Alex Neve

Such encouraging news out of California. Abolition of the death penalty draws closer, one step at a time. Today California took us 548 steps closer.

amnestyusa.org/press-releases…

To the US electorate: thank you. We so very much needed that.

To the newly elected Congress: bring your backbone and principles. There is much to stand up to, end, fix, create, undo and do.

To all the rest of us: be engaged. The power - to make change happen - is in our hands.

This is so timely and so very important. If you are able to find your way to Quebec City on Wednesday, November 4, you need to be here. Convened by the @CDIPH_ChaireJIP at @universitelaval's Faculty of Law, we have an incredible opportunity to spend the day with Tomoko Akane, the President of the International Criminal Court.

I'm looking forward to joining two of the sessions, a public symposium panel with wonderful colleagues exploring the imperative of "Confronting International Crimes: Building an Architecture of Justice," and then a conversation with President Akane following her evening keynote address. And there is much more...

President Akane's visit comes at a time when the @IntlCrimCourt is under unrelenting attack from powerful governments, led by Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, determined to defend absolute impunity for atrocity crimes and dismantle the vital project of international justice that human rights defenders, civil society organizations and 120+ other governments (including Canada) have so assiduously built up over the past 25+ years.

It is an incredible opportunity to listen, learn, engage, strategize, and lay out the road for renewed collective action.

Registration link is here: event.fourwaves.com/ul-cpi. Or the QR code below.

The concern that should be uppermost for every Israeli as they vote tomorrow:

"Israel has committed war crimes and the crimes against humanity of extermination, persecution, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians as it continues to commit genocide in Gaza, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today."

ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

I am so very much looking forward to this timely, important conversation with @MoniaMazigh, Tuesday, Oct 27, 6 - 8 pm. Ottawa friends, I hope you are able to join us.