2006 Events Archive
International Coordination for Gender Justice in Iraq (ICGJI) - London
November 22-24, 2006
From November 22 to November 24, Janet Benshoof spoke various times in London on the impact of judicial training on gender rights in Iraq. She provided an overview of the use of UNSCR 1325 and CEDAW as a tool for ensuring gender justice and also discussed her work with the Iraq High Tribunal. She spoke in the House of Commons, House of Lords, and during the launch event of ICGJI.
GJC Training with Iraqi Tribunal Judges
November 13-15, 2006
From November 13 to November 15, the Global Justice Center conducted a training on international law and gender crimes that was a "first" for the women leaders from Iraq and judges of the Iraq High Tribunal (IHT). This meeting generated frank and open discussions and was characterized both by the high level of debate and by an atmosphere of respect between men and women across ethnic and religious lines.
Post-Conflict Gender Justice Panel
October 28, 2006
As part of the American Branch of the International Law Association's International Law Weekend, this panel considered how women and gender crimes had been treated in states emerging from periods of protracted armed conflict and whether such states were meeting their legal obligations on women's rights.
6th Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325
October 23, 2006
During October Advocacy Week the GJC hosted a panel on the legal enforcement of SCR 1325, detailing the challenges of its implementation. Speaking on the panel were Janet Benshoof of the Global Justice Center, Thin Thin Aung of the Women's League of Burma, and Basma Fakri of the Women's Alliance for a Democratic Iraq. Both Aung and Fakri explained the successes and shortcomings of the resolution in their respective countries and their perspectives on the advancement of women's rights in the future.
"Constitutional Drafting and Women's Political Participation in Burma" Brown Bag Lunch Discussion
October 5, 2006
Andrea Friedman, Vice President and Senior Counsel at Global Justice Center, spoke at a brown bag lunch discussion at Fordham Law School on "Constitutional Drafting and Women's Political Participation in Burma."
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Council Meeting
June 20, 2006
Janet Benshoof spoke at the June Council meeting for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York on "Exposing Hidden Torture: Iraqi Women, Gender Justice and the High Iraqi Tribunal (War Crimes Tribunal)." She discussed the importance of representing the human rights concerns of the Iraqi women before the War Crimes Tribunal, and the gender training advocacy training by WAFDI and Global Justice Center which took place in Baghdad in March 2006.