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Africa

September 27, 2016 News Release

Guinea: 7 Years On, Justice for Massacre Needed
Asia

September 21, 2016 Dispatches

Afghanistan War Crimes Suspect Comes Home

Patricia Gossman
Senior Researcher, Afghanistan
Africa

July 18, 2016 Commentary

The International Criminal Court at a Crossroads

Elizabeth Evenson
Associate Director, International Justice Program

Published In: World Policy

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October 1, 2015 Video

DR Congo: Mass Rape Victims Deserve Better Justice
September 9, 2015 Video

Sudan: Special Force Rampages and Rapes in Darfur Villages
July 13, 2015 Video

Three Years After ICC Warrant Issued, FDLR Leader Still At Large

News

July 6, 2016 Letter

Letter to NATO Re: Civilian Protection in Afghanistan
June 13, 2016 News Release

Sri Lanka: Enforce Commission Directives on Terror Detainees
May 12, 2016 News Release

Nepal: 9-Point Deal Undermines Transitional Justice
May 4, 2016 Letter

HRW Letter to President U Htin Kyaw
May 4, 2016 News Release

Burma: Rights Priorities for New Government
April 25, 2016 Letter

Letter to the Board of Directors of the ICC Trust Fund for Victims
April 21, 2016 Statements

Central African Republic: Make Justice a Priority
March 24, 2016 News Release

Chad: Court Order, But No Cash, for Ex-Dictator’s Victims
March 17, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Central African Republic’s Biggest Challenge

Lewis Mudge
Africa researcher
February 19, 2016 Commentary

Sri Lanka After the Tigers

Meenakshi Ganguly
South Asia Director

Published In: Foreign Affairs
February 17, 2016 Commentary

A Threat to Justice – Ruto Decision a Cautionary Tale on ICC Independence

Elizabeth Evenson
Associate Director, International Justice Program

Published In: Justice in Conflict
February 13, 2016 News Release

North Korea: End Kim Family’s Legacy of Abuse

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International Justice by Country

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September 25, 2016

“This Crooked System”

Police Abuse and Reform in Pakistan
July 10, 2016

Bombing Businesses

Saudi Coalition Airstrikes on Yemen’s Civilian Economic Structures
July 7, 2016

“Good Cops Are Afraid”

The Toll of Unchecked Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro

Philippines' Hitler? Getting Away with Murder in Syria; Hungary's Xenophobic Referendum: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 30, 2016

Plus: #Eritrea responds to #FreeThem campaign - sort of; Remembering northern Uganda’s legendary James Otto; and #ZwartePiet in the Netherlands.