Engineer, agile guru and curler. I prefer to use nightly builds because they're more exciting. Engineering director @ Enablon. @retchless@universeodon.com
Toronto, ON
Joined February 2008
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Rob Retchless retweeted
The #ICC needs the trust of victims/survivors for its legitimacy and survival. It was a pleasure working with the VRWG secretariat and membership to identify key challenges related to early outreach and victim participation and propose recommendations to strengthen that trust.
🔴 Turning Rhetoric into Reform: New #VictimsRightsWorkingGroup (VRWG) paper urges the @IntlCrimCourt to strengthen #outreach and victim #participation.
Victims’ rights are central to the #ICC’s legitimacy, but the Court continues to underfund and sideline outreach and victim participation.
The new VRWG briefing, released during the ICC’s Victims’ Strategy 2025 seminar, outlines 3 key challenges:
🔸 Lack of early, two-way outreach
🔸 Restrictive jurisprudence limiting participation
🔸 Operational barriers & underfunded legal aid
It offers 6 urgent recommendations for the ICC & States Parties:
1️⃣ Institutionalise early, victim-centred outreach
2️⃣ Ensure coherence & consistency in victim participation
3️⃣ Fully implement the 2024 Legal Aid Policy & remove arbitrary caps
4️⃣ Reduce procedural & logistical barriers
5️⃣ Embed evaluation & accountability
6️⃣ Ensure funding & victims’ rights KPIs
In short: Victim participation is not optional. It’s essential to justice and to the ICC’s credibility and survival.
👉 Read the full briefing paper here: fidh.org/IMG/pdf/vrwg_june_2…
📸 REDRESS. A training on victims' rights before the ICC in Uganda
Rob Retchless retweeted
Great to be on the ice @KinrossCurling this weekend. Some solid training sessions and a win in our first practice game of the season.
Our first event of the season will be the Prague Open 5-8 October. – at Kinross, Scotland
Rob Retchless retweeted
Congratulations to #TeamRetchless on winning the English Championship 🏆! They'll represent England at Europeans in November! #HardlineNation #icePad #JoinTheRevolution #HardlineWin
Rob Retchless retweeted
I estimate that I have had around 9 doses of protection from tetanus in my life so far. Influenza? Around 20. Pertussis? Around 6. How many COVID vaccines will I take? As many as I need to keep myself and others safe. #VaccinesWork #COVID19AB #CovidIsNotOver
Rob Retchless retweeted
As a former conservative activist and journalist, it has been so frustrating to see my former compatriots spreading wild and unchecked claims about "voter fraud." @jacknicas of the NYT took a deep look at claims of "dead" people in Michigan voting. Link in next tweet.
Rob Retchless retweeted
If Nevada is decisively Biden, as now seems likely, and everyone calls it, Fox is going to have a crazy tense decision about uncalling Arizona. Because, if they don't, they got to call the whole thing.
Rob Retchless retweeted
"Daddy, tell me again about the 'liberal media'?" #election2019 #IVoteLiberal #voteprogressive #kickScheertothecurb
Rob Retchless retweeted
This might be my favorite picture I’ve taken with the medal. What an adorable kid! Thanks @retchless! @KurlforKids #forthekids xitter.gq/retchless/status/97980… – at Oakville, Ontario
Early morning volunteering at the @HFGFamilies Walk Against Domestic Violence #walkthetalkagainstDV
Hey @TSNCurling... Grammar police here. He LIES one. He is LYING one. Lay is the past tense of lie so he lay one earlier but not now.
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Rob Retchless retweeted
@TSNCurling @TSNVicRauter @RussHoward5 @TeamBernard ENOUGH with the sexist comments on women's curling. Time for an apology.
