Side-event on “Justice and Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Against the Rohingya

11 Dec, 2020 | Press Releases

19th ASP to the ICC, The Hague, 11 December 2020


In the margins of the 19th Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties, the Embassy of Bangladesh to the Netherlands and No Peace Without Justice, together with Amnesty International, Asia Justice Coalition, the Association against Impunity, Burma Task Force, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Fortify Rights, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Global Justice Center, Human Rights Watch, Justice for All, Parliamentarians for Global Action and the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice., are convening a virtual Side-event on Justice and Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Against the Rohingya, to be held on 11 December 2020 (from 17:00 to 19:00, Hague time (CET)). 

The objective of this ASP side event is to hear directly from Rohingya human rights activists about their perspectives on justice and accountability, with a specific focus on sexual and gender-based crimes.

Speakers will include:

– Tun Khin, President of Burma Rohingya Organisation UK

– Razia Sultana, Funder and Chair of RW Welfare

– Yasmin Ullah, Actvist and President of Rohingya Human Rights Network

– Moderator: Representative from Women’s Initiative for Gender Justice (WIGJ).

– Respondent: Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, Director, Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka

– Conclusion: Laetitia van den Assum, Independent diplomatic expert, previously Dutch ambassador and member of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State chaired by Kofi Annan

Registration

Register here to receive the direct link for participation: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-for-the-rohingya-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-tickets-131217199175

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