Raymond M. McGrath, 1949-2020
The Board and staff of the IICI mourn the loss of our beloved founder and President, Raymond McGrath, who died 11 November, 2020. Raymond was a Renaissance Man of intellect and wit who conceptualized the idea of the Institute in the 1990s as he witnessed the creation...
read moreGlobal Consultations on Draft Murad Code: feedback deadline extended
IICI has extended the deadline for feedback on the draft Global Code of Conduct for the Documentation and Investigation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (the draft “Murad Code”) to 31 January 2021. We are very grateful for the support and feedback already...
read moreWe are pleased to announce the publication of a new book written by a long-time friend to and trainer at IICI, John Tobin.
A Terrible Aberration: When doctors and health professionals compromise their medical ethics at the bidding of the state In this book he examines from the standpoint of medical ethics and international humanitarian law how the medical and associated professions can be...
read moreIICI’s work during the pandemic
The Covid-19 situation continues to prevent IICI from running its normal programme in The Hague for the time being, but we are keeping busy, developing and implementing online training courses for a number of UN agencies and other organisations. With the recent good...
read moreThe institute is deeply saddened to announce the death of former Director, friend and colleague, Jerry Gray. Jerry was a founding Director of the IICI and contributed immensely to the IICI’s establishment, working closely with fellow California based directors,...
read moreLaunch of Draft Murad Code for Global Consultations
IICI and our project partners, the PSVI and Nadia’s Initiative, are delighted to announce the launch of the draft Global Code of Conduct for the Documentation and Investigation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (the draft “Murad Code”) for global consultations &...
read more2019 Annual Report
IICI is pleased to announce the publication of our 2019 Annual Report.
read moreCovid-19 Update
All IICI courses in The Hague have been postponed until such a time that we can safely and responsibly recommence our schedule. We will update our website once we are able to resume in-person courses. In the meantime we are developing some online modules for specific...
read moreGlobal Code of Conduct for the Investigation of Conflict Related Sexual Violence (Murad Code)
IICI is leading a consultative project to develop a survivor-centric global code of conduct for the documentation and investigation of conflict-or atrocity-related sexual violence (CARSV). It is also known as “the Murad code”, after Nadia Murad. The project is a...
read moreTribute to Jerry Gray at Board Meeting on Dec 2, 2019
We mark the occasion of Dr. Jerry Gray’s last IICI board meeting. Jerry has been in the IICI since its inception at Galway in 2001 and his early support of our efforts were particularly critical to its success. Year in and year out his belief in and contribution to...
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