GIAI side events at ASP24 5 December

Responding to Emerging Crises: Opportunities in the Development of the Crimes Against Humanity Convention
8:30–9:45 | Yangtze 2

This event explores opportunities to strengthen the draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention, including proposed additions of gender apartheid, reproductive violence, slavery crimes, starvation, and environmental destruction, along with gender-responsive implementation mechanisms.

Speakers:
  • Leila Sadat, Washington University
  • Patricia Viseur Sellers, former Special Advisor on Slavery Crimes
  • Kate Vigneswaran, International Commission of Jurists
  • Alix Vuillemin, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
  • Priya Pillai, Asia Justice Coalition
Moderator: Evelyn Ankumah, Africa Legal Aid