Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ)

Human Rights Council convenes for 34th Special Session on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine

HRC49: Unprecedented challenges for Children in Armed Conflict

CED follow-up report testifying Iraq’s unwillingness to comply with its international obligations

HRC49: Violations and Abuses of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in Libya

HRC49: Interactive dialogue on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for South Sudan

May 3 – International Day on Press freedom

HRC49: Concerns over sexual exploitation of children remain

HRC49: Ongoing human rights violations in Belarus

HRC49: Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Human Rights Council convenes for 34th Special Session on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine

HRC49: Unprecedented challenges for Children in Armed Conflict

CED follow-up report testifying Iraq’s unwillingness to comply with its international obligations

HRC49: Violations and Abuses of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in Libya

HRC49: Interactive dialogue on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for South Sudan

May 3 – International Day on Press freedom

HRC49: Concerns over sexual exploitation of children remain

HRC49: Ongoing human rights violations in Belarus

HRC49: Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Omran Daqneesh – a silence that shakes every conscience

On August 2016, the world’s conscience was shaken by the picture of a five-year-old boy, covered in dust and blood, sitting in the back of an ambulance, visibly shocked and weary. The little boy,...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Inside Guantanamo, when the “war on terror” justifies all means

Mohamedou Ould Slahi was born in Mauritania from a poor family. When he was only 18, he won a prestigious scholarship to study in Germany, where he lived for years. In 1991 and 1992, he did what...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Zaidoun Mamoun al-Samara

On January 4, 2004, a group of US soldiers in Samarra, Iraq, murdered Zaidoun Mamoun al-Samarrai, a young Iraqi man who was not yet twenty years old. On January 4, 2004, a group of US soldiers in...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Ali Shallal al-Qaysi

In 2004, photos of Iraqi prisoners tethered to dog leashes and electrical wires dominated the news. The centre of the scandal was Abu Ghraib - one of the world’s most notorious prisons. At the time,...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

In the Rubble of their Homes

In Halaweh, a Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills, in which the Israeli army had conducted a demolition four days earlier on 2 February, a few Palestinian residents welcomed us in front of...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Abeer Qassim al-Janabi

Abeer Qassim al-Jabani (1991 – 2006) was a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, who was gang-raped and killed, and her family murdered by United States Army soldiers, on March 12, 2006.

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Jamalida Begum – Rohingya Survivor Escapes Horror

Approximately 1 million Rohingya people reside in Myanmar (Burma), mainly in the Rakhine State (formerly Arakan, an independent and sovereign state) that is situated along the East Coast of the Bay...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Saida Ahmad Baghili – The face of starvation

Photo 1. Saida Afmad Baghili on wheelchair in the Al Thawra hospital, Yemen, 25 October 2016 Yemen has always been among the poorest countries in the world and has always faced challenged linked to...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

Scar(r)ed for Life: Everyday Violations around Israel’s Illegal Settlements

Settler violence is a daily part of life for many Palestinians: Armed Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks against Palestinian civilians and property by, inter alia, shooting and harassing...

Lest We Forget: Stories of Real Victims

The toll for freedom

The Syrian conflict has triggered negative consequences and has worsened the already fragile conditions of a developing country and a modernising society. The level of economic and social...

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