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Kate Gibson

7 months

Mr #Mokom has now been released. The Prosecution has withdrawn all charges as "no longer any reasonable prospects of conviction at trial even if the charges were confirmed." I am in awe of this #Defence team. What a privilege it has been.

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@IntlCrimCourt

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Prosecutor withdraws charges against Maxime Mokom in the situation in the Central African Republic ⤵️

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Another unpaid internship at the @IntlCrimCourt . We can’t expect to have a diverse and inclusive international legal profession without prioritising funding and visa support for entry level positions. We are all missing out.

ICC Jobs

@icc_jobs

2 years

The position Internship - Gender Equality Focal Point (22158) has been advertised on #ICC . The deadline is 30/06/2022:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

Pay your interns.

ICC Jobs

@icc_jobs

3 years

The position Internship - Gender Equality Focal Point (20443) has been advertised on #ICC . The deadline is 31/12/2021:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

When @ckanimba first heard she would be recognised by @Renew_Democracy for her bravery and activism, her father Paul #Rusesabagina was still detained in #Rwanda . Tonight in NYC, Paul watched his daughter receive this award, which she dedicated to him.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

7 months

Good morning from Kutapalong camp, home to 880,000 #Rohingya refugees. Conversations no longer seem focused on #ICC and #ICJ which are seen as remote and slow, but immediate concerns: food shortages, fear that #Rohingya children will never know Myanmar, & fear of being forgotten.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

"Migrants sent to #Rwanda could be forced to join the country’s army and sent to fight in neighbouring states, the UK’s high commissioner to Rwanda warned, according to internal memos revealed in court today"

UK high commissioner feared Rwanda migrants would be forced into army

Migrants sent to Rwanda could be forced to join the country’s army and sent to fight in neighbouring states, the UK’s high commissioner to Rwanda warned, according to internal memos revealed in court...

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

If 1 of the 3 male candidates for #Prosecutor is chosen, the @IntlCrimCourt in 2020 will have a male President, 2 male Vice-Presidents, a male Registrar and a male incoming Prosecutor. 2/3 of #ICC Judges are male. "You're welcome" from the female Defence lawyers balancing it out.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

6 years

Mr. Bemba’s release was ordered by Trial Chamber VII of the ICC at 16.58 today. #ICC #CPI #Bemba

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Good morning from the world’s largest refugee camp, home to 880,000 #Rohingya . Conversations this trip seem to focus not on int’l justice, which is viewed slow & distant, but on safe & dignified return, and the fear that the children will soon no longer remember life in #Myanmar

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 months

Japan Court Finds Rohingya Ethnicity Grounds for Refugee Status- in an unprecedented ruling, a high court held because Myanmar had “committed ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya” since Feb 2021, there “exists objective fact to feel fear of persecution.”

Japan Court Finds Rohingya Ethnicity Grounds for Refugee Status

The Nagoya High Court last month ordered the Japanese government to grant refugee status to an ethnic Rohingya asylum seeker from Myanmar. The ruling is unprecedented as Japan’s refugee determination...

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

Some days, it’s all worth it. @freethehero

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

6 months

Tonight, @DoughtyStreet women celebrating @HelenaKennedyKC ’s Human Rights Defender Lifetime Achievement Award at the #Magnitksy awards. And being celebrated by so many of the activists she has lifted up…

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

#ICC Registry reports *massive confusion* among #Rohingya between the different mechanisms and courts. Distant justice may be failing victims. Today, we asked the Pre-Trial Chamber to explore holding #ICC hearings (in whole or part) in Asia. @VicAdvInt

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

Are you interested in the @IntlCrimCourt ? Listen to this: 3 months ago, a Pre-Trial Chamber held that ICC defendant, Mr Mokom, qualifies for provisional release. But, because none of @IntlCrimCourt 's 123 States Parties will host him while on bail, he remains in prison [1/2]

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Many lawyers in #Rwanda #RCA #Mali #DRC who study, practise (and breathe) Int'l Criminal Law do so in French. Most #ICL research tools are created and exist only in English (like this tweet). Which is a bit... unhelpful. So we made a website! A small step. #fairtrials

Yasmine Chubin

@YasmineChubin

4 years

De l'extérieur des cours, la recherche en droit pénal international est un défi - encore plus en français. Notre site est en ligne et vise à assister ceux impliqués dans les dossiers nationaux de #DPI . @IDLO @kkategibson @itsmececileL @MariPilvio

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Lawyering in 2020. We are all just doing our best. Screenshot by my mum. #fairtrials

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 months

The @ICRC rarely makes statements of this kind: “This brutal war has ruptured any sense of a shared humanity”. They have three urgent calls: Read and share and act.

A statement on Gaza and Israel from the president of the ICRC

This brutal war has ruptured any sense of a shared humanity. In the face of such deep suffering, we are making three urgent calls:• A cessation of hostilities to allow for meaningful assistance to

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

This feels awful. I cant accept that the views of the Defence and Victims lawyers who have spent years in @IntlCrimCourt courtrooms aren’t interesting to States and supporters of the Court. We lived through the trials, and have ideas! More, we are part of this community.

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@ICCBA_ABCPI

1 year

The ICCBA has been informed that all #ICC defence and victims’ team members are prohibited from attending any of the #ASP21 , which is a change of policy to previous (pre-pandemic) sessions of the Assembly of States Parties.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Hello @CHOGM2022 ! I'm an Australian & former Commonwealth scholar @Cambridge_Uni . My application to attend CHOGM was rejected. I am also counsel to #Rusesabagina , detained in Rwanda. I would have loved the chance to meet and exchange on C'wealth values. Like freedom of speech.

CHOGM Rwanda 2022

@CHOGM2022

2 years

#CHOGM2022 kicks off in a few hours in Kigali with the Commonwealth Youth Forum running from 19-21 at Intare Conference Arena. Learn more about the forums, side events, and programmes at .

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

Defence lawyers are human rights warriors.

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@Young_Grotius

3 years

Post something about yourself relating to int'l law/academia/legal practice that seems made up but is actually true.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

She can do it. #fairtrials #warriors

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

6 months

Paul #Ruseabagina ’s daughters @AnaiseKanimba and @ckanimba received the Outstanding Young Human Rights Activists at the @GMJCampaign awards tonight from @StateSPEHA for their fight to free their father, with Paul watching on, and it was absolutely glorious.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

The smiles of lawyers who have been allowed BACK INTO A COURTROOM. To question an actual live witness. In front of an actual judge. I might cry. @unirmct @itsmececileL @adc_ict

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

11 months

The first interview. Daughters of Hotel Rwanda hero Paul #Rusesabagina talk with @CNN , after their father speaks out for the first time since his release from prison.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

“Being an international criminal lawyer in 2020, a portrait”

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@annaholligan

3 years

International justice takes gladiatorial turn as participants asked to 👍🏽👎🏽 whether they can hear proceedings #Beirut

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

Leading Mr Rusesabagina's legal team has been the privilege of my career, in particular working with our fearless and unsung counsel in #Rwanda and the incomparable @FayheeRyan in Washington DC [1/2]

Carine Kanimba

@ckanimba

2 years

Kate Gibson explains what happened to Paul #Rusesabagina in #Rwanda and the latest lawsuit filed against the @RwandaGov . @freethehero @_Kate_Gibson 2/2

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 months

One of the consequences of the decision in August 2020 to kidnap and torture #HotelRwanda hero Paul #Rusesabagina was that it turned his daughters @ckanimba and @AnaiseKanimba into formidable and fearless human rights advocates. And I’m so here for it ❤️

Carine Kanimba

@ckanimba

3 months

Today, I addressed @UKHouseofLords on the #RwandaBill : I spoke of #Rwanda 's systematic abuse of human rights through Transnational Repression. The millions killed & displaced by its M23 group in DRC, & Rwandans persecuted within the country for speaking out against injustices.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

#Myanmar - ⁦ @IntlCrimCourt ⁩ Registry outlines five potential scenarios for bringing proceedings closer to the #Rohingya , ranging from a "judicial visit" to Cox's Bazar to a "full confirmation of charges hearing in Bangladesh" ⁦ @VicAdvInt ⁩

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

He’s here.

Carine Kanimba

@ckanimba

1 year

PAUL RUSESABAGINA IS FREE 🤩🤩🥳🥳❤️❤️🛬🛬🛬 Dad has just arrived in San Antonio, Texas🛬🛬🛬 Thank you to EVERYONE who worked soooo hard to bring him home. 🙏❤️🙏 Our Family is finally reunited today. 💞💞 #FreeRusesabagina @freethehero #TheHeroIsFree #FreedHero #HotelRwanda

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

2 easy first steps to eliminate discrimination in the @IntlCrimCourt workplace- relocation grants for independent counsel (to allow those outside Europe to come & represent accused & victims) & having PAID internships to allow us to harness the wealth of knowledge we know exists.

Dr Felicity Gerry KC

@felicitygerry

3 years

Looking forward to hearing @_Kate_Gibson later today in @IntlCrimCourt training - topic Discrimination in the legal workplace

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

The @IntlCrimCourt misses out when it excludes #Defence practitioners from the debate, and the "Defence" more generally from significant review processes. We have been in the trenches at this Court, we know what works, and have ideas for improvement. Include us! #fairtrials

Mark Kersten

@MarkKersten

4 years

List of #ICC independent experts looking at review of the Court released. Three members of the @Africa_Group on it. Curious how the ICL Twitter world (and the real world) responds! #ASP18

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@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

Are you interested in the @IntlCrimCourt ? Listen to this: Yesterday, a Pre-Trial Chamber held that an ICC defendant, Mr Mokom, qualifies for provisional release. But, because none of 123 ICC States Parties will host him, he will remain in prison (1/2)

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

US Congress to investigate illegal surveillance of Americans - ⁦Paul #Rusesabagina ’s youngest daughter ⁦ @ckanimba ⁩ will testify before the House Intelligence Committee this week about being tracked by #Pegasus spyware.

Congress to investigate Kagame's spy actions against Americans with Pegasus

Carine Kanimba, Paul Rusesabagina's daughter, will testify this week Last year, the world was shocked to learn that Rwandan President Paul Kagame was using Israeli spy software, Pegasus to spy on his...

www.dailykos.com

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

20 years of international criminal defence. What a gang. #fairtrials @adc_ict

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

17 days

Today, we filed a claim on behalf of @VictoireUmuhoza before @EACJCourt alleging violations of #Rwanda ’s obligations under the EAC Treaty by blocking her candidacy for President and preventing her from leaving the country

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

If a member of an @IntlCrimCourt Defence team has a baby during a trial - which I did twice - there is no entitlement to parental leave for birth or recovery. Our Prosecution counterparts receive paid parental leave #ASP22

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@MH_Proulx

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

You may be surprised to learn that there is a "how to" guide for defending accused before international courts. But there is! The @adc_ict manual is fantastic. Written by practitioners, the 2nd edition was updated by @dom_the_hague & Colleen Rohan. Come to the launch. #fairtrials

ADC-ICT

@adc_ict

4 years

The ADC will hold a virtual launch of the Second Edition of the Manual on International Criminal Defence on Saturday 5 December, to join register at: #defence #internationallaw

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 months

Good morning from Kutapalong camp, home to nearly a million #Rohingya refugees. Many are still expressing an unwavering commitment to international justice, despite over 6 years with no #accountability for the horrific 2017 clearance operations which forced them from #Myanmar .

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

Last night in The Hague: @IntlCrimCourt Defence, Prosecution & Chambers meet to discuss the contribution of scholarship to #ICL and fair trials. Important exchanges, thank you to Professors Kai Ambos, Carsten Stahn and @UniLeidenNews for again including a #Defence voice 👏

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 months

Today, the #IIMM released 2 analytical reports on (i) the Myanmar military’s covert #Facebook network distributing hate speech against Rohingya in 2017; (ii) the Myanmar authorities' response to allegations of SGBV by security forces in 2017. More here:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

As Mr Rusesabagina's lawyer, I spoke with his daughter @ckanimba daily on her #Pegasus -infected phone, discussing his case and well-being. Those still calling for a #fairtrial for #Rusesabagina should stop. And demand his release.

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@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

The joy of making new plans. In the sunshine. With @ckanimba .

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Significant guidance from @IntlCrimCourt Appeals Chamber today on how (or how not) to build a #reparations award for victims of international crimes. Trial Chamber II was "directed to issue a new order for reparations", 3 years after #Ntaganda conviction.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

@ckanimba spoke today before @HouseIntel Committee - see her testimony below about how it feels to be tracked by #Pegasus spyware as she advocates for her father Paul #Rusesabagina . Brave and searingly honest as she exposes herself to daily attacks from #Rwanda . And keeps going…

House Intelligence Committee

@HouseIntelDems

2 years

WATCH LIVE: The House Intelligence Committee holds an open hearing on commercial cyber surveillance, featuring testimony from subject matter experts and a civilian target of foreign commercial spyware.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

5 years

I know so many of you work every day in your 2nd (or 3rd, 4th) languages but I've been making French teachers despair for literally 35 years and today I answered legal questions en français IN FRANCE NO LESS and yes they applauded out of sheer pity but i'm off to PRENDRE UN VERRE

UCLy

@ucly

5 years

Ouverture du colloque international «Le crime du génocide à la lumière de la jurisprudence des juridictions pénales internationales et nationales : du Tribunal militaire international de Nuremberg à la Cour Pénale International» par le Professeur Olivier Artus, Recteur de l’UCLy

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

9 months

Overwhelming to finally see the release sign on Paul #Rusesabagina ’s image. Hoping beyond hope to see other welcome home signs in our alley very soon @BOFHcampaign

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

6 months

This is massive. And so overdue. Indefinite immigration detention ruled *unlawful* in landmark Australian high court decision. Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others in doubt.

Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision

Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt

www.theguardian.com

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@_Kate_Gibson

11 months

Breaking - UK plan to send asylum seekers to #Rwanda ruled unlawful by Court of Appeal via @BBCNews

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

16 brave, frustrated #Rohingya filed a complaint against @Meta for involvement in what the Biden admin has called #genocide . Meta's response is due *today*. Watch this incredible video of our fearless young clients who are taking on a social media giant

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 months

Three phenomenal legal minds, Dr Katherine Fallah, @ntinatzouvala and @rawanarraf will be discussing the South African @CIJ_ICJ case: legal implications and future compliance on 7 March. This will be as good as it gets - registration below:

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@_Kate_Gibson

11 months

Paul Rusesabagina Speaks Out on His Captivity in Rwanda - The New York Times

‘No One Can Silence Me’: Paul Rusesabagina on His Captivity in Rwanda

In his first interview since his release from prison, the hotelier-turned-dissident spoke about how he was duped by a Rwandan government informant, and his plans to disregard an agreement to stay...

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@_Kate_Gibson

4 months

#Facebook contributed to the crimes against the #Rohingya in #Myanmar in 2017, and no lessons have been learned. This litigation in the #Dehli High Court seeks to protect the #Rohingya from ongoing hateful content, and is one to watch. Hearing on 29 Jan.👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Victim Advocates International

@VicAdvInt

4 months

Legal Update: Rohingya refugees file PIL against Facebook in Delhi High Court under India’s Constitution, seeking protection from hate content, hearing listed on 29 Jan. Follow the link below to learn more and support #Rohingya #India #HumanRights .

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@_Kate_Gibson

6 months

Breaking: Supreme court rejects Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the boats’ strategy

Supreme court rejects Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the boats’ strategy

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Right, let’s do this! Everything I wish I’d been told when starting as a woman in international law. But wasnt. Because @atlas_women hadn’t been invented yet. Because it was the olden days. Register and join me, @Mx_Emilie @VerityJRobson @mfperezsolla . Thanks to @Geneva_Academy

Émilie Max

@Mx_Emilie

4 years

In need of an extra dose of inspiration by bad-ass women?! Join @kkategibson , @mfperezsolla , Trishna Mohan, @VerityJRobson and myself on 15.07 to discuss women’s perspectives on a career in international law : . Event by @Geneva_Academy + @atlas_women ✌🏻

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@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

13 candidates for the role of the next @IntlCrimCourt Prosecutor. 4 are women. We need to work as a legal community to support qualified female candidates in putting themselves forward for key positions. We need them, and they should do it more.

Exclusive: List of candidates for next ICC Prosecutor

The process of electing the third prosecutor of the International Criminal Court remains chaotic and suspenseful. In the absence of consensus on one of the four candidates selected at the end of...

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

5 years

Today could not pass without acknowledging, on behalf of all past & current members of the #Karadzic team, the debt we owe to @PeterRobinMICT for his unparalleled level of organization, friendship, and a determination to champion young lawyers in #ICL . Peter, thank you. @unirmct

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@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

The other election we should be talking about. “Myanmar minorities, including Rohingya, excluded from voting in election”

Myanmar minorities, including Rohingya, excluded from voting in election

Rights groups say poll, which Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD is expected to win, is ‘fundamentally flawed’

www.theguardian.com

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@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

Thrilling to be back in print with my brilliant partner in crime, @CMBuisman , writing on sexual violence as international crimes. 6th edition Rook and Ward is out now.

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@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

The eight men report that their place of residence in Niger is now surrounded by police, and they are unable to leave. They have not yet been informed where they will be expelled to on Monday, but fear the worst @adc_ict #fairtrials

Kevin Jon Heller

@kevinjonheller

2 years

This is very disturbing. After spending years, in some cases more than a decade, stuck in a UN safehouse, these individuals finally seemed to be getting a new start in #Niger .

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@_Kate_Gibson

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Four years ago, @ckanimba spoke about surviving the 1994 Rwandan genocide with her sister @AnaiseKanimba , which claimed the lives of their parents. Her message on the power of forgiveness is extraordinary.

Carine Kanimba

@ckanimba

1 month

The Power of Forgiveness #Healing #Rwanda

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@_Kate_Gibson

6 years

UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on #myanmar calls for prosecution of named Tatmadaw authorities for #genocide #cah and #warcrimes . And asks the #UNSC to refer the myanmar situation to the @icc_cpi

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@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

The US Government had officially designated Rwanda as a hostage taking state. A significant shift in US foreign policy. Don’t kidnap and torture and assume you will still be a US ally. #freerusesabagina

Carine Kanimba

@ckanimba

2 years

BREAKING NEWS: The US Gov views #Rwanda as a hostage-taking state! Thank you President Biden for intervening to free our dad Paul #Rusesabagina & other American wrongfully detained by authoritarian states🙏🏿 #BringThemHome #FreeRusesabagina @BOFHcampaign

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@_Kate_Gibson

5 years

what a GREAT DAY! i was allowed to do 3 hours on the importance of the defence in #ICL , noone threw anything at my head, and we walked outside the class into a beautiful 28 degree evening. i think we all need to move here. ☘️👍🏻🇨🇮 @iccsummerschool #Galway @IntlCrimCourt

ICC Summer School

@iccsummerschool

5 years

Today we have had great sessions by @fairliemeg on procedure & evidence, @DrElleHiggins on defences, and now @kkategibson on defending accused persons before international criminal courts @nuigalway @NUIGLaw @IrishCentreHR

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

Thank you @adc_ict ! Please register. So this isn’t just me and my mum. I will be funny.

ADC-ICT

@adc_ict

3 years

The next Online Defence Masterclass will be conducted by @_Kate_Gibson on Drafting Notices of Appeal at the International Courts and Tribunals on 29 October. Registration for this Masterclass and the series is at: #ICL #InternationalLaw #LegalTraining

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

6 months

“Daughters of Hotel Rwanda hero call on Rishi Sunak to axe migrant plan”- Paul Rusesabagina's children say it is 'shocking' that Government is continuing with scheme, given the African country's human rights record.

Daughters of Hotel Rwanda hero call on Rishi Sunak to axe migrant plan

Paul Rusesabagina's children say it is 'shocking' that Government is continuing with scheme, given the African country's human rights record

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@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Breaking - Biden administration formally determines Myanmar's military committed #genocide against the #Rohingya . A day of relief for one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in the world.

Biden administration formally determines Myanmar’s military committed genocide | CNN Politics

The Biden administration has formally determined that Myanmar’s military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, a US official told CNN on Sunday.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Talking today with brilliant @Harvard_Law students about the daily landmines faced by Defence teams in #ICL was fantastic & reminded me again of the importance of recognising the contribution of all lawyers to the international criminal justice project. #fairtrials @PeterHaynesQC

Louis D. Dice

@Dem_Bitz

4 years

Was a true honor to host titans of the International Criminal Defense Bar, @PeterHaynesQC , @kkategibson , and @mgkarnavas in our Legal Profession class at @Harvard_Law this afternoon. Thank you so much, Peter, Kate, and Michael

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@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

State support for international criminal justice cannot *only* be extended to those aspects that are geared towards securing convictions. If the ICC has no ability to provisionally release accused, we all have a problem [2/2].

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@_Kate_Gibson

7 months

A privilege to engage tonight at the @unirmct with His Excellency the Registrar, and @DoughtyStIntl practitioners on the importance of State support for all aspects of the international criminal justice project, including support for #victims and the #defence .

Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

7 months

One night only. Join us in The Hague! Register here:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Today, a group of #Rohingya youth filed a complaint with @OECD alleging Facebook failed its responsibility to the Rohingya in 2017, leading to mass systematic violence. They are asking Facebook to meet with them to discuss remediation. Learn more at:

Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights

@arsphofficial

2 years

In 2017, Facebook’s platforms were weaponized to dehumanize & encourage violence against us, the Rohingya. This forced more than 750000 of us into Bangladesh. Today, we are filing a case against @Meta on the basis we are owed a remedy. #RohingyaReparations

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@_Kate_Gibson

5 years

CHECK IT. @CMBuisman and I are published authors! We are contributing! (Also, I do not know how all you people just bang out chapters like it’s effortless what the hell its really not).

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

This isn’t enough women. Nominate qualified female Judges to international courts.

Nakandha

@SherryKyama

4 years

African @IntlCrimCourt judge nominations: 1. Nigeria: Male, 64 2. Tunisia: Male, 48 (49 this month) 3. Burkina Faso: Male, 62 4. Republic of Congo: Male, 42 5. Sierra Leone: Female, 48 (49 this October) 6. Gambia: Male, 74 7. Senegal: Female, 51 (52 this November)

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

9 months

If you read one thing today, read @M_Sawyed : "there was no substantial day-to-day animosity between us until smartphones and Facebook, entered our lives and allowed politicians, bigots and opportunists to propagate hate against #Rohingya in realtime."

Facebook should pay for what it did to my people, Rohingya

For six years, I have been stuck in an overcrowded refugee camp. Facebook helped create the conditions that got me here.

www.aljazeera.com

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

I’m far from objective, I grant, but this will be a GREAT panel. “Victims Participation at the ICC in the early stages.” What is working, what isn’t, and why? @dijkstal @EvaBuzo @VicAdvInt 8 July, 11am-1pm CEST. Register here!

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

8 months

*Just Published* - Ethical principles for international criminal judges, in English, French and Spanish. It was a privilege to bring the #defence perspective to this drafting process, on behalf of the @adc_ict

Nuremberg Academy

@NurembergAcadem

8 months

We are delighted to announce the publication of the Ethical Guidelines for International Criminal Judges: “Ethica, on the Path to a Common Code of Ethics for International Criminal Judges”, led together with @ENM_France and @SiracusaInst . More info:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Below is my take on what’s (still!) going on with the 9/11 trial in #Guantanamo . You won’t believe it. It is literally unbelievable. But read it anyway and then follow @carolrosenberg @PradhanAlka @GitmoWatch @PeacefulTomorro and @adc_ict for more. Thanks to @MarkKersten

Mark Kersten

@MarkKersten

4 years

The Stuff of Nightmares: How the Specter of “Enhanced Interrogations” Affects the 9/11 Military Commissions in Guantánamo

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Come and work with us! A (remote!) Assistant Counsel position is now open at @PILPG working on transitional justice, peace negotiations and human rights, in realtime.

Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG)

@PILPG

4 years

PILPG is currently searching for a dynamic professional who is passionate about peace negotiations, human rights, and transitional justice to support PILPG’s global programs as an Assistant Counsel. To apply, and for additional information please visit:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 months

This ⁦ @nytimes ⁩ report on #Rohingya in Bangladesh starts to capture the daily horror of the camps: “Gunfights, kidnappings and homicides have become widespread in the refugee settlements in Bangladesh, as armed groups have become more brazen.”

The ‘Night Government’ Expands Its Violent Reach in Rohingya Camps

Gunfights, kidnappings and homicides have become widespread in the refugee settlements in Bangladesh, as armed groups and criminal gangs have become more brazen.

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Please join me, @DonCheadle , @KerryKennedyRFK , Paul’s daughter @AnaiseKanimba and others in a discussion about the case of Paul #Rusesbagina in Rwanda. This coming Wednesday 13/4. @RFKHumanRights

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

@RFKHumanRights

2 years

ALERT: @DonCheadle , @KerryKennedyRFK , and Terry George invite you to #FreeRusesabagina : an exclusive panel discussion on 4/13 to support Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero of Hotel Rwanda who has been wrongly imprisoned by @RwandaGov . Register here:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

10 days

If State support for int'l criminal #justice is limited to supporting *only* arrests and convictions, and States have *no intention* of helping people acquitted or released, the result is that they will continue die in unlawful custody. This undermines the entire #ICL project.

ADC-ICT

@adc_ict

10 days

PRESS RELEASE: ADC-ICT Expresses Serious Concern at Death of Anatole Nsengiyumva in #Niger #IRMCT #UN #ICTR @unirmct

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 months

#Facebook contributed to the crimes against the #Rohingya in 2017, despite having options at the time to prevent the amplification and spread of hate. *Tomorrow's* hearing in the #Dehli High Court seeks to protect the #Rohingya from ongoing hateful content. Read more below👇🏾

Victim Advocates International

@VicAdvInt

4 months

Tomorrow, we will be in the Delhi High Court with Facebook: Read more about the petition highlights in The Hindu ➡️

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

If I could travel back in time and tell "2019 Kate" one thing, it would be that participants on Zoom calls can see what's on your computer screen via the reflection of your glasses.

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@_Kate_Gibson

9 months

As noted in the decision, the ruling will bring disappointment. But it is sometimes important for this to be said. By an Appeals Chamber. In plain terms. "Justice can be delivered only by holding trials that are fair & conducted with full respect for the rights of the accused."

UNIRMCT

@unirmct

9 months

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals delivers its decision in the #Kabuga case. Read more: #IRMCT

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@_Kate_Gibson

1 year

The Yearslong Fight To Get Paul Rusesabagina Out of Rwanda - The New York Times

How the U.S., Family and Hollywood Freed the ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero (Published 2023)

Paul Rusesabagina, depicted in the 2004 film about genocide in his country, was reunited with his family last week. It took years of pressure to get him out of Rwanda, where he was convicted on...

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

After 11 years in prison, our former client Gratien Kabiligi was acquitted by an #ICTR Trial Chamber in 2008. Post-acquittal, he was in the @IRMCT safehouse in Arusha for over a decade. He died in early 2020, at age 69. Stellar legal analysis of the problem by @van_elies .

Elies van Sliedregt

@van_elies

4 years

My editorial for upcoming issue @LJIL_Leiden on 'International Outlaws'. Its a follow-up to great piece by @kevinjonheller published in #LJIL in 2008

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

The @IntlCrimCourt Bar is alive and kicking in 2020! Great fun chairing today's bilingual @ICCBA_ABCPI training for ICC List Counsel & Legal Assistants. Thanks to @MH_Proulx , @PeterHaynesQC , Xavier-Jean Keita and the many who joined us. Great to see everyone. #fairtrials

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

Time for a Reminder. The @UN Principles on the Role of Lawyers require that lawyers are able to perform all professional functions free from "intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference". Basics.

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@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

The day she addresses the @OsloFF , Carine Kanimba @ckanimba , daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, learns that #Pegasus spyware has been found on her phone for the second time. #fairtrials

Hagar Hajjar Chemali 🇺🇦

@HagarChemali

2 years

Paul Rusesabagina's daughter @ckanimba is fighting for her dad's release after Rwanda's dictator Paul Kagame kidnapped & imprisoned him. At @osloff we learn #Pegasus software was just found on her phone- for the 2nd time. @ThorHalvorssen says they'll remove it #freerusesabagina

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@_Kate_Gibson

8 months

Watching the head of Chelgate laughing as he refers to Paul #Rusedabagina ’s kidnap and torture as “entertaining” is difficult viewing. But its not even the worst part of this video. Thanks to @ByDonkeys .

Led By Donkeys

@ByDonkeys

8 months

🚨We went undercover to investigate the government's Rwanda plan. Suella Braverman now has serious questions to answer.

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

7 months

‘‘There Is No Hope’: Death and Desperation Take Over the World’s Largest Refugee Camp - a beautifully written long read on the daily life for #Rohingya in Cox’s, an increasingly vulnerable community fighting not to be forgotten…

‘There Is No Hope’: Death and Desperation Take Over the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

Exiled from Myanmar and viewed as a burden in Bangladesh, the Rohingya remain trapped between two nations that both shun them, while their proud culture fades away.

time.com

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

UPDATE : The Conseil d'Etat in Niger yesterday denied a request to stay the expulsion order. This is like watching a horror film in slow motion when we all know the ending. The @UN and international community must assist. The deadline expires at midnight on Sunday.

UNIRMCT

@unirmct

2 years

Filing: Order to the Republic of Niger to Stay the Expulsion Order of Relocated Persons and Order for Submissions. NTAGERURA et al (Cyangugu) (MICT-19-119) (PDF)

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

“It doesn’t look like a fair trial.” Harassment of lawyers, surveillance of the family, confiscation of privileged documents, and co-accused recanting on the basis that they were forced to accuse #Rusesabagina through the use of “inhuman conditions”. @CNN , you called it.

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@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

To the brilliant #Ntaganda Defence team, you are warriors. #fairtrials @MlissaBeaulieu1 @daria_mascetti @CVolleMarvaldi

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@_Kate_Gibson

3 months

And that’s a wrap on @DoughtyStreet celebration of #IWD2024 . With panels on feminist approaches to climate justice, the rise of exploitative #AI and a comparative analysis of access to abortion, we can all now head back to work feeling the right mix of angry, and inspired.

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@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

Often, working groups convened on the @IntlCrimCourt ignore the views of those from situation countries, and rarely include voices from the Defence. *Applause* to @TMCAsser and @AmnestyCIJ for engaging with both. It was very cool to be involved. #fairtrials

TMC Asser Instituut

@TMCAsser

3 years

Today, @AmnestyCIJ and @TMCAsser release their report ‘The Rome Statute at 40’, containing key findings and recommendations by expert stakeholders on the future of the @IntlCrimCourt and the international criminal justice system more generally. Report:

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

#Rusesabagina ’s Defence Counsel in #Rwanda , Maître Gatera Gashabana is on @OCCRP ’s list of #Pegasus surveilled Rwandans. This reality is horrifying for Defence Counsel everywhere. @ckanimba @AnaiseKanimba @OCCRP

Who's on the List? – The Pegasus Project | OCCRP

Search the data and learn more about the people around the world who were selected for targeting by NSO Group spyware.

cdn.occrp.org

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

4 years

Mr. #Bemba 's assets were frozen on his arrest, to be given to #CAR victims in the event of his conviction. Over the next decade, they devalued to the tune of €42.4 million. The #ICC blames States who implemented its requests to freeze. Discuss. (Or we will. Register to join).

WFM/IGP

@worldfederalist

4 years

Our ZOOM event "The Right to Remedies after an ICC Acquittal" is 4 June, 11am Hague! @kkategibson , @dovjacobs , Xavier-Jean Keïta, Michael Herz to discuss the @IntlCrimCourt decision on Mr. Bemba’s compensation claim re the ICC Review Process. RSVP: .

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

Potential #UJ Case Against #Myanmar Junta in Indonesia- A group of public figures in Jakarta has submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court asking to bring a case against the Myanmar junta, accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes & #genocide

Unprecedented Case Brought Against Myanmar Junta in Indonesia

Leading public figures in Indonesia urge the Constitutional Court to allow members of Myanmar's junta to be tried for atrocity crimes

en.tempo.co

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

2 years

A @freedomhouse report names #Rwanda as a principal offender in extending the reach of its repressive regime into the US. The report cites the case of Paul #Rusesabagina , kidnapped in 2020 and designated as "wrongfully detained" by the US State Department.

Rwanda accused of stalking, harassing and threatening exiles in US

African state that signed deal with UK to host asylum seekers perpetrates ‘transnational repression’, Freedom House report says

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Gibson

@_Kate_Gibson

3 years

The @OUPAcademic call for abstracts for a forthcoming JICJ volume on: " @IntlCrimCourt & the Age of Misinformation" includes a direct appeal for *new* voices at any career stage, including local and regional perspectives from various situations. If that's you - be heard!

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