Letter to ASEAN Heads of State: ASEAN States, under the customary Laws of States Responsability are Prohibited from Recognizing, Myanmar/Burma as an ASEAN Member Because the Myanmar/Burma Constitution and Elections Violate the Most Fundamental Rules of International Law
Submission to the CEDAW Committee: Comments on CEDAW’s General Recommendation on Women’s Rights in Conflict & Post- Conflict Situations
Chilean Health Minister Reply - Original
Chilean Health Minister Dr. Jaime Menalich Muxi responds to a letter from the GJC requesting that he allow an 11-year-old rape victim to have a life-saving abortion. This letter states that though the pregnancy is risky, he cannot grant her an abortion because it is against the law. This is the original, untranslated copy of the letter the Chilean Health Minister sent in reply to the GJC.
Read GJC's original letter here.
Read a translated version of this letter here.
Letter to Patricia O’Brien: "Parsing the Disconnect Between the UN Implementation of Security Council Resolutions and UN Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law"
Letter to Margot Wallstrom: Re: Implementation Guidelines on Security Council Resolution 1960 and International Humanitarian Law
Letter to Catherine Margaret Ashton: Re: Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union Renewal of the Council Common Position on Burma
Burma’s Nuclear Strategy: How Burma’s Military Has Successfully Hijacked Democracy and Made Control over Burma’s Nuclear Future a Constitutional Right of the Military
Letter to Chief Justice de Jersey: Re: Existing obligations Erga Omnes require the Conference of Chief Justices of the Asia Pacific region to publicly exclude Chief Justice U Aung Toe of Myanmar as a Conference participant
Letter to Louise Arbour: Urgent: The ICG Recommendations Urging Support for the 2010 Elections in Burma Conflict with States’ Erga Omnes Obligations Under International Law
Letter to the NY Times Editor, Justice for Myanmar
The letter "Justice for Myanmar," by a spokesman for 88 Generation Students, was published in the Editorial section of the New York Times, in response to the Times' article "Exiles Try to Rekindle Hopes for Change in Myanmar," also included in this document, published on August 6, 2008.
The Op-Ed published on August 12 points out that the article published by the Times does not represent the view of all Burmese exile groups. Not everyone thinks that President Bush and other world leaders should negotiate with the military juntas; many want access to justice and criminal accountability.
Legal Tools for the Establishment of Gender Equality through International Law
This manual starts with a general background on the role of international law and how it can be used in a domestic context. It then touches on the concept of Customary International Law and some international forums for enforcing women’s rights when domestic efforts fail. We then look at some of the tools women are using – the laws – starting with the women’s rights treaty – the bill of rights for women – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, followed by a brief discussion of other treaties with a bit of extra focus on the ICCPR. In addition to treaties, a number of other international legal tools have developed including, most recently, Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security. The manual then reviews two other forums for enforcing women’s rights—regional bodies and tribunals. It then discusses the role of constitutions and quotas in advancing rights. Finally we try to provide other resources for understanding and researching international law. We hope this guide will be the beginning of your use of international law to advance rights.
Gender Justice and Training for the Iraq High Tribunal
2006: A fact-sheet on the trainings on gender justice in Iraq conducted by the Global Justice Center, in partnership with the Women's Alliance for a Democratic Iraq and the International Coordination for Gender Justice in Iraq.