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⌛ Last week, #UpRights and @trialinternational.bsky.social have released “The Congolese Justice System and Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects,” a report on the fight against #impunity for international crimes in the #DRC.

🔎 Researched and written #UpRights, the #UJAR compiles #developments in 95 extraterritorial and #universal-jurisdiction cases pursued in 16 countries, confirming that the upward trend in the use of universal jurisdiction to ensure #accountability for international crimes continued in 2024.

The Role of Transitional Justice in Ukraine On March 27, 2025, UpRights co-hosted the conference “The Role of Transitional Justice in Ukraine: National and Local Dimensions” in Kyiv.

🗓️ On 27 March 2025, #UpRights co-hosted the conference “The Role of Transitional Justice in Ukraine: National and Local Dimensions” in Kyiv.

Read more here: www.uprights.org/2025/04/07/t...

📝 The Committee’s decision on March 4, 2025, underscores Malta’s obligations under international law. #UpRights’ co-Director @valeriegabard.bsky.social reminded us that “the decision recalls once again that Malta must adhere to its duty to coordinate rescues in its search and rescue zone.”

A North Korean POW wants to resettle in the South. The law may stand in the way. | NK News A North Korean prisoner of war (POW) taken by Ukraine has expressed a desire to resettle in the South rather than be repatriated to his home country, where he could face punishment for his capture.  T...

📃 #UpRights’ legal advisors, Ciara Laverty and Vy Azmi, recently provided #commentary in a feature published by
@nknewsorg.bsky.social

🔎 Read more here: www.nknews.org/2025/03/a-no...

☘️ #UpRights is pleased to continue its collaboration Global Standard, the nonprofit behind the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), on a new project supported by an ISEAL Innovations Fund Impulse Grant.

Annual Review 2025 | ILGA-Europe The 14th edition of our Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia.

#UpRights welcomes the publication of @ilgaeurope.bsky.social Annual #Review of the Human Rights Situation of #LGBTI People in Europe and Central Asia.

Read the full report here: www.ilga-europe.org/report/annua...

🧵 #UpRights examines legal questions arising from #Ukraine’s capture of #North #Korean soldiers fighting alongside #Russian forces in a new post for
@opiniojuris.bsky.social by Nurul M. Azmi and Ciara Laverty.

#UpRights welcomes the submission by Amnesty International to the ICC on behalf of several victims’ networks, requesting an end to the ICC Prosecutor’s #delay in opening an #investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in #Nigeria.

🗓️ On November 22, 2024, #UpRights Co-Director valerie gabard will take part in a #conference on corporate human rights #duediligence co-hosted by the University of Nîmes, Juristes sans Frontières and with the support of the Montpellier, Nîmes and Alès Bar associations.

⚖️ #UpRights is pleased to have supported GOTS in this process with research, analysis and drafting.