UN Mechanism reaches ‘watershed moment’ in prosecuting crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia

UN Mechanism reaches ‘watershed moment’ in prosecuting crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia

Two senior officials with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), briefed ambassadors on recent developments, including the arrest of a top fugitive from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and the final verdict related to atrocities committed in the Balkan wars.  Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, Mechanism President, reported that in-court proceedings…

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New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

“Half of people worldwide still believe men make better political leaders than women, and more than 40 per cent believe men make better business executives than women,” according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report. “Social norms that impair women’s rights are detrimental to society more broadly,…

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