News & Events

• 14 aug 2017
  Lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld has requested the Dutch Ministry of Defense for detailed information concerning Dutch involvement, as a member of the international coalition in Iraq, in airstikes on a convoy that left civilian casualties. More info

• 7-8 July 2017
  Conference on Access to Justice for victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Turkey recognizes change of direction necessary in pursuit of accountability
  
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• Reparations to be paid by Dutch State to families of evacuated Srebrenica Bosniaks
  
  On 27 June 2017 The Court of Appeal in Den Haag awarded reparations to family members, known as the ‘Mothers of Srebrenica’, of 350 Bosniak men and boys who were evacuated from the UN/Dutchbat compound on 13 July 1995. More info
  Photo: Claimants in Mothers of Srebrenica case arriving at the Appeals Court Tuesday 27 June 2017, Remko de Waal/ANP

• Nuhanovic Foundation sponsors civil claim against Israeli military for deadly Gaza attacks

  

  In June Dutch lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld sent a ‘notice of liability’ to the Chief Commander of the Israeli defense forces. More info

• New! Amsterdam University Fund awards grant to Syria Legal Network and UvA students
  
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  Final Report of the Judges who participated in the hearings... more info

• Prosecuting Syrian war crimes before European courts
  
  Lecture by Wolfgang Kaleck
  director of the ECCHR
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• Nuhanovic Foundation and UvA War Reparations Centre develop two new legal databases on Syria and Drones Here, you can find up to date information on reparations for victims of both the Syrian Conflict and (covert U.S.) drone strikes…more

• The legal labyrinth of the Syrian conflict
  Lecture 19 April 2017

  

  Special lecture by Terry Gill, Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam.
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• Round Table Strategic Human Rights Litigation – 17-18 February 2017
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  Prof. Duffy presented her report on the impact of strategic human rights litigation (SHRL). More info
  
  

• Lecture by Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar Al-Bunni: the situation in Syria and accountability for international crimes
  
  
  More info on Facebook or www.syrialegalnetwork.nl
  Organized by Nuhanovic Foundation, Syria Legal Network.nl, Amnesty International

• September 2016 | The International People’s Tribunal on Crimes against Humanity Indonesia 1965 - judgement available now! Also see website Tribunal 1965.

• Lecture 26 August 2016
  Accountability for war crimes: the case of Syria by Mohammad Al Abdallah, Executive Director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Center. Organized by the War Reparations Center (UvA), Syria Legal Network-NL and the Nuhanovic Foundation.

• July 20: International People’s Tribunal on Crimes against Humanity Indonesia 1965 judgement out! 

• NF co-hosted a public event on International Investigations into War Crimes in Syria.
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• Nuhanovic Foundation co-founder of Syria Legal Network NL for training and capacity sharing on justice and reparations
  In March 2016 the Nuhanovic Foundation co-founded the Syria Legal Network NL supporting Syrian lawyers and human rights activists residing in the Netherlands and providing training in the field of transitional justice.

• NF Reparations Lecture in Dubrovnik this summer
  For the second time Nuhanovic Foundation researcher Kate Clark has lectured on the international law of war reparations at the summer university organised by the Geoffrey Nice Foundation, in Dubrovnik 12-15 July

• Nuhanovic Foundation supports the civil proceedings before a Dutch court by Somali victims of a US drone attack in 2014
  In January 2014 two children were killed by an American missile. The US operation was meant to eliminate Ahmed Godane and resulted in the killing of several Al Shabaab members... more

• Symposium on Indonesia's 1965 genocide
  The Nuhanovic Foundation supported the International People’s Tribunal 1965 on Indonesia, held in The Hague, the Netherlands November 2015... more

• June 2016 | Strategic Litigation Project The Nuhanovic Foundation, in collaboration with Helen Duffy is working on the ‘Strategic Litigation’ project... more

• Nuhanovic Foundation undertakes study into the re-use of frozen assets
  In cooperation with law students of the University of Amsterdam, the Nuhanovic Foundation is undertaking a study on the legal framework of the possibilities of the re-use of frozen assets by victims of violations human rights and international humanitarian law... more

• Nuhanovic Foundation new board members
  In May 2016 lawyers Tosca Urbanus and Szilvia Csevár and Frank van Vliet, business administrator of Erasmus University, were welcomed as new board members. More information on our page, ‘Who we are’ soon! 

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