👀 Discover more on Justice Rapid Response and its partners' contribution to this case here: 👇 👇
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This is the result of the investigative and documentation work conducted by Mexico-based civil society organization IDHEAS and the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos CMDPDH, in collaboration with the FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights.

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.

With our JRR experts, we supported them in applying a gender-sensitive, intersectional and victim-centred approach throughout their investigative process. 📑 To 2025 annual report: 👇
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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.

Learn more on this in JRR's 2025 Annual Report: 👇
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Discover our we deploy our experts to Colombia’s Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas dadas por Desaparecidas (UBPD) to ensure that relatives are involved at every step of the process, contributing to making Colombia’s transitional justice process more inclusive and truly participatory.

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.

Photo: Women work together on a tailoring project at the Women’s Center in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on 5 March 2018. Credit: UN Women/Allison Joyce (creative commons license).

👀 Discover how the work of our experts have contributed to advancing justice for Rohingya victims and survivors by diving in our 2025 annual report now: 👇
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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.

Our justice and human rights experts have also transferred their skills and knowledge to 740 members of organizations involved in justice and accountability processes, 58% of which were women.

📑 Discover more on our impact in our 2025 Annual report: 👇 👇
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As always, our expert deployments were distributed through our 3 programmes:
🔷 20 deployments to international and regional justice mechanisms;
🔶 26 deployments to national authorities;
🔷 42 deployments to civil society organizations.

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: 👇
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📌 To full takeaways here: 👇 👇
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📑 If you haven't seen our new Guidance & Practice Tool, check it out now: 👇 👇
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JRR wishes to thank UN Women for our longstanding partnership and for its contribution to the development of this important joint tool. This project was primarily funded by UK International Development, with additional contributions from Ireland
and Liechtenstein.

This event was an opportunity to highlight the benefits and demonstrate the practical application of the Tool. Participants could exchange views on the implementation of the Tool, in times of current financial, capacity, and political challenges.

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.

To event highlights: 👇justicerapidresponse.org/event-key-takeaways-laun...

This event was an opportunity to highlight the benefits and demonstrate the practical application of the Tool. This project was funded by UK International Development, with additional contributions of Ireland & Liechtenstein.

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.

Yazda Press Releases and updates on the trial can be found here: 👇 👇
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Discover more on JRR's impact and contribution to this case here: 👇 👇
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JRR's long-term partner, #Yazda, was a civil party to this case. When it testified, it emphasized the long-lasting consequences of the genocide on the Yazidi community. Yazda's role was also key in monitoring the trial, providing regular updates on the trial to keep the community informed.

On 20 March, the Paris Criminal Court found Sabri Essid, a French jihadist and former high-official of the terrorist organization Islamic State, guilty of #genocide and crimes against humanity committed against #Yazidi women and their children, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

MHPSS Guidance Note — Murad Code project

We were proud to support the IICI with the development of its publication by sharing best practices and lessons learned on ways to promote initiatives that protect and promote survivors’ psychosocial well-being.

📑 To new Guidance note: 👇
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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.

Discover more on how we seek to mainstream restorative justice approaches in Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process here: 👇
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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.

You will follow him in his deployment to @trialinternational.bsky.social, which is building the capacity of local CSOs to advance environmental justice. This first episode was made possible thanks to the contribution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium.