Janet Benshoof, GJC President, responds to an article in the NY Times, “Lack of Plan for ISIS Detainees Raises Human Rights Concerns” (front page, May 12).
Janet Benshoof writes New York Times on prosecution of ISIS crimes as genocide
GJC in the News
"We want to send out a strong message that rape is no longer a trophy of war."
Read Legal Director, Akila Radhakrishnan's, post on the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect's blog about gender and genocide.
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Time Magazine Mentions GJC Helms Advocacy
Time Magazine’s powerful cover story "The Secret War Crime" on war rape calls out the Helms Amendment and mentions joint letter to Obama calling for executive order affirming the Geneva Conventions.
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Special Issue of Women’s Voices Newsletter Highlights GJC’s ICC Work
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice just released a Special Issue of their newsletter focusing on two letters GJC has sent to the ICC asking them to address gender-based crimes. The letters call on the ICC to look at the genocidal crimes being committed against women and girls by groups like Boko Haram and ISIS.
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Janet Benshoof writes New York Times on the genocide of the Yazidi women, August 2015
Janet Benshoof, GJC President, responds to an article in the NY Times, “Enslaving Young Girls, the Islamic State Builds a Vast System of Rape” (“State of Terror” series, front page, Aug. 14)".