On November 22, states decided to move to negotiations for a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty. This panel, co-sponsored by the UK Government, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, Global Justice Center, Washington University School of Law, Physicians for Human Rights, Emergent Justice Collective, TRIAL, FIDH, Asia Justice Collective, and The Promise Institute at UCLA, brought together experts to discuss advancing gender justice within the treaty, including:

• Incorporating gender apartheid, reproductive violence, forced marriage, and slave trade.
• Integrating provisions to ensure the treaty is survivor centric.
• The process to date and considerations for the way forward.

Speakers:

• Process & Forced Marriage: Leila Sadat, Washington University School of Law. 
• Gender Apartheid: Akila Radhakrishnan, Atlantic Council, Strategic Litigation Project.
• Slave Trade: Alexandra Lily Kather, Emergent Justice Collective.
• Reproductive Violence and Gender Audit: Ashita Alag, Global Justice Center.
• A Victims-Centered Approach: Uliana Poltavets, Physicians for Human Rights.
• Reflections on the Way Ahead: Hannah Garry, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA

Moderated by Alix Vuillemin, Executive Director, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice.Opening remarks by Ms Hazel Cameron, Head of Human Rights Department – UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).