{"id":45313,"date":"2020-09-08T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/45313-why-is-cija-needed.html"},"modified":"2020-09-08T15:38:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:38:48","slug":"why-is-cija-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/45313-why-is-cija-needed.html","title":{"rendered":"Why is CIJA needed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Since 2012 there has been a new kid on the block, says our partner from Asymmetrical Haircuts Janet Anderson: the Commission for International Justice and Accountability \u2013 CIJA \u2013 a private entity investigating war crimes. CIJA has remained a rather secretive organization. There have been rumors about its alleged connections to intelligence services. More recently it has been indirectly mentioned in relation to a fraud case. In this Podcast realized in partnership with Justice Info, Nerma Jelacic, deputy director of CIJA addresses these allegations. She explains that her organization currently offers support to 36 law enforcement agencies from 14 countries that are investigating war crimes on which CIJA has gathered evidence, notably in Syria. \u201cThey are our end customers,\u201d says Jelacic. \u201cThey\u2019ve been through the methodology, they\u2019ve been through the evidence of CIJA and it\u2019s their recognition that is the recognition that the model works.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To listen to the podcast, click on the \"play\" button below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/67140132\/#time-0&amp;darkOrLight-Light&amp;shownotes-ffffff&amp;shownotesBackground-ffc72c&amp;download-ffffff&amp;downloadBackground-382e2c&amp;subscribe-ffffff&amp;subscribeBackground-9b9593&amp;share-382e2c&amp;shareBackground-ffffff\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do you do when there are massive atrocities taking place but no international tribunal, no national courts, not even the glimmer of a UN enquiry, yet collecting the evidence? One answer has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/cijaonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIJA \u2013 the Commission for International Justice and Accountability<\/a> \u2013 a private NGO \u201cdedicated to furthering criminal justice efforts through investigations, in order to prevent the loss and destruction of vital evidence for the purpose of supporting prosecutorial efforts to end impunity, whether at the domestic or international level\u201d. Their very early endeavours gathering evidence in Syria, for example, are bearing fruit at trials such as the one in Koblenz, Germany of a senior state official which we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com\/episodes\/justice-update-a-small-town-in-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">featured here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This model has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/fifth\/m\/episodes\/2017-2018\/the-truth-smugglers-the-disappeared-in-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lauded in the media<\/a>. But earlier in 2020 a long running EU investigation into fraud around several NGOs operating in evidence collection in Syria and Iraq brought CIJA some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trouw.nl\/nieuws\/de-oorlogsonderzoekers-in-syrie-liggen-nu-zelf-onder-de-loep~bebc6f05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">negative headlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nerma Jelacic, director for management, talks about what CIJA is now doing. She also talks about the crimes she covered as a journalist in her home town Visegrad, which were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icty.org\/en\/outreach\/documentaries\/crimes-before-the-icty-visegrad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dealt with at the ICTY<\/a>, where she headed up communications.<\/p>\n<p>Because the sound quality got worse near the end we did not ask our usual Asymmetrical Haircuts questions so we have no recommendations to share here. But in the show both Nerma and Stephanie refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/podcasts\/caliphate-isis-rukmini-callimachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caliphate<\/a> the podcast on collecting evidence against ISIS by Rukmini Callimichi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-encadre\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pull-left\" title=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" src=\"media\/Asymmetrical-Haircuts-podcast_logo.png\" alt=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>ASYMMETRICAL HAIRCUTS<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between JusticeInfo.net and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Asymmetrical Haircuts<\/a>, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2012 there has been a new kid on the block, says our partner from Asymmetrical Haircuts Janet Anderson: the Commission for International Justice and Accountability \u2013 CIJA \u2013 a private entity investigating war crimes. 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