The Mojust Foundation is pleased to announce an upcoming conference focusing on the rights of LGBTQI+ individuals in incarceration settings and beyond. This event aims to address the severe restrictions and inequalities faced by people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other identities (LGBTQI+), particularly in regions where their rights are heavily […]
Mojust (Observatoire de la Justice de Mésopotamie- Mesopotamia Observatory of Justice) exprime sa plus vive indignation et inquiétude face aux frappes israéliennes qui ont récemment visé un camp de déplacés à Rafah, dans la bande de Gaza, causant la mort de nombreux civils. Cet acte constitue une violation flagrante et grave du droit international humanitaire. […]
The Mojust Foundation (Mesopotamia Observatory of Justice) expresses its deepest indignation and concern over the recent Israeli strikes targeting a displaced persons camp in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of numerous civilians. This act constitutes a flagrant and severe violation of international humanitarian law. The Israeli offensive in Rafah, located in […]
April 24th marks the 109th anniversary of Metz Yeghern -the Great Evil – when more than one million men, women, and children were exterminated by the ottoman nationalist government in Mesopotamia. Armenian Genocide in 1915 was a prelude to a series of other mass-atrocity crimes such as deportations, ethnic cleansing, mass murders, forced migrations and […]
The Mesopotamia Observatory of Justice, Mojust, remembers solemnly the mass massacre perpetrated on March 16, 1988 in the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq by former dictator Saddam Hussein’s forces. Facing the artillery and air strikes, Kurdish forces had withdrawn to the surrounding zone, leaving behind 5’000 women, children and the elderly who were killed thereafter […]
In a groundbreaking legal move, the Republic of South Africa has initiated a case against the State of Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. This unprecedented case, opened on December 29, 2023, marks a significant moment in international law and relations. Accusation at the Core: South Africa has formally accused […]
Ousman Sonko, a former Gambian Interior Minister, is being tried in Switzerland from January 8 for alleged crimes against humanity committed in his home country between 2000 and 2016. The highly anticipated trial, held at the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona, is expected to last until January 30. This trial is seen by victim associations […]
Azerbaijan has gained full control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, leading to mass exodus of Armenians from the enclave. In a move to prevent further attacks from Azerbaijan on Armenia and hold it responsible for potential war crimes, Armenia ratified the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, on October 3. But […]
Former Algerian Minister of Defense, Khaled Nezzar, is set to stand trial in Switzerland on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The prospect of this trial rekindles hope for justice for the victims of the Algerian civil war. This historic case will feature the highest-ranking military official ever to be charged with such […]
Today, we solemnly commemorate the ninth anniversary of the horrific genocide committed by ISIS against the Êzîdî community in the Sinjar region of Mosul on August 3, 2014. This relentless attack resulted in the death of thousands of Yazidis Kurds, while an estimated 6,410 people, primarily women and children, were captured. MESOPOTAMIA OBSERVATORY OF JUSTICE […]
