GICJ positions and opinions

International Day for Mine Awareness - 4 April 2021

by Adrienne Gibbs Perseverance, Partnership and Progress On 8 December 2005, the United Nations General Assembly declared 4 April as International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine ...

ICC & Palestine: The Path Towards Justice & Accountability

By: Alexandra Grigorescu/ GICJ Introduction For far too long Palestine has suffered heinous human rights violations and humanitarian law abuses as a result of a brutal occupation of its ...

International Day - Victims of Slavery & Transatlantic Slave Trade

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade By: Natalia Brusco/GICJ 25 March 2021 March 25th marks the International Day of Remembrance of the ...

Democracy under threat: Joint statement at UN Human Rights Council High Level Segment

The 46th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) began on the 22nd of February, starting with a High-Level Segment (HLS), spanning three days, where dignitaries representing over 130 countries ...

February 20th: World Day of Social Justice

By: Nora Futtner/GICJ On November 26th, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly established that World Day of Social Justice will be celebrated annually on February 20th. This year, in keeping ...