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Lorraine SmithvanLin

@smithvanlin

Advocate for fair, effective international criminal justice/views my own/RT no endorsement

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There are no words to describe the impact that this giant of a legal luminary has had on my life, professionally and personally. Judge Elizabeth Nahamya's passion for the downtrodden, for victims of her beloved Uganda and her commitment to the law knew no limits. RIP Judge.

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice (@statedept_gcj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

President Biden signed into law the historic “Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act” giving DOJ jurisdiction to prosecute persons present in the U.S. for war crimes committed anywhere, regardless of the nationality of alleged perpetrator or victim. 1/2 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

France in Uganda 🇫🇷🇺🇬 (@frenchembassyug) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇨🇵🇩🇪 #ElyséeTreaty #award In recognition of her contributions, Sarah Kasande has been awarded the 2023 Franco-German #Peace & #Reconciliation Award by the French & German Ambassadors at a ceremony to commemorate Elysée Treaty's 60th anniversary at the French Residence in Kampala.

🇨🇵🇩🇪 #ElyséeTreaty #award
In recognition of her contributions, <a href="/skasande2/">Sarah Kasande</a> has been awarded the 2023 Franco-German #Peace &amp; #Reconciliation Award by the French &amp; German Ambassadors at a ceremony to commemorate Elysée Treaty's 60th anniversary at the French Residence in Kampala.
UN Women (@un_women) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!🎉 We're celebrating all the amazing Black women, including those who paved the way for women and girls across the world to dream big and act courageously. Are you with us?

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!🎉 

We're celebrating all the amazing Black women, including those who paved the way for women and girls across the world to dream big and act courageously.

Are you with us?
Academy Human Rights (@acadhumanrights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We share GQUAL's written submission to #CEDAWCommittee regarding its new General Recommendation on Equal and Inclusive Representation of Women in Decision-Making systems. Find the submission here: gqualcampaign.org/wp-content/upl… #CEDAW84 #CEDAW #EqualRepresentationofWomen

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Investing in women survivors who lead grassroots organisations with our partners Gulu Women Economic Development & Globalization and Nottingham Law pays longterm dividends. So proud of what we do Tallawah Justice For Women. Thank you Pamela Angwech Prof. Olympia Bekou. Now, on to the next project #womenleaders #empoweringsurvivors

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#PFPAD Side Event: Reclaiming the Codification of the International Crime of the Slave Trade 🗓️31 May //1.30-2.45PM ET 📍Online 🎙️Incl. Patricia Viseur Sellers, Epsy Campbell, CS Namakula 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4213x49 ℹ️ More Information: bit.ly/3OsCtHN

#PFPAD Side Event: Reclaiming the Codification of the International Crime of the Slave Trade 
🗓️31 May //1.30-2.45PM ET 
📍Online
🎙️Incl. Patricia Viseur Sellers, <a href="/epsycampbell/">Epsy Campbell</a>, <a href="/cthrnnamakula/">CS Namakula</a> 
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4213x49
ℹ️ More Information: bit.ly/3OsCtHN
Heather Barr (@heatherbarr1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge news: Afghan activists have been calling Taliban abuses #GenderApartheid for years. Now Graça Machel, one of the world’s foremost women’s rights campaigners and Nelson Mandela's widow, joins their fight. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

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🎙️Michael Imran Kanu, SJD Historically, Freetown, #SierraLeone was a place of departure, return, exile thus of refuge. In combination with its more recent past, #SierraLeone is committed to drive the leadership on #accountability for the international crime of the #slavetrade.

🎙️<a href="/michaelkanuSL/">Michael Imran Kanu, SJD</a>

Historically, Freetown, #SierraLeone was a place of departure, return, exile thus of refuge. In combination with its more recent past, #SierraLeone is committed to drive the leadership on #accountability for the international crime of the #slavetrade.
African Court (@court_afchpr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HAPPENNG NOW: The African Court is delivering nine decisions at its seat in Arusha, Tanzania. Follow us live via buff.ly/3Cnnwj4 (EG) and buff.ly/3No3Cuy...

HAPPENNG NOW: The African Court is delivering nine decisions at its seat in Arusha, Tanzania. Follow us live via buff.ly/3Cnnwj4 (EG) and buff.ly/3No3Cuy...
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Interested in understanding the issues around SGBV in N.Uganda? Follow this discussion. Women survivor leaders in the room. A survivor-lead approach to justice is critical. coalitionfortheicc Angela Mudukuti alexandra lily kather @jocelyngetgen Deborah RuizVerduzco (she/her/ella)

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What a powerful presentation! Hon Justice Susan Okalany shares insight into what it will take to ensure justice for sexual violence survivors in the formal and traditional justice systems in Uganda, including at the ICD Kim Thuy Seelinger kirabira tonny @reparationsni Sunneva Gilmore

Akshaya Kumar (@akshayasays) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The evidence is piling up -grotesque crimes are being committed in west Darfur. Here's a thread tracking some of the most compelling and powerful accounts I have seen published. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Int'l Criminal Court (@intlcrimcourt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📺 Live now: #ICC judges deliver the order for reparations to victims in the #Ongwen case. ➡️ ICC website: bit.ly/3uNTW6c (Courtroom 1) ➡️ Facebook: bit.ly/32gXUn8 📖 Case info: bit.ly/3cj3NFf

📺 Live now: #ICC judges deliver the order for reparations to victims in the #Ongwen case.
➡️ ICC website: bit.ly/3uNTW6c (Courtroom 1)
➡️ Facebook: bit.ly/32gXUn8 
 
📖 Case info: bit.ly/3cj3NFf