Human Rights
Beyond Rhetoric: ICC should ensure meaningful victim engagement and participation in the Abd-Al-Rahman, Dafur case
Last week the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensuda was on her last official mission in Dafur, Sudan, before her nine-year term as Prosecutor expires on 16 June 2021. …
Rohingya groups request a remedy from Facebook for its complicity in international crimes
29 March, 2021 In August 2017, a campaign of mass violence, including murder and sexual violence, was carried out by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya population. The Independent International …
Connecting Victim Groups Across the World to Form a Movement
12 March, 2021 One of VAI’s focuses on 2021 will be on forging connections with groups of victims, within and between countries. For victims of serious international crimes, mounting a …
Rohingya Victims ask the ICC to Consider Moving the Proceedings Closer to the Affected Community
4 August 2020, Rohingya victims formally requested Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to order the Court’s Registry to assess the feasibility of holding court proceedings close …
Australia, the Rome Statute and the War Crimes Proceedings: Where are the Victims?
Eva Buzo, the Executive Director of VAI, published a new article on Opinio Juris on 30 June 2020 concerning the rights of victims of war crimes allegedly committed by Australian …
Rohingya victim groups ask Facebook to provide them support, following its role in the violence against them
Several of the Rohingya groups within VAI’s membership- groups who were displaced by the anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar and are now living in Bangladesh- have been petitioning Facebook to take …