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05 Feb

[Natália Mazoni is a Private Sector Specialist with the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law project, where she leads research on labor and employment. She holds an LL.M. from American University in Washington, DC and a law degree from Milton Campos Law School in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.     Aylén Rodríguez Ferrari is an analyst with the World Bank’s Women, Business and...

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05 Feb

[​​Anne Marie Goetz is a Clinical Professor at the Center for Global Affairs, School of Professional Studies (NYU) and ​former Director of the peace and security section at UN Women.​ Sudarsana Kundu is a Co-founder/Director of GenderSphere, former Executive Director of Gender@Work, and former governance, peace and security specialist at UN Women.  Foteini Papagioti is a Deputy Director of Policy and Advocacy...

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05 Feb

[Natalie Samarasinghe is a Co-Founder of 1 for 8 Billion, which advocates for a fair, open and inclusive process to appoint the first woman UN chief, and the former CEO of the United Nations Association (UK).] In 2026, UN member states will select the organization’s 10th Secretary-General (SG). Since the position’s establishment in 1945, it has been held exclusively by men...

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04 Feb

[Laura Nyirinkindi Chair of the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women] The UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls (WGDAWG) has continually expressed concerns that, despite women and girls' diverse experiences and realities, including their distinct vulnerabilities and assets, structural barriers and entrenched gender stereotypes continue to impede their full and effective participation in political and public life across...

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04 Feb

[Dr Nilüfer Oral is a Director at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, Member of the UN International Law Commission and Co-Chair of the ILC Study Group on Sea Level Rise Rashmi Raman is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore] Introduction  In 2019, as the International Law Commission (ILC) celebrated its 70th anniversary,...

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04 Feb

[Professor Hélène Tigroudja is a professor at Aix-Marseille University, visiting Professor at the Centre for International Law of National University of Singapore and Member of the UN Human Rights Committee] The opinions are expressed in the author's personal capacity. The General Recommendation No. 40 on the equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems (hereafter, GR40) adopted by the CEDAW...

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03 Feb

[Claudia Martin is a Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law and a Founding Member of GQUAL’s Secretariat.] General Recommendation 40 (‘GR 40’), adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (‘CEDAW’), provides a roadmap to address the persistent failure of equal and inclusive sharing of power in...

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03 Feb

[Nicole Ameline is a former Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Chair of the GR40 Drafting Group and former Minister of Parity and Equality at Work (2002-2005), France.] We extend our gratitude to GQUAL for its critical, high-quality, and innovative contribution to the development of CEDAW General Recommendation No. 40 (GR 40) on the...

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03 Feb

[María Noel Leoni is Deputy Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and Director and Founding Member of GQUAL’s Secretariat  Alejandra Vicente is Head of Law at REDRESS and Founding Member of GQUAL’s Secretariat] International decision-making systems are fundamental to international cooperation, shaping political consensus, and establishing legal standards and accountability mechanisms on critical issues such as human...

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31 Jan

[Maria Crippa is a postdoctoral fellow in international criminal law at the University of Milan and a visiting researcher at the University of Tilburg. Matteo Colorio is a PhD candidate in international law at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and a visiting researcher at the University of Tilburg.] Introduction Osama Elmasry Njeem, also known as Elmasry, was arrested in Italy on...

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30 Jan

[Elke Schwarz is a Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University London] Following the re-election of Donald Trump, the American technology elite has embraced its growing global power. They have always held significant power but now it is out in the open. And with this greater visibility comes a peculiar, dark narrative, cultivated by some of the more vocal tech elites....

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29 Jan

[Dr Patrick Kroker is senior legal advisor with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, where he is responsible for the center's work on accountability for crimes in Syria. He is a German-qualified attorney and, in this capacity, regularly represents survivors of international crimes in UJ investigations and trials, including in the first case on Syrian state torture in...

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