Akila Radhakrishnan
@akilarad.bsky.social
international human rights lawyer focused on gender justice. all around nerd. interested in: women's rights, human rights, reproductive justice, international law and butter. she/her.
Proud to be a part of this lawsuit against President Trump’s Executive Order targeting the International Criminal Court, which has broad and sweeping implications, including on free speech, for all of us who work with the Court. 1/4
April 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Proud to be a part of this lawsuit against President Trump’s Executive Order targeting the International Criminal Court, which has broad and sweeping implications, including on free speech, for all of us who work with the Court. 1/4
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Important work here by @akilarad.bsky.social
"Radhakrishnan said she was bringing the case “to prevent my own government from punishing me for trying to hold the #Taliban accountable for its systematic violence against women and girls from #Afghanistan”."
I support these courageous plaintiffs
"Radhakrishnan said she was bringing the case “to prevent my own government from punishing me for trying to hold the #Taliban accountable for its systematic violence against women and girls from #Afghanistan”."
I support these courageous plaintiffs
Trump ICC sanctions order challenged in US court by human rights advocates
Trump ICC sanctions order challenged in US court by human rights advocates
Exclusive: Lawsuit says ‘unconstitutional’ order violates right to share information with court’s chief prosecutor
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Important work here by @akilarad.bsky.social
"Radhakrishnan said she was bringing the case “to prevent my own government from punishing me for trying to hold the #Taliban accountable for its systematic violence against women and girls from #Afghanistan”."
I support these courageous plaintiffs
"Radhakrishnan said she was bringing the case “to prevent my own government from punishing me for trying to hold the #Taliban accountable for its systematic violence against women and girls from #Afghanistan”."
I support these courageous plaintiffs
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So proud of my colleagues @akilarad.bsky.social and Mathew Smith and grateful for the tireless work of the ACLU in standing up for the rule of law and opposing US sanctions against the ICC. www.aclu.org/cases/smith-...
Smith v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
On April 11, 2025, the ACLU and ACLU of Maine filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who, because of an executive order signed by President Trump, have been forced to stop humanitaria...
www.aclu.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So proud of my colleagues @akilarad.bsky.social and Mathew Smith and grateful for the tireless work of the ACLU in standing up for the rule of law and opposing US sanctions against the ICC. www.aclu.org/cases/smith-...
Today @washulaw.bsky.social is hosting a symposium on the crimes against humanity treaty. Looking forward to speaking about its potential to advance gender justice, including the codification of gender apartheid.
Join the conversation @ 12:00 CST: wustl.zoom.us/j/94469285428.
#CaHTreatyNow
Join the conversation @ 12:00 CST: wustl.zoom.us/j/94469285428.
#CaHTreatyNow
March 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today @washulaw.bsky.social is hosting a symposium on the crimes against humanity treaty. Looking forward to speaking about its potential to advance gender justice, including the codification of gender apartheid.
Join the conversation @ 12:00 CST: wustl.zoom.us/j/94469285428.
#CaHTreatyNow
Join the conversation @ 12:00 CST: wustl.zoom.us/j/94469285428.
#CaHTreatyNow
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At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social describes how the Taliban have erased women so thoroughly that they are suffocating in their homes, banned from even looking out the window.
"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."
"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."
March 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social describes how the Taliban have erased women so thoroughly that they are suffocating in their homes, banned from even looking out the window.
"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."
"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."
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30 years since Beijing. Are we moving forward, or slipping dangerously backward?
In our first “Where is the Justice?” interview, @akilarad.bsky.social reminds us what's at stake.
👉 Read the full interview here: 4genderjustice.org/our-latest-p...
In our first “Where is the Justice?” interview, @akilarad.bsky.social reminds us what's at stake.
👉 Read the full interview here: 4genderjustice.org/our-latest-p...
March 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
30 years since Beijing. Are we moving forward, or slipping dangerously backward?
In our first “Where is the Justice?” interview, @akilarad.bsky.social reminds us what's at stake.
👉 Read the full interview here: 4genderjustice.org/our-latest-p...
In our first “Where is the Justice?” interview, @akilarad.bsky.social reminds us what's at stake.
👉 Read the full interview here: 4genderjustice.org/our-latest-p...
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Excited to join CEPS Ideas Lab with Iran Digital Archive Coalition colleagues. If you’re in Brussels next week and interested in the Strategic Litigation Project’s work on spyware accountability, transnational repression, cybercrime, Syria, Iran, gender apartheid and more,reach out!
ideaslab.ceps.eu
ideaslab.ceps.eu
Ideas Lab 2025
Ideas Lab, hosted by CEPS, is Europe’s leading forum for impactful discussions on EU policies with experts and policymakers.
ideaslab.ceps.eu
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Excited to join CEPS Ideas Lab with Iran Digital Archive Coalition colleagues. If you’re in Brussels next week and interested in the Strategic Litigation Project’s work on spyware accountability, transnational repression, cybercrime, Syria, Iran, gender apartheid and more,reach out!
ideaslab.ceps.eu
ideaslab.ceps.eu
Next week for #IWD2025 join @egacampaign.bsky.social for the Global Days of Action to End Gender Apartheid - March 7-8!
📢 Amplify – Share your support & stories
📷 Act – Join or plan protests
🗣 Advocate – Host or attend events
Mark your calendars and add your voice to #EndGenderApartheid.
📢 Amplify – Share your support & stories
📷 Act – Join or plan protests
🗣 Advocate – Host or attend events
Mark your calendars and add your voice to #EndGenderApartheid.
February 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Next week for #IWD2025 join @egacampaign.bsky.social for the Global Days of Action to End Gender Apartheid - March 7-8!
📢 Amplify – Share your support & stories
📷 Act – Join or plan protests
🗣 Advocate – Host or attend events
Mark your calendars and add your voice to #EndGenderApartheid.
📢 Amplify – Share your support & stories
📷 Act – Join or plan protests
🗣 Advocate – Host or attend events
Mark your calendars and add your voice to #EndGenderApartheid.
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Must read! "#AlHassan Symposium – A Disappointment for the Victims of #SGBV in Timbuktu" by @leilasadat1.bsky.social
The judgment is "fractured by multiple opinions, lacking legal clarity & ..approaches the charges of SGBV without understanding the context" #ICC lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
The judgment is "fractured by multiple opinions, lacking legal clarity & ..approaches the charges of SGBV without understanding the context" #ICC lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
Al Hassan Symposium – A Disappointment for the Victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Timbuktu - Lieber Institute West Point
This post focuses on the judgment’s approach to sexual and gender-based violence, including gender persecution.
lieber.westpoint.edu
February 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Must read! "#AlHassan Symposium – A Disappointment for the Victims of #SGBV in Timbuktu" by @leilasadat1.bsky.social
The judgment is "fractured by multiple opinions, lacking legal clarity & ..approaches the charges of SGBV without understanding the context" #ICC lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
The judgment is "fractured by multiple opinions, lacking legal clarity & ..approaches the charges of SGBV without understanding the context" #ICC lieber.westpoint.edu/disappointme...
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Interested in competing ideas of "gender" in international criminal law? I'll be chatting next week on this with the brilliant Akila Radhakrishnan, Valerie Oosterveld, Lily Kather, Juliana Santos de Carvalho & Lena Holzer. Tune in on Monday 3 February at 10am, Cambridge time.
January 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Interested in competing ideas of "gender" in international criminal law? I'll be chatting next week on this with the brilliant Akila Radhakrishnan, Valerie Oosterveld, Lily Kather, Juliana Santos de Carvalho & Lena Holzer. Tune in on Monday 3 February at 10am, Cambridge time.
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Tis the weekend #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events🧵
B4 we begin though, while a difficult listen, we recommend listening to this important session hosted by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK “the genocide never stopped” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
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B4 we begin though, while a difficult listen, we recommend listening to this important session hosted by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK “the genocide never stopped” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
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THE GENOCIDE NEVER STOPPED - FIVE YEARS ON FROM THE WORLD COURT’S ORDER TO PROTECT THE ROHINGYA | “THE GENOCIDE NEVER STOPPED - FIVE YEARS ON
FROM THE WORLD COURT’S ORDER TO PROTECT THE ROHINGYA”
The...
“THE GENOCIDE NEVER STOPPED - FIVE YEARS ON
FROM THE WORLD COURT’S ORDER TO PROTECT THE ROHINGYA”
The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)...
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January 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tis the weekend #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events🧵
B4 we begin though, while a difficult listen, we recommend listening to this important session hosted by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK “the genocide never stopped” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
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B4 we begin though, while a difficult listen, we recommend listening to this important session hosted by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK “the genocide never stopped” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
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EGA Legal Advisor @akilarad.bsky.social tells The Guardian: "The request for an arrest warrant … demonstrates the systematic way in which these violations have been working in tandem to oppress girls and women under the Taliban’s gender apartheid.”
Learn more⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Learn more⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women
Reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are being committed against women and girls in Afghanistan, application says
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
EGA Legal Advisor @akilarad.bsky.social tells The Guardian: "The request for an arrest warrant … demonstrates the systematic way in which these violations have been working in tandem to oppress girls and women under the Taliban’s gender apartheid.”
Learn more⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Learn more⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
January 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🚨BREAKING: ICC Office of the Prosecutor pursues arrest warrants for gender-based crimes in Afghanistan.
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
Learn from our advisors on the importance of this action and steps forward to hold the Taliban accountable for international crimes👇
#EndGenderApartheid
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Listening to this & things are really grim for the Rohingya at the moment. Honestly heart-breaking
Appreciate the work of @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social, Tun Khin, M.Arslan Suleman & Chantal Daniels contuined work sheading light on the challenges, working for justice & accountability
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Appreciate the work of @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social, Tun Khin, M.Arslan Suleman & Chantal Daniels contuined work sheading light on the challenges, working for justice & accountability
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🗓️TODAY: Join @waiwainu.bsky.social and esteemed speakers in an event on five years since provisional measures were issued on ICJ's #Rohingya genocide case.
We will discuss what more int'l community can do now to bring justice to #Myanmar.
⏰9AM EST / 8:30 PM MMT
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We will discuss what more int'l community can do now to bring justice to #Myanmar.
⏰9AM EST / 8:30 PM MMT
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Listening to this & things are really grim for the Rohingya at the moment. Honestly heart-breaking
Appreciate the work of @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social, Tun Khin, M.Arslan Suleman & Chantal Daniels contuined work sheading light on the challenges, working for justice & accountability
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Appreciate the work of @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social, Tun Khin, M.Arslan Suleman & Chantal Daniels contuined work sheading light on the challenges, working for justice & accountability
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New event! (Short notice)
📆23rd Jan
🕑2pm UK Time
Join Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK for panel “The Genocide Never Stopped: Five years on from the World Court’s order to protect the Rohingya” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
Reg:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📆23rd Jan
🕑2pm UK Time
Join Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK for panel “The Genocide Never Stopped: Five years on from the World Court’s order to protect the Rohingya” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
Reg:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New event! (Short notice)
📆23rd Jan
🕑2pm UK Time
Join Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK for panel “The Genocide Never Stopped: Five years on from the World Court’s order to protect the Rohingya” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
Reg:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📆23rd Jan
🕑2pm UK Time
Join Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK for panel “The Genocide Never Stopped: Five years on from the World Court’s order to protect the Rohingya” w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social & more.
Reg:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post.”
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit from the Washington Post after editorial interference of a sort she never previously experienced at the paper.
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the Post.”
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Out now! Want some good book and series recommendations for the new year? We have lots here (but first hear us all worry for a bit)
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social + more
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social + more
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Hello 2025
2025 looks set to be a difficult year for international justice institutions.
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January 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Out now! Want some good book and series recommendations for the new year? We have lots here (but first hear us all worry for a bit)
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social + more
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social + more
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
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With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social and many more!
January 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social @reedbrody.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social and many more!
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Want a warm bath of good cheer for 2025? Then don’t listen to our podcast - out tomorrow. An entire collection of stressed-out justice activists worry about what might be coming!
January 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Want a warm bath of good cheer for 2025? Then don’t listen to our podcast - out tomorrow. An entire collection of stressed-out justice activists worry about what might be coming!
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With contributions on #ICC #aggression review (C #Kress), #STCoA for #Ukraine (J #Trahan), #CaH treaty (@leilasadat1.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social @cahinitiative.bsky.social), #Palestine (@astridcoracini.bsky.social) with a foreword by Ch #Wenaweser (@liechtensteinun.bsky.social).
December 27, 2024 at 11:18 AM
With contributions on #ICC #aggression review (C #Kress), #STCoA for #Ukraine (J #Trahan), #CaH treaty (@leilasadat1.bsky.social @akilarad.bsky.social @cahinitiative.bsky.social), #Palestine (@astridcoracini.bsky.social) with a foreword by Ch #Wenaweser (@liechtensteinun.bsky.social).
Curious about what the 6th Committee decided on the crimes against humanity treaty, how they got there & what's next?
@leilasadat1.bsky.social & I unpack the drama & the details @justsecurity.org: justsecurity.org/105305/cah-tre…
And on their podcast: buzzsprout.com/2074610/episod #CaHTreatyNowow
@leilasadat1.bsky.social & I unpack the drama & the details @justsecurity.org: justsecurity.org/105305/cah-tre…
And on their podcast: buzzsprout.com/2074610/episod #CaHTreatyNowow
December 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Curious about what the 6th Committee decided on the crimes against humanity treaty, how they got there & what's next?
@leilasadat1.bsky.social & I unpack the drama & the details @justsecurity.org: justsecurity.org/105305/cah-tre…
And on their podcast: buzzsprout.com/2074610/episod #CaHTreatyNowow
@leilasadat1.bsky.social & I unpack the drama & the details @justsecurity.org: justsecurity.org/105305/cah-tre…
And on their podcast: buzzsprout.com/2074610/episod #CaHTreatyNowow
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📢Don’t miss the SLP team at #ASP23 in The Hague next week!
Join discussions on international justice mechanisms in Syria, Afghanistan and more, featuring @akilarad.bsky.social, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Metra Mehran and @dijkstal.bsky.social⤵️
Join discussions on international justice mechanisms in Syria, Afghanistan and more, featuring @akilarad.bsky.social, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Metra Mehran and @dijkstal.bsky.social⤵️
November 30, 2024 at 11:22 PM
📢Don’t miss the SLP team at #ASP23 in The Hague next week!
Join discussions on international justice mechanisms in Syria, Afghanistan and more, featuring @akilarad.bsky.social, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Metra Mehran and @dijkstal.bsky.social⤵️
Join discussions on international justice mechanisms in Syria, Afghanistan and more, featuring @akilarad.bsky.social, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Metra Mehran and @dijkstal.bsky.social⤵️
Thank you @justsecurity.org for having us on to discuss the excitement and drama of last Friday’s decision to move to a #CaHTreatyNow.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social and I unpack the discussions, the way forward and why it’s so important for victims around the world.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social and I unpack the discussions, the way forward and why it’s so important for victims around the world.
States recently approved a resolution paving the way to negotiate a treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity.
Akila Radhakrishnan and Leila Sadat join the #podcast to unpack the recent developments.
Listen 👇
www.buzzsprout.com/2074610/epis...
Akila Radhakrishnan and Leila Sadat join the #podcast to unpack the recent developments.
Listen 👇
www.buzzsprout.com/2074610/epis...
A Major Breakthrough Towards a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity - The Just Security Podcast
On November 22, the United Nations General Assembly’s legal arm, the Sixth Committee, adopted a resolution paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty on preventing and punishing crimes aga...
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November 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Thank you @justsecurity.org for having us on to discuss the excitement and drama of last Friday’s decision to move to a #CaHTreatyNow.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social and I unpack the discussions, the way forward and why it’s so important for victims around the world.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social and I unpack the discussions, the way forward and why it’s so important for victims around the world.
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A bright spot in an otherwise dark time for international law: the Sixth Committee adopts resolution moving the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity to negotiations. Thanks so much @akilarad.bsky.social @leilasadat1.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social for your tireless advocacy! ⚖️
Today, the UNGA 6th Committee has an opportunity to take a step to close a 75 year old legal gap by moving the draft crimes against humanity treaty to negotiations. This is a crucial opportunity to advance global justice, including for gender-based crimes. #CaHTreatyNow
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
A bright spot in an otherwise dark time for international law: the Sixth Committee adopts resolution moving the draft treaty on Crimes Against Humanity to negotiations. Thanks so much @akilarad.bsky.social @leilasadat1.bsky.social @globaljusticec.bsky.social for your tireless advocacy! ⚖️
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So much drama! So glad to be in this fight with you @akilarad.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
So much drama! So glad to be in this fight with you @akilarad.bsky.social