Children are not collateral damage—they are the silent victims whose protection must guide every response to conflict.”
Tag: Accountability
Syria’s Path to Justice: Transitional Mechanisms and the Challenge of Accountability
Without accountability and answers for the missing, any path to peace in Syria risks reinforcing the conditions that enabled mass atrocities.”
Landmines and Cluster Munitions in Ukraine: Ongoing Civilian Harm
Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing Allegations in Gaza and the West Bank
The current legal scrutiny reflects not only the scale of civilian harm, but the growing centrality of intent, conduct, and accountability in assessing potential atrocity crimes.”
Forced Disappearance: Coercion, Control, and the Erosion of Legal Order
Forced disappearance functions not only as a method of repression, but as a systemic tool to instill fear, dismantle dissent, and operate beyond the reach of law.”
Sudan Conflict
The scale and pattern of abuses in Sudan raise urgent concerns under international humanitarian and human rights law, including the risk of further mass atrocity crimes.”
On the Ground in Gaza
Everywhere you turn, there is evidence of death.” — Chad Thornson, TGR Deputy Director
The Crime of Aggression:The ICC’s Fourth Core Crime and Its Role in Mass Atrocity
Aggressive war is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime.” —Nuremberg Tribunal Judgment
Genocide in Gaza: Legal Thresholds, Evidence, and the Escalating Risk of Mass Atrocity
Famine and Atrocities in Sudan: War, Starvation, and Civilian Targeting Across a Collapsing State
Without more resources, we will not be able to prevent a famine.” —OCHA Representative in Sudan