Legal Briefs & Recommendations
Gender Justice
- Just Security | Progress on Gender Justice Continues as States Consider Next Steps on Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (11/18/2024)
- Just Security | On the Significance and Potential of a Non-Definition: The “Gender” Debate in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (10/2/2024)
- Just Security | Support Grows for Gender Justice at UN Session on Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (5/23/2024)
- Just Security | Signals of Support for Gender Justice in the Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity (1/19/2024)
- Just Security | Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty: Toward a Gender Progressive, Survivor-Centric, Intersectional Approach (11/13/2023)
- Coalition Letter | Joint Call to Advance Gender Justice in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention (10/5/2023)
- Global Justice Center | Advancing Gender Justice in the Draft International Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (8/23/2023)
- Just Security | Progress, Resistance, and Silence on Gender Justice in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (6/6/2023)
Gender Apartheid
- End Gender Apartheid | Q&A: Codifying Gender Apartheid as a Crime against Humanity under International Law (November 2025)
- Just Security | More States Open to Considering Gender Apartheid for Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (5/24/2024)
- Just Security | Why the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Should Codify Gender Apartheid (10/5/2023)
- Legal Brief | Joint Call to Amend the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention to Encompass Gender Apartheid (10/5/2023)
Reproductive Violence
- Just Security | Strengthening Reproductive Autonomy in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (11/22/2023)
- Legal Brief | Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity Should Advance Justice for Reproductive Autonomy [Summary] (10/5/2023)
Slave Trade
- Just Security | Time to Enumerate the Slave Trade as a Distinct Provision in the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty (11/15/2023)
- Legal Brief | Including the Slave Trade in the Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (10/5/2023)
Forced Marriage
- Legal Brief | The Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention and Forced Marriage [Summary] (10/5/2023)
Victims & Survivors
- Legal Brief | Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention Must Center Victims and Survivors (11/21/2023)
Justice for Children
- Whitepaper | Justice for Children in the Future Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity [Español | Français | اللغة العربية] (May 2025)
Persons With Disabilities
- Legal Brief | Towards Inclusive Justice: Addressing Persons with Disabilities in the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (November 2025)
- Just Security | The U.N. Process for a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Has Finally Started. Will It Account for Persons with Disabilities? (5/26/2023)
Environmental Destruction
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law | Proposed addition to Article 2 of the Draft articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (3/30/2024)
General Recommendations
- Human Rights Watch | Recommendations for the International Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (October 2025)
- Amnesty International | A Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: Further Recommendations (10/20/2025)
- Amnesty International | General Recommendations to States for a Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity (3/3/2023)
- Global Justice Center & Washington University School of Law | Options to Advance the ILC Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity (6/29/2022)
UN Recordings & Summaries
November 2024 Session of the Sixth Committee
- 38th meeting (November 22, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
- 39th meeting (November 22, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
October 2024 Session of the Sixth Committee
- 8th meeting (October 9, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- 9th meeting (October 10, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
- 10th meeting (October 10, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- 11th meeting (October 14, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
April 2024 Session of the Sixth Committee
- 38th meeting (April 1, 10:00am – 1:00pm)
- 39th meeting (April 1, 3:00pm – 6:00pm)
- 40th meeting (April 2, 10:00am – 1:00pm)
- 41st meeting (April 2, 3:00pm – 6:00pm)
- 42nd meeting (April 3, 10:00am – 1:00pm)
- 43rd meeting (April 3, 3:00pm – 6:00pm)
- 44th meeting (April 4, 10:00am – 1:00pm)
- 45th meeting (April 4, 3:00pm – 6:00pm)
- 46th meeting (April 5, 3:30pm – 6:00pm)
- 47th meeting (April 11, 10:00am – 1:00pm)
October 2023 Session of the Sixth Committee
- 9th meeting (October 11, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 10th meeting (October 12, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 11th meeting (October 12, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
April 2023 Session of the Sixth Committee
- 37th meeting (April 10, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 38th meeting (April 10, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
- 39th meeting (April 11, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 40th meeting (April 11, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
- 41st meeting (April 12, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 42nd meeting (April 12, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
- 43rd meeting (April 13, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 44th meeting (April 13, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
- 45th meeting (April 14, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
October-November 2022 Sessions of the Sixth Committee
- 9th meeting (October 10, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 10th meeting (October 10, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
- 11th meeting (October 11, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
- 36th meeting (November 18, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary