Are you looking for a way to make your dinner count for more than just a meal? The IJP is excited to announce its new partnership with Healthy Chef Direct. This gourmet meal company delivers healthy meals right to your doorstep, and each meal–prepared with the freshest ingredients–is 500 calories or less. Now, not only will you get a great meal, but you can also support the IJP and its work with victims of mass atrocities.  With each meal sold, Healthy Chef Direct will donate a portion of its proceeds to the IJP when you enter our code, C03L001 at checkout. Click the picture above to go directly to Healthy Chef Direct and begin ordering now.

By Amy Y. Chen, 2011 Summer Intern

With ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s nine-year term ending in June 2012, the search for the new prosecutor is well underway. The selection of a new prosecutor is a crucial step for the Court and raises many concerns about its future. The Office of the Prosecutor is responsible for investigating and prosecuting alleged crimes and has the ability to significantly shape the direction and focus of the ICC. Continue reading →

By Marline Gay, 2011 Summer Intern

Farmers across Africa and the developing world are left stunned as they are commanded off their land by domestic governments and foreign investors. Many of them are surprised to learn that in most cases, the title to the land that their families have lived on for generations is exclusively vested in the state. Continue reading →

By Kristina Hon, 2011 Summer Legal Intern

In order for the IJP to represent victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the case against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Bashir must first be brought before the Court. As it is unlikely that he will voluntarily surrender, the next logical scenario would be that he is arrested during a trip abroad. Bashir has been nothing, if not brazen, in defying the arrest warrant that the ICC issued in March 2009. Continue reading →

July 17, International Justice Day, commemorates the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a milestone in the history of international justice. In signing the Rome Statute on July 17, 1998, members of the international community came together in the fight against impunity.

The IJP supports this fight through its mission and its work with victims of mass atrocities. In celebration of this day, we invite you to share your thoughts on our Facebook page, tell us what the ICC means to you, and explain how you are advancing international justice.

Related link:  ICC launches celebrations for 17 July – International Criminal Justice Day

Earlier this year, IJP Co-Founder, Raymond M. Brown, sat down to speak with former Prosecutor of the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL), David Crane, at the ICC Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda. Raymond Brown and Wanda Akin Brown were co-counsel in the case involving Morris Kallon, a former Sierra Leonean rebel military commander in the Revolutionary United Front who was convicted by the SCSL on 16 of the 18 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in February 2009.

By IJP Co-Founder, Raymond M. Brown

Whitney Ellsworth was a friend and I shall miss him.

When I joined the Board of Human Rights First (HRF) in the 90′s, he was quick to embrace me and “school” me on the challenges facing human rights organizations. Over the years when HRF tackled seemingly intractable problems, his was the oft heeded gravely voice of wisdom and historical memory  urging us  to face squarely and creatively issues we would like to avoid. In the last several years, he guided Wanda and me as we founded IJP, emailing us “flights” of material and meeting us at the Century Club in NYC to offer pearls on governance, finance and strategy. Continue reading →

The International Justice Project seeks undergraduate, graduate and law students for professional internships, and we have found some great ones for this summer. Go to our 2011 Summer Interns page to meet our current interns.

Click here if you are interested in applying for a Fall 2011 IJP internship.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund 11th Annual Awards of Excellence recognized IJP co-founder, Raymond M. Brown, at its annual dinner on Thursday, 24 March 2011.  The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), named for the U.S. Supreme Court’s first African-American Justice, endeavors to “prepare a new generation of leaders” by  offering financial support to students attending the member schools of the TMCF. Awards of Excellence are presented to individuals who share this commitment to education. This year, the Fund also honored Barbara Bell Coleman, Jerry Izenberg, Lawrence S. Lustberg and Judge Shirley A. Tolentino.

The award was presented to Brown by Wanda M. Akin, IJP Vice President and Brown’s wife, and Deborah Brown Bowles, Brown’s sister.

To read more about the TMCF Awards of Excellence, click here.