Strategic Litigation Project

Injecting fresh thinking into how governments and practitioners use legal tools to advance human rights and accountability. An @AtlanticCouncil initiative.

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

The most recent edition of the SLP Newsletter is available NOW! Read online and subscribe for quarterly updates on our work advancing accountability for atrocity crimes and human rights violations around the world.⚖️

https://t.co/95ljvFpIlG

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

Don't miss SLP Nonresident Senior Fellow Courtney Spivey Urschel at today's online webinar hosted by the @ABAesq on addressing human rights crimes in US courts. ⚖️

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

Hear opening remarks from @shelbyjmag and a panel discussion featuring Ilya Nuzov, Rosemary Tollo, Maria Tomak, & Dmytro Usov, moderated by @Celeste_Kmiotek.

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

JUNE 5 | 10:00am ET

Join @SLPJustice and @ACEurasia for a virtual discussion on Russia’s predatory recruitment of foreign fighters in its war in Ukraine, featuring the authors of a new @fidh_en and @truth_hounds report.

Register:
https://t.co/6WRoAL4xMK

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

🗓️ JUNE 5 @ 10:00 am ET | How is Russia exploiting foreign nationals in its war against Ukraine?

@ACEurasia and @SLPJustice host a virtual panel moderated by @Celeste_Kmiotek, featuring Ilya Nuzov, Rosemary Tollo, Maria Tomak, & Dmytro Usov.

Register ⬇️
https://t.co/FwnPMo2IBW

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

🗓️ FRIDAY @ 10:00 am ET | How is Russia exploiting foreign nationals in its war against Ukraine?

@ACEurasia and @SLPJustice host a virtual panel moderated by @Celeste_Kmiotek, featuring Ilya Nuzov, Rosemary Tollo, Maria Tomak, & Dmytro Usov.

Register ⬇️
https://t.co/FwnPMo2IBW

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

Congratulations to SLP Founder & Director @GissouNia
for once again being named as one of @washingtonian's 500 Most Influential Leaders of Washington DC!

https://t.co/HOFTIjsCYF

[ACGlobalChina @ACGlobalChina]

President Trump has a unique opportunity to free our colleague @RayhanAsat's brother, Ekpar, from detention in Xinjiang. Rayhan's new @washingtonpost op-ed explores how Trump could accomplish what his predecessor could not: https://t.co/aVc9391yof

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

📢 Don’t miss the SLP team at #ASIL2026 this week!

See upcoming discussions on domestic and international justice mechanisms and country panels on Iran and Sudan featuring SLP Deputy Director @NushinSarkarati and SLP Senior Legal and Policy Advisor Alyssa Yamamoto.

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

Beijing’s long arm of transnational repression extends to Chinese dissidents, pro-democracy activists, and Uyghur diaspora communities around the world, writes @SLPJustice’s @RayhanAsat.

Read more ⤵️
https://t.co/ixFzDB5vb0

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

The Islamic Republic of Iran should be held accountable for its role in supplying Russia with the means to carry out international crimes against civilians in Ukraine, write @SLPJustice’s Haydee Dijkstal and @BrittGronemeyer.

Read more:
https://t.co/GozLQ2IBYw

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

Evidence suggests the IRI enabled Russian attacks on Ukraine through the provision of Shahed-style drones.

@brittgronemeyer and @dijkstal argue States should use domestic and international pathways to hold perpetrators accountable.

Read their analysis:
https://t.co/I5m7ec5PRw

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

A big welcome to our new fellow, Godfrey Odongo!

@dr_odongo is a lawyer with more than two decades of advocacy, research, policy, and teaching experience on international law, human rights, and governance.

Read Godfrey’s full expert page below⚖️
https://t.co/Acuv7RoiYr

[Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes @StateDRL]

It’s been 10 years since Uyghur entrepreneur Ekpar Asat was detained by the Chinese government after participating in a State Department program in the US. We once again call for his immediate and unconditional release so he can be reunited with his loved ones.

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

How is the international human rights system responding to growing geopolitical instability and challenges to authority?

Catch SLP’s Alyssa Yamamoto at tomorrow’s Bernstein Symposium at @YaleLawSch for a panel on human rights in a shifting global order.

https://t.co/xHFSa0qbjB

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

“No international or domestic prosecutions have meaningfully addressed Iran’s secondary liability for Shahed-enabled crimes.”

SLP’s @celeste_kmiotek and IPHR’s Anastasiya Donets unpack how the IRI can be held accountable for Russia’s drone war:

https://t.co/eIF0dNVnDU

[Embassy of Poland U.S. @PolishEmbassyUS]

We were proud to partner with @SLPJustice, IPHR, and @C4ADS to present a new report entitled "From Tehran to Kyiv: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Role in Russia’s Drone War" at our Embassy yesterday.

The report, authored by our partners, can be read⬇️
https://t.co/BXzG3a6KKf

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

🔴 LIVE | @SLPJustice discusses how the Iranian regime can be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia, featuring Anastasiya Donets, @Mai_Nikoladze, @celeste_kmiotek, and @zerkzal, moderated by @hdagres.

Watch live:
https://t.co/7O2xWGDFRa

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

TOMORROW | 10:00 am ET

Join the SLP, in partnership with @PolishEmbassyUS, IPHR, and @c4ads, for a virtual discussion launching the report “From Tehran to Kyiv: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Role in Russia’s Drone War.”

Watch here ⬇️
https://t.co/7O2xWGDFRa

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

HAPPENING NOW | How the UN can respond to the arbitrary detention and repression of Uyghurs

Register at the link below to watch live ⬇️
https://t.co/yV7WjOsSaj

[Strategic Litigation Project @SLPJustice]

TOMORROW | 8:00am ET | 1:00pm CET

Don't miss the SLP's #UNHRC61 side event on international responses to the transnational repression and arbitrary detention of Uyghur communities.

Register at the link below ⤵️
https://t.co/yV7WjOsSaj