Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

Learn what UN members said about denoting violations such as the Afghan Taliban's dystopian repression as a crime in a possible treaty.

Track how States for the first time addressed proposals to better integrate gender justice and the needs of victims and survivors.

Another resolution will be required in October to overcome objections that have blocked advancement of the treaty to formal negotiations.

Iran's new bill shows why the U.N. Sixth Committee should include gender apartheid in the crimes against humanity treaty.

To weaken or condition in any form the duty of States to investigate and prosecute suspected perpetrators would run contrary to the spirit and raison d’etre of a future Convention…

Campaigns and discussions on the plight of Afghanistan's women and girls must address the multifaceted abuse of the gender-apartheid regime.

States' written comments cover issues such as the slave trade, gender apartheid, and strengthening protections for victims and survivors.

In the draft crimes against humanity treaty, States have a historic opportunity to strengthen protections for reproductive autonomy within the framework of international law.

While the Draft Articles include a provision for enslavement, the slave trade and enslavement are distinct international crimes that should be enumerated as crimes against humanity.

Civil society is calling on States to apply a gender-competent, survivor-centric, and intersectional lens to a new convention on crimes against humanity.

An update on the U.N. General Assembly's Sixth Committee session in October, and what to expect for a proposed crimes against humanity treaty.

The draft Crimes against Humanity treaty has the opportunity to recognize gender-based oppression for what it is: a type of apartheid.