Legal
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 …
VAI Condemns Trump Administration’s Measures against the International Criminal Court
On 11 June, Victim Advocates International joined Amnesty International, the ACLU, HRW, and 55 other organisations in expressing our concern about US actions against the ICC and its personnel. The …