Gissou Nia
@gissounia.bsky.social
Lawyer specialized in international criminal and human rights law. Founder & director of @slpjustice.bsky.social.
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Gissou Nia
@gissounia.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Afghan & Iranian women have used the term "gender apartheid" for years to describe the systematic gender segregation & subjugation they live under.
A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.
Full campaign timeline👇🏼
A global effort to codify the crime may advance this Friday if the crimes against humanity draft treaty moves to negotiations.
Full campaign timeline👇🏼
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Proud to be a part of this lawsuit against President Trump’s Executive Order targeting the International Criminal Court, which has broad and sweeping implications, including on free speech, for all of us who work with the Court. 1/4
April 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Proud to be a part of this lawsuit against President Trump’s Executive Order targeting the International Criminal Court, which has broad and sweeping implications, including on free speech, for all of us who work with the Court. 1/4
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Key points 🧵:
“Ms. Öztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing”
Tufts “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.”
1/4
“Ms. Öztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing”
Tufts “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.”
1/4
April 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Key points 🧵:
“Ms. Öztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing”
Tufts “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.”
1/4
“Ms. Öztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing”
Tufts “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.”
1/4
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The IFRC condemns the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza.
We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent.
Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent.
Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
March 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The IFRC condemns the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza.
We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent.
Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent.
Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
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New from Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyer:
Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful.
Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.
Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful.
Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.
March 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
New from Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyer:
Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful.
Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.
Rumeysa hasn't been accused of any crime & "DHS has not produced any evidence" that she did anything unlawful.
Rumeysa wasn't able to speak to her lawyer for 24+ hours & not until after she was in Louisiana — despite a court order that she not be moved from Mass.
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Only 25 countries w/ #women leaders. Proportion of women heading ministries has decreased. Only 9 countries, mostly in Europe, have #gender-equal cabinets, 50% or more women holding minister positions... 9 countries, mostly in Asia-Pac, have no women serving as Ministers (up from 7 countries 2024)
Important research, although depressing, on the continued dominance of men in positions of political leadership around the world 👇🏻
"Men continue to dominate"
www.ipu.org/news/press-r...
www.ipu.org/news/press-r...
March 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Only 25 countries w/ #women leaders. Proportion of women heading ministries has decreased. Only 9 countries, mostly in Europe, have #gender-equal cabinets, 50% or more women holding minister positions... 9 countries, mostly in Asia-Pac, have no women serving as Ministers (up from 7 countries 2024)
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Read Rumeysa Ozturk's op-ed for yourself.
Arresting anyone for their speech is unconstitutional and authoritarian.
But arresting her for *this* speech is just psychotic.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Arresting anyone for their speech is unconstitutional and authoritarian.
But arresting her for *this* speech is just psychotic.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily
The independent student newspaper of Tufts University
www.tuftsdaily.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Read Rumeysa Ozturk's op-ed for yourself.
Arresting anyone for their speech is unconstitutional and authoritarian.
But arresting her for *this* speech is just psychotic.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
Arresting anyone for their speech is unconstitutional and authoritarian.
But arresting her for *this* speech is just psychotic.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...
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JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“Thousands of people protested in Budapest on Tuesday against a new law that aims to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and allows the use of facial recognition software to identify organizers and attendees.”
Solidarity with people in Hungary who challenge anti-LGBT authoritarianism.
Solidarity with people in Hungary who challenge anti-LGBT authoritarianism.
Thousands protest in Budapest against law banning Pride
Thousands of people protested in Budapest on Tuesday against a new law that aims to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and allows the use of facial recognition software to identify organizers and attendees.
www.reuters.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Thousands of people protested in Budapest on Tuesday against a new law that aims to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and allows the use of facial recognition software to identify organizers and attendees.”
Solidarity with people in Hungary who challenge anti-LGBT authoritarianism.
Solidarity with people in Hungary who challenge anti-LGBT authoritarianism.
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“I think the most accountable, or the most guilty person is the secretary of defense because he put in all the highly classified information,” Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and former Air Force Brigadier General, told CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
Top intel officials shift responsibility on to Hegseth for sending potentially classified info to Yemen strike group chat | CNN Politics
Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending pote...
www.cnn.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“I think the most accountable, or the most guilty person is the secretary of defense because he put in all the highly classified information,” Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and former Air Force Brigadier General, told CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/p...
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The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave).
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave).
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
Went on @channel4news.bsky.social w/ @krishgm.bsky.social to discuss attacks on hospitals & schools in Ukraine & Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7r...
Russia strikes Ukraine as ceasefire talks starts in Saudi Arabia
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Went on @channel4news.bsky.social w/ @krishgm.bsky.social to discuss attacks on hospitals & schools in Ukraine & Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7r...
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🪖 Ukraine has made gains and suffered losses in the war with Russia—including in the courtroom. For @brookings.edu, I examine Kyiv's legal action at the Int’l Court of Justice, Int’l Criminal Court, and other int’l bodies to show the promise and peril of “lawfare.” www.brookings.edu/articles/ukr...
Ukraine and the promise and peril of lawfare
The Ukraine government’s legal mobilization at multiple international fora reveals both the promise and peril of lawfare.
www.brookings.edu
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🪖 Ukraine has made gains and suffered losses in the war with Russia—including in the courtroom. For @brookings.edu, I examine Kyiv's legal action at the Int’l Court of Justice, Int’l Criminal Court, and other int’l bodies to show the promise and peril of “lawfare.” www.brookings.edu/articles/ukr...
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At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social calls on the #UNSC to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the full protection of women’s human rights in #Afghanistan.
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social calls on the #UNSC to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the full protection of women’s human rights in #Afghanistan.
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Powerful last words to the #UNSC from @azadah.bsky.social: "As a woman from #Afghanistan, I have witnessed how unaddressed legacies of past crimes have trapped my country in a cycle of violence.
If impunity is the disease, accountability is the antidote."
Read her statement: wps.ngo/razmohammad
If impunity is the disease, accountability is the antidote."
Read her statement: wps.ngo/razmohammad
UN Security Council Briefing on Afghanistan by Azadah Raz Mohammad - NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Excellencies, Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the human rights crisis in Afghanistan. My name is Azadah Raz Mohammad. I am a lawyer from Afghanistan and the co-founder of the Ham Diley C...
wps.ngo
March 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Powerful last words to the #UNSC from @azadah.bsky.social: "As a woman from #Afghanistan, I have witnessed how unaddressed legacies of past crimes have trapped my country in a cycle of violence.
If impunity is the disease, accountability is the antidote."
Read her statement: wps.ngo/razmohammad
If impunity is the disease, accountability is the antidote."
Read her statement: wps.ngo/razmohammad
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A short piece for Opinio Juris, based on today's news of the arrest of Rodrigo Duterte for the #Philippines "war on drugs".
#ICC #accountability
opiniojuris.org/2025/03/11/a...
#ICC #accountability
opiniojuris.org/2025/03/11/a...
Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte for “War on Drugs” in the Philippines
When the news broke that the former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had been arrested and detained upon arrival at Manila’s airport from an overseas trip, by Philippine police executing an in…
opiniojuris.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A short piece for Opinio Juris, based on today's news of the arrest of Rodrigo Duterte for the #Philippines "war on drugs".
#ICC #accountability
opiniojuris.org/2025/03/11/a...
#ICC #accountability
opiniojuris.org/2025/03/11/a...
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The arrest warrant, and surprisingly speedy removal of the former President of the Philippines to the Hague. Speaks to the willingness of domestic courts to accept that widespread and systematic international crimes were committed. Arrest Warrant here.
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
www.icc-cpi.int
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The arrest warrant, and surprisingly speedy removal of the former President of the Philippines to the Hague. Speaks to the willingness of domestic courts to accept that widespread and systematic international crimes were committed. Arrest Warrant here.
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
www.icc-cpi.int/sites/defaul...
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Briefing the UN Security Council, Azadah Raz Mohammad argues that there is no term that better describes the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan than #genderapartheid.
Watch her briefing ➡️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...
Watch her briefing ➡️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Briefing the UN Security Council, Azadah Raz Mohammad argues that there is no term that better describes the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan than #genderapartheid.
Watch her briefing ➡️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...
Watch her briefing ➡️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...
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🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Read our statement👇
Read our statement👇
January 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Read our statement👇
Read our statement👇
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🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
January 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
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The Syrian revolution is not over, unless one believes its sole aim was to topple the Assad regime.
For it to truly succeed, it must not be distorted or undermined, with its 14 years, along with all that came before, nurtured and shared as a story for future generations.
For it to truly succeed, it must not be distorted or undermined, with its 14 years, along with all that came before, nurtured and shared as a story for future generations.
January 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The Syrian revolution is not over, unless one believes its sole aim was to topple the Assad regime.
For it to truly succeed, it must not be distorted or undermined, with its 14 years, along with all that came before, nurtured and shared as a story for future generations.
For it to truly succeed, it must not be distorted or undermined, with its 14 years, along with all that came before, nurtured and shared as a story for future generations.
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Thanks to Rabia Ali for covering the available jurisdictional pathway for the #ICC to consider crimes causing Syrians to flee to Jordan. I spoke about the Art 15 my co-counsel @gissounia.bsky.social and I submitted in Sept 2022 & how the ICC could provide justice today. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
War crimes and legal routes: How Assad could be brought to justice for Syria atrocities
Experts say the various ways of punishing Assad include the ICC following the Bangladesh-Myanmar model or cases in national courts under universal jurisdiction
- Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
December 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Thanks to Rabia Ali for covering the available jurisdictional pathway for the #ICC to consider crimes causing Syrians to flee to Jordan. I spoke about the Art 15 my co-counsel @gissounia.bsky.social and I submitted in Sept 2022 & how the ICC could provide justice today. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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🚨 NEW PODCAST: Listen to @alexakoenig.bsky.social for @asymmetricalh.bsky.social on the realities of secondary trauma when investigating in the digital realm, and how to create meaning in our online lives:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 118 – Dealing with Secondary Trauma, part 1
In the first episode of our mini-series on secondary trauma for documenters of atrocity crimes, we talk to journalists, lawyers and trainers on how traumatic material can impact them and how they c…
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:05 PM
🚨 NEW PODCAST: Listen to @alexakoenig.bsky.social for @asymmetricalh.bsky.social on the realities of secondary trauma when investigating in the digital realm, and how to create meaning in our online lives:
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
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Important update on the search for hidden prisoners in Bashar’s massive underground torture city.
December 10, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Important update on the search for hidden prisoners in Bashar’s massive underground torture city.
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