, 2022, in connection with the conflict in Ukraine, PJI was invited to speak in a workshop held for European prosecutors and law enforcement entitled “Introduction to Investigating and Prosecuting Core International Crimes.”
Continue reading “Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine”On 25 January 2022, PJI’s Director Max Marcus joined a panel of experts convened by the Transitional Justice Institute, the Emergent Justice Collective, and the Unit for Global Justice at Goldsmiths, University of London as part of their webinar series on the application of intersectionality in international criminal law.
Continue reading “Intersectionality in International Criminal Law”On December 23, 2021, PJI Co-Directors Ms. Maxine Marcus and Dr. Kathleen Roberts joined ten other international law experts in submitting an amicus brief to the International Criminal Court’s Appeals Chamber in the Ongwen case.
Continue reading “Sexual Slavery and Cumulative Convictions”On December 14, 2021, as part of the ICC Assembly of States Parties side events, PJI Co-Director Dr. Kathleen Roberts moderated a panel co-hosted by eyeWitness to Atrocities and Truth Hounds on Using Digital Technology for War Crimes Documentation and Accountability.
Continue reading “Using Digital Technology for War Crimes Documentation and Accountability”On December 10, 2021, at an event in Guatemala, PJI Director Max Marcus joined an incredible group of speakers addressing the theme: “El principio de credibilidad como herramienta jurídica y social contra la impunidad de la violencia sexual” – the principle of credibility as a legal and social tool against impunity for sexual violence.
Continue reading “Credibility as a tool against impunity”On November 18, 2021, PJI co-Director Kathleen Roberts participated in person in the Somalia Learning and Research Day in Nairobi, Kenya, providing expert comment at a panel presentation of research and recommendations made under the auspices of the Somalia Stability Fund through an internal publication entitled Assessing the Scope and Parameters of Transitional Justice in Somalia.
Continue reading “Assessing the Scope and Parameters of Transitional Justice in Somalia”PJI formally launched on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
Continue reading “Partners in Justice: Launch!”The Murad Code, a survivor-centric global code of conduct for the documentation and investigation of conflict-or-atrocity-related sexual violence (CARSV) named for Nadia Murad, was published on April 14, 2022.
Continue reading “The Murad Code”On October 27, 2021, PJI Co-Founder Kathleen Roberts moderated a roundtable on the urgent question: What Use is International Law to Afghan Women?
Continue reading “Roundtable: Afghan Women and International Law”On September 22, 2021, PJI lawyers Max Marcus and Kathy Roberts joined Chief Special Prosecutor Drita Hajdari to discuss their work in Kosovo on Asymmetrical Haircuts, an international justice podcast.
Continue reading “Podcast Feature – PJI in Kosovo”On August 20, 2021, PJI joined an amicus brief filed at the United States Supreme Court in the appeal of a detainee at the U.S. Detention Camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba in the case known as The United States of America v. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, aka Abu Zubaydah.
Continue reading “Evidence of U.S. Torture”On July 8, 2021, PJI intervened at the U.S. Supreme Court by filing an amicus brief in the consolidated appeal known as In Re: Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and Shareholder Derivative Litigation.
Continue reading “Protecting Victim Privacy in Colombia Litigation”PJI Co-Director Kathy Roberts contributed to a panel discussion designed with the goal of building shared understanding between civil-society documenters and investigators on June 3, 2021.
Continue reading “Webinar: Data for What?”Domesticating International Sexual Violence Crimes in National Legal Systems
Continue reading “Publication and Launch of UN Model Legislation”On 23 June 2021, PJI Director Maxine Marcus moderated a panel convened by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of their Gender Equality Forum.
Continue reading “The Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice”Human rights are at their most vulnerable at times of crises. During the pandemic, Partners in Justice International has continued our work in solidarity with the most vulnerable members of our communities.
Continue reading “COVID-19 Update”In January 2021, the Harvard International Law Journal published its conversation with PJI Director Maxine Marcus as part of the Women in International Law: Distinguished Voices interview series.
Continue reading “PJI Co-Founder, a Distinguished Voice”On October 29, 2020, PJI participated in a roundtable hosted by the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights Seoul on the topic of international organisations working on accountability processes and strategies for accountability.
Continue reading “UN DPRK Roundtable”In March 2021, Save the Children and the Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security at the Blavatnik School of Government’s Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC) Published a critical report on advancing justice for children.
Continue reading “Children in Armed Conflict”On June 10, 2020, the PJI legal team submitted written comments on the draft General Recommendation on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Continue reading “Women and Girls Subjected to Slavery”On March 5, 2020, PJI Co-Director spoke at Yale Law School on the topic of Mass Atrocities in the Age of Social Media: Prevention, Response, and Accountability.
Continue reading “International Criminal Justice in the Age of Social Media”The PJI Legal Team was requested by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC) to develop Model Legislative Provisions on the Investigation and Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on behalf of SRSG-SVC Pramila Patten.
Continue reading “Model Provisions for CRSV Prosecution in National Jurisdictions Announced”