IICI is glad to announce that the Government of Canada, through Global Affairs Canada, is providing funding and other partnership support for the implementation of the Murad Code (that is, the Global Code of Conduct for Gathering and Using Information about Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence)…
After 20 years of collaboration, IICI is delighted that our training relationship with the Dutch School of Peace Operations has now been formalised in a covenant signed by Brigadier General Roland de Jong, Commander of the Education & Training Command of the Royal Netherlands Army…
IICI is pleased to announce the publication of our 2022 annual report. In the last year, we trained people from 54 different organisations and 46 different countries, as well as launching the Murad Code. Thanks to all the trainers who take time away from their other…
IICI is glad to announce that the Murad code (that is, the Global Code of Conduct for Gathering and Using Information about Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence) now also is available in Bosnian, Sorani Kurdish, Nepali, Burmese, Amharic, Tigrinya and Swahili. These new translations and the…
IICI hosted a panel discussion on the theme “The Murad Code: how to implement it” at the PSVI conference of 28-29 November 2022 in London. The video-recording of the session can be found here. The panellists mainly focused on cooperation across sectors, by funders, governments, the media, humanitarian actors…
Our annual report for 2021 is out now. In 2021 IICI ran 19 courses, training over 170 participants from 42 countries. You can access the report here: 2021 Annual Report. 2022 has proven to be a busy year as well: training members of the Ethiopian Inter-Ministerial Task Force investigation…
The Institute for International Criminal Investigations has established The Raymond McGrath Scholarship in memory of IICI Founding President, Raymond McGrath. IICI will provide funding for one or more full scholarships each year for persons who display the commitment, personal skills and potential to pursue international…
IICI & Nadia’s Initiative have co-hosted a webinar on Survivor-Centred Documentation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: the Murad Code Project on 14 April 2022 to accompany the release of the Global Code of Conduct for Gathering and Using Information About Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (the “Murad Code”). See the Murad Code Project website for the Code…
IICI is delighted and proud to announce that our former Executive Director and current board member, John Ralston, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to international human rights law. The citation references his leadership of IICI over many years as well as his extensive…
The scholarships will be mainly for our flagship International Investigator Course and will be focussed on candidates who have both an urgent need for the training but lack the means to pay for it. It will be available later in 2022.
IICI has developed a 13-page set of guidelines on remote investigative interviewing: IICI guidelines on remote interviewing. Arabic, French and Spanish translations are also available. PIAC & IICI co-hosted and recorded a webinar on this topic. See the publications & resources page for more information.
The development of the Global Code of Conduct for the Documentation and Investigation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (the “Murad Code”) and other Murad Code Project components are progressing well. We are very grateful for the support and feedback already received. Please visit the Murad Code Project website…
Our annual report for 2020 is out now. IICI provided training to investigators and other related professionals from 38 organisations across the world last year, thanks to your support.
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…
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 received. Please visit the Project website…
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 used by state agencies…
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 news on…
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 & further development. It is named the “Murad Code”,…
IICI is pleased to announce the publication of our 2019 Annual Report.
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…
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 collaboration between the Preventing Sexual…
IICI is pleased to announce the publication of our 2018 Annual Report.
As part of a 2-year long capacity-building project supported by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on documenting sexual violence in conflict, IICI is publishing training materials to accompany the second (March 2017) edition of the FCO’s International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence…
As part of a 2-year long capacity-building project on documenting sexual violence in conflict, IICI and REDRESS are publishing Iraq-, Burma- and Sri Lanka-specific supplements to the second edition of the FCO’s International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict (IP2) in English,…
Following the conviction of Ratko Mladić for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity on 22 November 2017, IICI would like to express its admiration to all those current and former IICI trainers who at various stages worked on the investigation and prosecution of Mladić…
The Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI) and Justice Rapid Response (JRR) will hold an Advanced Course on Investigation of Crimes and Violations Involving Children (AICVIC) on 4-8 December 2017 in The Hague. The course is a continuation of the JRR-IICI effort to increase international investigative and documentation expertise on…
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The Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI), with the assistance of external experts, has developed guidelines for investigating conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence against men and boys to assist criminal-justice and human-rights investigators, reporters and monitors (“investigators”) around the globe to fully and properly monitor,…
The Murad Code Project is a global, consultative initiative involving partners from across the globe, including survivors and other individuals, civil-society organisations, governments, inter-governmental and other international organisations, and funders. The project’s goal is to help ensure that the gathering and use of information about…
IICI has started developing written guidelines for the accountability-focused investigation of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and systematic and grave human rights violations against and otherwise affecting children. The audience of the guidelines will include international and national criminal and human rights investigators, as…
In partnership with REDRESS and Justice Rapid Response, IICI was the overall coordinator for a training and mentoring project supported by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Aimed mainly at enhancing the capacity of civil society to document conflict-related SGBV, the project focused on four…
IICI, after consultation with a group of experts, has developed guidelines for investigating conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence against men and boys. They were developed in order to help plug an important gap. Responding to the international community’s growing awareness and understanding of conflict-related SGBV against…