Activity Report 2025
From Atrocity to Accountability
Documenting the First Years of Survivor-Centered Accountability Efforts Following the October 7 Atrocities
We:
Represent victims directly.
Lead a strategic, multi-jurisdictional legal front on their behalf.
Build the evidentiary foundations for accountability.
Advance policy change for long-term impact on victims' rights in response to mass atrocities.
About the Report
On October 8, 2023, survivors and families affected by the attacks told us:
"We have no one to speak to."
In the absence of established accountability pathways, October 7 Justice Without Borders (O7J) filled this critical gap and emerged as an emergency, targeted pro bono legal response to a moment of profound trauma, uncertainty, and institutional unpreparedness.
What began in those first days has since evolved into a survivor-centered international accountability initiative operating across jurisdictions, courts, UN mechanisms, and evidentiary frameworks, advancing criminal, civil, and corporate accountability on behalf of more than 460 victims from over 20 crime sites.
From Atrocity to Accountability documents our legal action and the journey toward accountability from October 8, 2023, to December 2025—including the release of the last hostage in January 2026, while acknowledging that not all missing persons have yet been returned.
Read more about what it means in practice to advance victims' rights to truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-recurrence.
Looking Ahead
As accountability efforts continue to evolve across jurisdictions and institutions, O7J remains committed to expanding victim representation, strengthening evidentiary foundations, advancing strategic legal action, and contributing to the development of survivor-centered accountability frameworks.
The work documented in this report reflects not only what has been built so far, but also the long-term effort that still lies ahead.