Global Justice Center

Programs: August 12th campaign-in its august 12th campaign, gjc seeks to ensure that girls and women raped in war receive all necessary medical care, including safe abortion services, in line with their rights under the geneva conventions. (see schedule o for additional information. )august 12th campaign:(1)the joining of the inter-agency working group on reproductive health in crises' sub-group on safe abortion care (iawg), providing input into language for the forthcoming revised field manual on reproductive health in crises and leading plenary and breakout sessions on us abortion restrictions at the group's annual meeting in athens. (2)the publication of an article on "protecting safe abortion in humanitarian settings: overcoming legal and political barriers" in the peer-reviewed journal reproductive health matters' special issue on sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings, which was launched at the iawg conference. (3)the publication of articles and op-eds in popular media, including bistandsaktuelt, a norwegian publication focused on international development, the independent and ms. Magazine on the need to ensure access to safe abortion services to girls and women raped in war as a matter of international law and human rights. (4)the submission to the uk all party parliamentary group on population, development and reproductive health's inquiry on "abortion in the developing world and in the uk," which provided key analysis on the global gag rule and its intersection with helms and made recommendations as to how the uk can take leadership to counter the effects of these restrictions. Gjc also provided oral evidence to the committee in november. (5)active participation in the "she decides" conference, which launched a new fund created by the dutch and belgian governments to counteract the global gag rule. Gjc used the conference to educate european partners on the global gag rule and what can be done to minimize its impacts, including through a briefing in the european parliament. (6)education of ngos, un staff, and un ambassadors on the detrimental impact of the expanded global gag rule and the urgent need to ensure un and un member states align humanitarian policies with ihl and security council resolutions 2106 and 2122. (7)engagement in efforts to obtain documents related to the deliberation and implementation of the gag rule by the trump administration through the freedom of information act (foia) from the state department, usaid, and the department of health and human services.

gender and genocide-in its gender & genocide program, gjc seeks to address and ensure accountability for gendered components of genocide, including non-killing crimes, with a focus on crimes committed against girls and women by transnational militant actors such as isis and boko haram. (see schedule o for additional information. )gender and genocide:(1)an article 15 submission in collaboration with the uk bar human rights committee to the office of the prosecutor of the international criminal court concerning the court's jurisdiction over daesh foreign fighters for sexual and gender-based crimes(2)the convening of a high-level brain trust of international legal experts and practitioners to examine the difficulties of translating genocide law into a contemporary context, particularly considering the increasing space taken by the counter-terrorism agenda. (3)the provision of engagement with the establishment on an investigation mechanism to ensure accountability in iraq for international crimes committed by isis, including the submission of a joint open letter to the iraqi prime minister providing specific recommendations on gender justice. (4)the publication of articles and op-eds in popular media, including the times of london, passblue, the new york times and the fair observor calling on the international community to act on its obligations to prosecute daesh fighters for the systemic sexual abuse of women as a crime of genocide. (5)extensive research and legal analysis on the intersection between gender and genocide and how obligations to respond to genocide must inform measures against genocidal actors. This resulted in the publication of legal and advocacy briefings. (6)strategic outreach to civil society groups to increase understanding of and support for the need to hold transnational militant movements accountable for gender-based crimes under international law.

burma-in its burma program, gjc challenges structural barriers to democracy and realizing human rights in burma and works to empower women leaders and policymakers in burma to use international law and human rights as a tool for progressive social change. (see schedule o for additional information. )burma:(1)conduct research in partnership with the goldman school of public policy (gspp) at the university of california berkeley regarding the gender dimensions of land grabs in burma and reviewing the existing state of women's rights with respect to land, the history of land grabs and the current discussions in burma regarding the national land use policy. (2)work with the international human rights clinic of cornell law school to draft a new, comprehensive prevention and protection of violence against women (povaw) law for the karen women's organization (kwo), a practice guide to accompany the law that explains key provisions, the rationale and best practices that ungird them, and a series of fact sheets on the to assist for grassroots partners in burma in their activism and lobbying. (3)advocacy and technical assistance around burma's violence against women law. (4)engagement with the un human rights council's fact-finding mission (ffm) on myanmar to brief team members on the situation in myanmar, emphasizing structural barriers to access to justice and impunity for gender-based crimes.