Sponsor
Jennifer Trahan, Clinical Professor, The Center for Global Affairs, NYU
· And these NGOs
Supporting Individuals (in order of joining):
Hans Corell, former Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs at the United Nations
Richard Goldstone, former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia & the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Navanethem (“Navi”) Pillay, former High Commissioner for Human Rights
Andras Vamos-Goldman, co-founder & former Executive Director, Justice Rapid Response
David M. Crane, former Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone
Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert, formerly International Court of Justice (ad hoc), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Court; presently Kosovo Specialist Chambers (signing in a personal capacity)
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former High Commissioner for Human Rights; former President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; former Ambassador of Jordan to the United States
Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada and longtime Parliamentarian, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Xavier Jean Keita, Principal Counsel, Office of Public Counsel for Defense, International Criminal Court
Allan Rock, former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General and former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada and member of Parliament, former President and Vice Chancellor of Winnipeg, and Chair of he World Refugee Council.
Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary General in charge of the Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and of the Responsibility to Protect; former Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Errol Mendes, President, International Commission of Jurists, Canada
Ivan Šimonović, former Minister of Justice of Croatia, former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, and former Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the Responsibility to Protect
Supporting NGOs (in order of joining):
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The International Center for Transitional Justice
Parliamentarians for Global Action
The World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
Open Society Justice Initiative
Global Justice Center
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
Syrian Justice and Accountability Center
Moroccan National Coalition for the International Criminal Court
Lawyers for Justice in Libya
Justice International (Georgia)
Nicaraguan United Nations Association
Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Central African National Coalition for the ICC
Association des Victimes de la RCA (AVED)
No Peace Without Justice
Avocats Sans Frontières
The Advocates of Human Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights
The Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG)
Supporting Statement:
The Eleventh Chautauqua Declaration of August 28, 2018 "Not[ed] with great concern the use of the Security Council veto to block appropriate responses to atrocity crimes and obstruct the efforts to provide justice to victims." Signed by or on behalf of:
Sierra Leone Special Court former Chief Prosecutor David M. Crane
Sierra Leone Special Court Prosecutor of the Residual Court Brenda Hollis
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda
Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Serge Brammertz
Jennifer Trahan, Clinical Professor, The Center for Global Affairs, NYU
· And these NGOs
Supporting Individuals (in order of joining):
Hans Corell, former Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs at the United Nations
Richard Goldstone, former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia & the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Navanethem (“Navi”) Pillay, former High Commissioner for Human Rights
Andras Vamos-Goldman, co-founder & former Executive Director, Justice Rapid Response
David M. Crane, former Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone
Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert, formerly International Court of Justice (ad hoc), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Court; presently Kosovo Specialist Chambers (signing in a personal capacity)
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former High Commissioner for Human Rights; former President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; former Ambassador of Jordan to the United States
Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada and longtime Parliamentarian, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Xavier Jean Keita, Principal Counsel, Office of Public Counsel for Defense, International Criminal Court
Allan Rock, former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General and former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada and member of Parliament, former President and Vice Chancellor of Winnipeg, and Chair of he World Refugee Council.
Adama Dieng, former Under-Secretary General in charge of the Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and of the Responsibility to Protect; former Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Errol Mendes, President, International Commission of Jurists, Canada
Ivan Šimonović, former Minister of Justice of Croatia, former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, and former Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the Responsibility to Protect
Supporting NGOs (in order of joining):
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
The International Center for Transitional Justice
Parliamentarians for Global Action
The World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
Open Society Justice Initiative
Global Justice Center
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
Syrian Justice and Accountability Center
Moroccan National Coalition for the International Criminal Court
Lawyers for Justice in Libya
Justice International (Georgia)
Nicaraguan United Nations Association
Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Central African National Coalition for the ICC
Association des Victimes de la RCA (AVED)
No Peace Without Justice
Avocats Sans Frontières
The Advocates of Human Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights
The Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG)
Supporting Statement:
The Eleventh Chautauqua Declaration of August 28, 2018 "Not[ed] with great concern the use of the Security Council veto to block appropriate responses to atrocity crimes and obstruct the efforts to provide justice to victims." Signed by or on behalf of:
Sierra Leone Special Court former Chief Prosecutor David M. Crane
Sierra Leone Special Court Prosecutor of the Residual Court Brenda Hollis
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda
Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Serge Brammertz