JRR is proud to announce it concluded a new agreement with the OHCHR to strengthen its collaboration with the UN entity and bolster its impact.
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JRR is the only global facility that provides rapidly deployable experts to investigate international crimes & serious human rights violations and to enable a holistic, gender-sensitive, and inclusive approach to justice. https://justicerapidresponse.org/
ASP was honoured to host a side event at this year’s #ProtectionofCiviliansWeek organised by #UnitedNations OCHA, Mission of Switzerland to the UN, CIVIC and @rescue.org. Hosted by the EU delegation in New York, this event discussed how to ensure intersectional justice for survivors of CRSV.
As part of its mandate, JRR develops policy tools & shares the lessons learned from its deployments in strategic fora. Dive into our policy & resources section on our website where you'll find our Guidance & Practice Tool on #Intersectionality & more: 👇 justicerapidresponse.org/reports-and-...
New #podcast episode release 📻 ‼️ The 2nd episode of our series takes you this time to Ukraine where you will learn about the work of JRR Expert Jenna Dolecek, a JRR OSINT investigator who worked closely with Kyiv-based civil society organization the Media Initiative for Human Rights. Enjoy!
Over the past years, JRR has significantly increased the number of its deployments seeking to bridge the gap between #technology and #accountability work: 13 deployments in 2025 alone and 25 deployments since 2023.
This month, the Paris Criminal Court found former executives and security managers of Lafarge and its Syrian branch Lafarge Cement Syria guilty of financing terrorism and violating existing international sanctions in the context of Syria to keep their cement plant in Jalabiya running.
Right at the onset of the work of the OHCHR-led Fact-Finding Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, JRR rapidly injected child rights and gender expertise, paving the way to extensive gender and child-related findings.
In 2025, the Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) accredited 104 men as victims of conflict-related sexual violence in the context of the Colombian armed conflict. This is a landmark decision contributing to a gender-sensitive and inclusive approach to justice in Colombia.
For the very first time, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances activated article 34 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and decided to formally refer the ongoing situation in Mexico to the United Nations General Assembly.
Shedding light on violations affecting women and girls in Afghanistan is no small challenge. Discover in JRR’s 2025 annual report how we advance justice initiatives in relation to Afghanistan by providing technical support to the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization.
How does JRR contribute to implementing a victim-centred approach in the search process of victims of enforced-disappearances in Colombia? Photo: The UBPD and JRR Expert in action in Sincé, Sucre. Credits: Caracol Radio and UBPD.
In Feb 2025, a federal criminal court in Buenos Aires ordered arrest warrants against 25 Myanmar officials, 1 included Min Aung Hlaing, the current Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar military, for the crime of genocide & crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya between 2012 & 2018.
2025 Annual Report Launch! 📣 Last year, JRR completed 115 expert deployments in support of countless justice actors involved in accountability processes in close to 20 country situations.
Our April newsletter is out!🚨This month, we are pleased to present you our 2025 Annual Report! Last year, JRR completed a total of 115 deployments of experts, supporting justice actors in over 20 country situations. Dive into it now: 👇 mailchi.mp/justicerapid...
Early March, JRR hosted with UN Women and the UK Mission to the United Nations a launch event of our new Guidance and Practice Tool on #Intersectionality in Investigations of Serious Human Rights Violations and International Crimes on the sidelines of the #CSW70.
Early March, we hosted with UN Women & the UK Mission to the UN a launch event of our new Guidance and Practice Tool on #Intersectionality in Investigations of Serious Human Rights Violations and International Crimes on the sidelines of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
JRR congratulates @instituteici.bsky.social tituteici.bsky.social for publishing its new Guidance on Implementing the MHPSS Principles of the Murad Code, which sets out minimum MHPSS standards for anyone engaging with survivors to gather or use information about conflict-related sexual violence.
Last month, a JRR Restorative Justice Expert participated in an interactive dialogue with judges from the Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) to discuss best practices and lessons learned from their recent deployment.
🎙️We are thrilled to launch the Justice Decoder Podcast, JRR's brand new podcast series that dives into key thematic areas of international justice with experts from the JRR Roster! 👇 open.spotify.com/show/0NX3Euj...
🎥 FILM RELEASE ‼️ We are pleased to release our new short-documentary film on Colombia's transitional justice process titled "Hasta que la vida nos alcance." It showcases the path to justice of two survivors of the Colombian armed conflict, Mss. Neftalina Rosa Romero Guzmán and Jacqueline Castillo.
Newsletter alert! 🚨📣 This month, in the JRR Newsletter, we are announcing that we are now seeking applications to find our new Executive Director. Check out the job vacancy advertisement available on our website now!
The @instituteici.bsky.social launched a new resource developed with survivors to complement the Murad Code. While the Murad Code features best practices and standards to investigate #CRSV, this new resource focuses on #survivors' voices to show how these standards translate into practice.
On International Day of Education, the @gcpea.bsky.social launched its new Legislative Checklist, a practical tool designed to support lawmakers, justice actors, and policymakers in strengthening domestic legal frameworks to safeguard education from attack.
📣JRR and @unwomen.bsky.social are launching their new Guidance and Practice Tool on #Intersectionality in investigations of serious human rights violations and international crimes. Check it out now! 👇👇 justicerapidresponse.org/jrr-and-un-w...
With the hearings on the merits opening at the ICJ in the The Gambia v. Myanmar case, JRR wishes to acknowledge the tireless work of The Gambia & civil society organizations, including @legalactionww.bsky.social, that contributed to bring this case forward and promote survivors' access to justice.
Dive into this new @opiniojuris.bsky.social piece of @maudsarlieve.bsky.social & Pauline Martini from the @icws-sas.bsky.social discussing new approaches and frameworks in the sector of #environmental #justice and its concordant challenges to operationalise them. 👇👇 opiniojuris.org/2026/01/09/f...
From Policy to Practice: Operationalising Environmental Justice
[Maud Sarliève and Dr Pauline Martini are associate research fellows at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London] On 4 December 2025, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the In…
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Newsletter Alert! 🚨 In Dec, we organized a screening event of our new doc. film w/ the embassies of CAN & UA to the NL, the Dutch MFA & the Media Initiative for Human Rights on ways to promote a victim-centered approach in #Ukraine justice processes.📽️To trailer👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dhk...
Surviving Izolyatsia
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🤝 Today, an agreement conferring privileges and immunities to JRR was signed on behalf of the Swiss Federal Council by Mr. Franz Perrez, head of the Directorate of International Law of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, and by Mr. Samuel Emonet, Executive Director of JRR.
This month, JRR had the pleasure of hosting, in partnership with the Embassies of Canada & Ukraine to the Netherlands, the Dutch MFA and the Media Initiative for Human Rights, a screening event of our new survivor-centric short-documentary film on Ukraine justice processes "Surviving Izolyatsia."
