Gissou Nia
gissounia.bsky.social
Gissou Nia
@gissounia.bsky.social
Lawyer specialized in international criminal and human rights law. Founder & director of @slpjustice.bsky.social.
Iranian human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been temporarily released on medical furlough from Evin prison for 21 days.

A first photo shows writing on her palm that says: no to gender apartheid.
December 4, 2024 at 4:33 PM
My full comment here (and screenshots for anyone who has unsubscribed):

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 29, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Did you see the WaPo editorial board’s deeply flawed piece the other day that said the International Criminal Court cannot prosecute democratically elected leaders?

I sure did. So I wrote my first ever letter to the editor.
November 29, 2024 at 6:08 AM
My take:
November 23, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Amazing moment from the United Nations Sixth Committee today when the crimes against humanity draft treaty moved to negotiations!

A step forward for the prevention and punishment of bad acts and bad actors and a vehicle for us to codify gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.
November 23, 2024 at 2:04 AM
On potential behavior change for Israel’s allies and next procedural steps:
November 22, 2024 at 3:37 AM
On the US-ICC relationship:
November 22, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Bits of a BBC interview on the issuance of ICC arrest warrants in the situation of Palestine.

Since Israel decided to take out the Hamas suspects on the prosecutor’s list through kinetic means (with Deif still there just in name at this point) I focused on the impact for Netanyahu and Gallant.
November 22, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Spread the word
August 23, 2023 at 12:31 AM