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Defender of the Week #4: Kimberley Motley

September 12, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Afghanistan, human rights, Kimberley Motley, lawyer

(Photo: Helle Moos/made in Copenhagen) “The laws are ours, and no matter what your ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, they belong

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ICC: Calls to Convict Congolese Rebel

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments

(Photo: initial appearance of Bosco Ntaganda, 26 March 2013 © ICC-CPI) This week the International Criminal Court (ICC) has heard

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Defender of the Week #3: Kofi Annan

August 21, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Kofi Annan, UN, United Nations

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi

Africa International Criminal Law

Kavumu Trial: An Historic Breakthrough

August 7, 2018 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments conflict, DRC, evidence, High Military Court, rape, sexual violence

Facts The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s High Military Court (HMC) has confirmed the condemnation of the accused in the

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Defender of the Week #2: Dr Denis Mukwege

July 31, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments conflict, Dr Denis Mukwege, DRC, sexual violence

“We need to eradicate rape as a weapon of war … like nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.” – Dr Denis

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Defender of the Week #1: Rigoberta Menchú

July 23, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Guatemala, human rights, Mayan, Rigoberta Menchú

“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to

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Celebrating 20 Years of the Rome Statute

July 18, 2018December 3, 2019 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Burundi, Congo, Hague, ICC, Rome Statute, UNSC

(Photo: the signing of the Rome Statute in Rome, 1998) On 17th July, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated the

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How One Immigrant Highlighted USA’s Draconian Human Rights Record

July 7, 2018July 7, 2018 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments child separation policy, Trump, Trump administration, UNHRC, United Nations, US foreign policy, US-Mexico border

“Michelle Obama, our beloved First Lady that I care so much about, said: ‘When they go low, we go high.’

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Obama Not Welcome in Africa After Activists Urge Foundation to Withdraw Invite

June 28, 2018 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Nelson Mandela, Obama, South Africa

In a bold move, activists in South Africa have urged the Nelson Mandela Foundation to revoke their invitation to have

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UN Chief Puts Forward New Global Disarmament Agenda

May 29, 2018 Phoebe Egoroff 0 Comments Antonio Guterres, disarmament, peace, security, UN

[UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre] Last Thursday UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, announced a new global disarmament agenda at the University of Geneva,