GICJ positions and opinions

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 5 Years to Go?

On 14 July 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs released The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025, its annual ...

El Fasher Under Siege: 500 Days of Starvation, Disease, and Violence Against Children

El Fasher Under Siege: 500 Days of Starvation, Disease, and Violence Against Children Image credits: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162241 By Minna Adlan / GICJ The city ...

A step towards accountability in Libya: The arrest of El Hishri

On 16 July 2025, German police arrested Libyan national Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. This arrest ...

The War Crime of Child Soldier Recruitment in Yemen

Systematic, Opportunistic and Ruthless: The Machinery of Child Soldier Recruitment in Yemen Image source: (Pexels) https://www.pexels.com/fr-fr/photo/noir-et-blanc-yeux-visage-enfant-8387469/ Driven by the exigencies of abject ...

The Implications of the May 2025 Elections for Romanian Democracy and Human Rights

Romania at the Crossroads: What the May 2025 Elections Mean for Democracy and Human Rights Picture source: Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/pawagner/15516390490/in/album-72157646785753293 By Andrea Pantazi ...