Dr Ewelina U Ochab

#UK Parliamentarians, including IBAHRI Director Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, are proposing changes to the nation's #UniversalJurisdiction #laws, aiming to improve access to #justice for atrocity crimes. The reform is urgently needed, says IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social:
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WATCH: IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social highlights the importance of a proposed amendment to the #UK's Crime & Policing Bill which aims to address the #justice gap for international crimes. The amendment, pertaining to #UniversalJurisdiction, will be debated in the House of Lords shortly.

Loophole on crimes committed abroad leaves victims in the lurch A bill coming before the Lords next week highlights that those affected by foreign conflicts or atrocities can fall through gaps in the British justice system

'Justice and accountability for international crimes are key when impunity for such crimes is becoming normal,' writes IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for @thetimes.com on proposed amendments to #UK's Crime & Policing Bill pertaining to #UniversalJurisdiction.
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ICYMI - you can now watch the session on the UN website here: www.ohchr.org/en/video/202...

WED 5 Nov #IBAToronto – join IBAHRI for ‘No sanctuary for perpetrators of international crime: the use of universal jurisdiction in the pursuit of justice’ at 1430 EST. Chaired by @ewelinaochab.bsky.social, speakers inc. Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC and Beth Van Schaack.

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On 21 Nov 2025, 1500-1630 GMT, join IBAHRI for a webinar on the #UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's (#CEDAW) Women, Peace & Security Addendum. Speakers incl. IBAHRI's Hina Jilani, Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC & @ewelinaochab.bsky.social

Register: tinyurl.com/3bj7w9x4

United Nations: Digital Violence Against Women Is Real Violence November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a U.N. day designated to focus on the issue of violence against women and...

Writing in @forbes.com, IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social called for stronger #laws criminalising digital violence as #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence #GBV campaign begins following #UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against #Women (25 Nov).

Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...

On 28 Nov 2025 in #Nairobi, #Kenya, IBAHRI
@ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in the #Africa Working Group Dialogue on International #Justice and the #ICC, hosted by @pga-champions.bsky.social. Speaking at two sessions, Dr Ochab will explore how African parliamentarians can support the ICC.

Hundreds Of Children Abducted From A School In Nigeria It’s been over a decade since Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno, in April 2014. The abduction received international attention, with...

‘Inaction cannot be justified’, writes IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social in an article for @forbes.com on the recent abduction of schoolchildren in #Nigeria. Dr Ochab calls for urgent responses, noting that ‘equality, justice and accountability must prevail’.

Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...

Every Day, 137 Women And Girls Are Killed By Intimate Partners Or Family Members On November 24, 2025, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women...

In a piece for @forbes.com: 'Every Day, 137 Women And Girls Are Killed By Intimate Partners Or Family Members', IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social discusses a new UN report, estimating that 50,000 women & girls were killed by a partner/family member in 2024.
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On 11 December 2025, 1300–1630, join IBAHRI's Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC & Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for HRLA x BHRC virtual seminar, ‘Advocacy & Strategy for #HumanRights Defenders: Community, Communication & Collective Action’.

Register: tinyurl.com/2j6kup9m

On 12 Dec 2025, 1530-1645 CET, IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in a high-level panel on #GenderApartheid at 3rd #HearUs summit on advancing accountability for #Afghanistan #women. Hosted by Women for Afghanistan and @exterioresgob.bsky.social.

Livestream: tinyurl.com/4pcafv97

If you are joining the IBA Conference in Toronto - join us for the session 'No sanctuary for perpetrators of international crime: the use of universal jurisdiction in the pursuit of justice'
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IBA's Dr Mark Ellis and IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social to speak. The presentation will be in Ukrainian and English, with simultaneous interpretation provided. 2/2
#WarCrimes #Ukraine #justice

IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social writes in @forbes.com of possible 'entity-wide' sanctions against the #ICC by the #UnitedStates' government, & the potential impact on victims seeking #justice for international crimes, further challenging global justice.
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Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes issues a Call for Written Submissions — Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes The Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes has issued a Call for Written Submissions. The Call forms part of an independent review being undertaken by the Standing Group. This review, supported by expert-l...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Experts on key issues related to the #UK government’s anticipation, prevention and response to atrocity crimes are invited to submit evidence to the Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes.

Info: tinyurl.com/4wyfvyt7

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'Focus must be on victims/survivors', writes IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social in @forbes.com following the recent conclusion from a UN Commission of Inquiry that #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza. The CoI report calls for an immediate end to the genocide.
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Coming tomorrow!
Why don’t govts do more to recognize and prevent atrocities? @ewelinaochab.bsky.social gives examples of what has not worked in the past + what is needed to pressurise the #UK government to fulfil its international law obligations, with @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin

Episode 140 – States’ Atrocity Crimes Obligations with Aarif Abraham, Christine Chinkin and Ewelina Ochab We explore a new UK group pressurising the government to fulfil its obligations under international law to prevent atrocities. Do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check…

Out now!
We look at a new #UK initiative – the Atrocity Crimes Standing Group & ask them what they plan to do to make states follow int law obligations + prevent atrocity crimes
With @ewelinaochab.bsky.social @aarifabraham.bsky.social & Christine Chinkin

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When Violence Based On Religion Or Belief Amounts To International Crimes August 22nd marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, a day established by the United Nations General...

22 August marks the International Day Commemorating Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, #FoRB. In an article for @Forbes, Dr Ewelina Ochab, IBAHRI Senior Programme Lawyer, calls for comprehensive responses to these crimes.

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For All Women And Girls - Rights, Equality And Empowerment March 8 marks International Women’s Day. It is a day when women receive flowers, chocolates and cards. However, women deserve more than that...

'For All Women And Girls - Rights, Equality And Empowerment'
by @ewelinaochab.bsky.social

"Women and girls in too many countries still wait for rights, equality and empowerment. But they do not wait in silence"
#IWD #IWD2025

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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

Three Years Of Russia’s War On Ukraine - Atrocities That Should Shock The Conscience Of Humanity On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion against Ukraine, unprovoked and without justification. This act of aggression against Ukraine...

Three Years Of Russia’s War On Ukraine - Atrocities That Should Shock The Conscience Of Humanity - Creating alternative narratives and denial cannot be accepted www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...

US State Department Recognizes The Atrocities In Sudan As Genocide On January 7, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the US State Department determined the atrocities in Darfur as amounting to genocide.

New to this place but will be covering all things atrocity crimes.

US State Department Recognizes The Atrocities In Sudan As Genocide www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...