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2014 Training Course on “Investigating Cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as International Crimes” - DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 7, 2013
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WHAT
– Justice Rapid Response (JRR) is a facility that manages the rapid
deployment of criminal justice professionals from a stand-by roster. These
experts, coming from every region of the world, are specifically trained in the
investigation of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and serious
human rights violations.
WHY – JRR was created through an intergovernmental forum to
provide the international community with a facility to more effectively deliver
international criminal justice and respond to serious human rights violations,
making it more likely that “seeing justice done” becomes a component of
post-conflict peacebuilding.
JRR experts, coming from every part of the world,
build national capacity, as well as internationally deployable capacity. In
this way, they assist in the delivery of the complementarity principle under
the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court.
HOW – Experts from the JRR roster can assist in response to requests made
by States, or international institutions with the jurisdiction, to carry out
investigations, inquiries, fact-finding, mediation support and other activities
where the identification, analysis, collection, preservation and reporting of
information pertaining to genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or
serious human rights violations is needed.
Operational since October 2009, JRR has already
assisted in response to 21 requests for deployments of experts.
WHO – JRR currently has 69 participating States, and has an Executive Board
consisting of
JRR manages an ‘evergreen’ roster of just over 350,
mainly active-duty professionals comprising a broad range of expertise
including crime scene investigation, legal analysis, a variety of forensic
specialties, witness protection, military analysis, human rights investigations
etc. In addition to their expertise, these professionals receive training in
carrying out investigations under international law in post-conflict
environments before being certified to the JRR roster.
Experts on the JRR roster currently come from 87
countries representing every region of the world. The JRR roster currently
has 352 deployable experts from 87 countries, including 15 in Asia, 17 in
Africa, 11 in South and Central Americas and the Caribbean, and 12 in the
JRR is further responsible, in partnership with
UN Women, for the management of a specialized holistic roster of experts in
investigating crimes of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in conflict
situations. The experts on this SGBV special roster undergo specialized
training developed with and carried out by JRR’s training partner organization,
the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI).
WHERE - The JRR Secretariat is based in
Justice Rapid Response_Fact_Sheet_September 2013 (version française)
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http://www.justicerapidresponse.org/category/updates/
Training
Course on “Investigating Cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as
International Crimes”
The
deadline for nomination has been extended to November 7th 2013. For any queries or additional
information, please contact Federiaca Tronchin at: training@justicerapidresponse.org
Colombia, January 19 – 25, 2014
Justice Rapid Response, in partnership
with UN Women and the Institute for International Criminal Investigation will be hosting a training course
on “Investigating Cases of Sexual and Gender-based Violence as International
Crimes” in Bogota, Colombia from January 19 – 25 2014. The
training will be held at the kind invitation of the Office of
the Attorney General of Colombia. The training course is made possible
thanks to a very generous contribution fo the government of Canada, as well as
contributions from the governments of Colombia, Sweden and Lichtenstein.
The course aims at increasing the
availability on the roster of Spanish-speaking criminal justice and gender
experts in the investigation of SGBV crimes, particularly from the Latin
American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) region.
The deadline for nominations is 7
November 2013. In order to make a nomination, please send the documents below,
duly completed, to the JRR Secretariat.
The full application package consists
of:
1.
Call for Nominations SGBV Investigations_A
2
JRR Personal History Form – 2013
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JRR_Nomination_Form_Training Course_Colombia_2013
4
JRR_Supervisor_Recommendation_Form_Colombia_2013