PILPG Comments on the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor’s Policy Initiative to Advance Accountability for Gender Persecution under the Rome Statute
The Public International Law & Policy Group appreciates this opportunity to provide comments in response to the Office of the Prosecutor’s call for public consultation on a new policy to advance accountability for gender persecution under the Rome Statute.
The Office of the Prosecutor’s initiative demonstrates its continued commitment to developing a more gender-inclusive approach, draws needed attention to the serious but often overlooked crime of persecution on gender grounds, and builds on the important goals outlined in the Office of the Prosecutor’s 2014 Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes. We welcome the OTP’s call for engagement with its policy on gender persecution and are pleased to be part of the discussion on the scope of the forthcoming policy.
For more information about the Policy Initiative, click here.
PILPG’s submitted comments in coordination with, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Dechert LLP, and other pro bono law firm partners. Scroll below to learn more.
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ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s 2014 Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes
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PILPG, Debevoise, Dechert, and Other Pro Bono Law Firm Partners’ Comments
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About Our Partners
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a global law firm headquartered in New York with a broad public international law practice, including representation of parties before international and regional courts and tribunals.
Debevoise lawyers have successfully represented clients before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, international arbitral tribunals, international human rights bodies, and international and domestic criminal tribunals and courts. The team regularly advises sovereign states, multinational corporations, and prominent international and non-governmental organizations, including the United Nations and European Commission, on matters of public international law.
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Dechert LLP is a global law firm, with extensive experience in public international law, including the law of treaties, international responsibility, State succession, State and diplomatic immunities, the law of international organizations, international human rights law, the law of the sea, boundary disputes, international trade law, and international investment law. Dechert lawyers regularly advise States, companies, and international and non-governmental organizations across the globe, and have considerable experience representing clients before international arbitral tribunals and human rights bodies.
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