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End the crackdown on LGBTI+ organisations and Human Rights Defenders
The Mojust Foundation condemns the raids, arrests, searches, seizures and access-blocking measures targeting LGBTI+ organisations,…
Reading Violence Against Women from the Perpetrator to the Structure
Violence against women is often addressed within the narrow boundaries of criminal law. When a woman is killed, disappears, is subjected to sexual assault, or dies under suspicious…
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Mojust remembers solemnly the massacre of Halabja
The Mesopotamia Observatory of Justice, Mojust, remembers solemnly the mass massacre perpetrated on March 16,…
Report: Pressure on the Kurdish language continues in Turkey
The annual report titled “Systematic Violations Against the Kurdish Language and Culture in Turkey – 2025”, prepared…
Iran: The rupture of legitimacy and the security cartel
The ability of the modern state to maintain its monopoly on violence depends not only…
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From Security to Power: Reconstituting the Syrian State
The conflict that has unfolded in Syria since 2011 represents more than a civil war;…
The Post-2015 Kurdish Regime and Rojava
The year 2015 can be considered a critical threshold at which a clear shift in…
Algeria’s Parliament Adopts Law Criminalising French Colonisation
On 24 December 2025, Algeria’s Parliament unanimously adopted a law aimed at criminalising French colonisationduring the…
UN: Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip
Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of…
Opinion
Starvation as Extermination in Gaza: A Legal Analysis
The military operations launched by Israel against the Gaza Strip in October 2023, and now…
Recognition of Genocide in Victoria: Legal Reflections on a Historic Decision
In July 2025, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, an independent truth-telling body in the Australian state…
Conference on LGBTQI+ Rights in Incarceration
The Mojust Foundation is pleased to announce an upcoming conference focusing on the rights of…
Israeli strikes on Rafah: Call for respect of International Law
The Mojust Foundation (Mesopotamia Observatory of Justice) expresses its deepest indignation and concern over the…
Legal Proceedings Against Israel at The Hague
In a groundbreaking legal move, the Republic of South Africa has initiated a case against…
Trial of Sonko for Alleged Crimes Against Humanity Opens in Switzerland
Ousman Sonko, a former Gambian Interior Minister, is being tried in Switzerland from January 8…
Armenia Joins The ICC in a Geopolitical Tightrope
Azerbaijan has gained full control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, leading to mass exodus of…
Former Algerian Minister of Defense Khaled Nezzar arrested in Switzerland
Former Algerian Minister of Defense, Khaled Nezzar, is set to stand trial in Switzerland on…
In memoriam for the victims of Dersim Genocide
On 4 May 1937, the Council of Ministers of Turkey, in close collaboration with the…
Tremblement de terre : Drame humanitaire et crimes de masse
Le 6 février 2023, deux tremblements de terre ont frappé la Turquie et la Syrie…
On the current events in Iran and Rojhilat
The history of the Kurds indicates that betrayal and treachery has played an essential role…
The Law, “Othered” Asylum seekers and the UK
In an interview, Margaret Owen OBE, a barrister, international women’s human rights activist, patron of…
Turkey’s destruction of Kurdish cemeteries
A recently published report of mine - ‘Turkey’s Destruction of Kurdish Graves’ – published by…
Tsitsekun*: The Circassian genocide will neither be forgotten nor forgiven !
« What happened was a terrible tragedy, but it wasn’t intentional » « ...to suppress…
Persecution of human rights defenders in Turkey
Friday’s conviction of four human rights defenders of terrorism charges in Istanbul continues the pattern…
Three opposition MPs in Turkey removed from office and arrested
Three opposition MPs in Turkey had their parliamentary immunity revoked and were arrested on Thursday…
The legacy of state of emergency rule in Turkey
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our lives and enjoyment of rights. The now-familiar curfews…
Watching History Slowly Disappear : Hasankeyf
“Those who opposed (the project) were accused of being political. Even if you’re an environmentalist,…
UN Condemns Iran’s Execution of Child Offenders
United Nations experts have expressed shock and dismay at Iran’s execution of a second child…
