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“Today marks the beginning of the first transitional justice trial in Syria”
By Karam Amer
On April 27 Major General Atef Najib, the former Head of a Political Security Branch under the Assad regime, appeared for the first time before his judges in Damascus. The moment felt historical, and loaded with anger and uncertainty.
Dead Men Walking - Episode 2: International Law
By Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT)
In this second episode of our new podcast, "Dead Men Walking", produced by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) in collaboration with Justice Info, we turn our attention to international law.
In Iran, portraits of victims believed to have been killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Tehran are on display in the street in front of the destroyed building. Flowers have also been placed on the ground. AI, international law, and the Minab test
By Louis Perez
The war in Iran highlights the U.S. and Israeli militaries’ reliance on military artificial intelligence. Yet the bombing of a school in Minab, which killed 170 civilians, did not set off any alarms.
In Iran, the population is both a victim of US-Israeli aggression and a victim of repression by the Iranian regime. What hope is there for justice? Photo: Two Iranians walk past a mural commemorating schoolchildren from Minab who are believed to have been killed by a missile. School desks and benches are laid out on the pavement. Iranians between a rock and hard place
By Julia Crawford
Since February 28, 2026, Iranians have found themselves targeted by two opposing forces: US-Israeli airstrikes and aggression; and their own government, which has stepped up repression. What hopes for justice?
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“Living with US sanctions means living in constant uncertainty” A total of 11 judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the US government. Some have come public about how it's deeply affected their daily life. And it’s unclear what protection they may enjoy.
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Illustration showing a concrete mixer truck (with the Lafarge logo printed on it) stopped at a checkpoint manned by several figures dressed in black, armed and wearing balaclavas. A long arm extends from the truck, holding a suitcase filled with banknotes bearing the image of Bashar al-Assad. On the side is an ISIS flag. War and business: Lafarge in the dock
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At the Lundin trial in Sweden, two former executives of the oil company are on trial for alleged complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan. Illustration: Ian Lundin and Alexandre Schneiter are drowned in a pool of oil. Conflict rages in the background. War and oil: Lundin in the dock
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Fighting gender-based crimes - Illustration: a crime scene (police banner and numbered exhibits) where the silhouette of a character marked on the ground is filled in with the colors of the LGBTQ+ community's rainbow flag. The Fight Against Gender Crimes
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What justice for enforced disappearances around the world? © Marina Margarina / Justice Info The disappeared who will never be forgotten
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Félicien Kabuga, in a wheelchair, seems to be running away from a huge blood-red Félicien Kabuga, the last judgment
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Illustration mettant en scène des hommes et femmes d'affaire flottant sur un océan déchaîné. Certains semblent confiants et d'autres paniquent. Au fond, un radeau flotte transportant un magistrat en robe (mat symolisant la balance de la justice). Corporations face the rising tide of justice
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Religious people (in small format) are lined up to confess in turn to the ear of a church member (in large format) who hides one eye while listening with one ear. The Church and its sexual crimes
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Colonial crimes: a chess game to negotiate reparations, restitution, truth and the duty to remember Hour of reckoning for colonial crimes
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Massaquoi trial in Liberia The Massaquoi Affair: the Finnish model put to the test
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ICC's Trust Fund for Victims (TFV): a failure The failure of the ICC Victims Fund
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Portrait (drawing) of Frédéric Mégret (lawyer specialising in international law), who answers questions from Justice Info on Ukraine, the United States and international law more broadly.
“Ukraine has done itself and international law a service”
23 February 2026 by Franck Petit
After four years of war in Ukraine and a year since Donald Trump returned to power, international law seems more threatened than ever, and its role in peace negotiations is being challenged. But the example of Ukraine, which is establishing a “regional” tribunal for the crime of aggression created by the Council of Europe, shows us “a space for the extension and survival of international law even at the worst moment of its crisis,” according to Frédéric Mégret.
Justice for Syria: what are the various initiatives for justice for Syria around the world, at the national level (in Syria or elsewhere, under universal jurisdiction) or at the international level (via the ICJ and UN bodies)? Image: world map with a photo of Sednaya prison (Syria) seen from the air and a portrait of Bashar al-Assad superimposed on it.
Justice for Syria: who is doing what?
8 December 2025 by Hannah El-Hitami
One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, on 7 December 2024, the landscape of justice for grave violations of international law in Syria has transformed. Some transitional justice institutions have been established in Syria. And there have never been so many active Syrian cases under universal jurisdiction. 
Justice for Gaza: what are the various initiatives for justice for Gaza around the world, at the national and international levels (via the ICC, the ICJ, and the UN)? Image: world map with a photo of a completely destroyed street in Gaza, seen from the sky, superimposed on it.
Justice for Gaza: who is doing what?
4 November 2025 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
It’s a battle outside the battlefield, and it is worrying the State of Israel: in January 2025, the Israeli army warned its soldiers about possible arrests when they travel abroad. Since the start of the offensive in Gaza launched after the attack on October 7, 2023, two international courts have been seized: the International Criminal Court, which has issued arrest warrants, and the International Court of Justice, whose decisions have been supported by resolutions of the UN General Assembly. At the same time, the Human Rights Council has set up a commission, which has concluded that a “genocide” is taking place. Finally, complaints have been filed in dozens of national courts, and universal jurisdiction proceedings have been opened around the world.
In the footsteps of Roger Lumbala, on trial in France for crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Photo: Path under the trees in the heart of the equatorial forest in Ituri. People walk or ride motorcycles in a mystical, luminous atmosphere.
“Wiping the slate meant erasing everything: our property, our people”
14 November 2025 by Claude Sengenya
In Mambasa, deep in Democratic Republic of Congo equatorial forest, we trace crimes that are being tried 6,000 kilometres away in Paris, in Roger Lumbala’s trial that opened on November 12.
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20 March 2026
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19 January 2026
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24 March 2026
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17 April 2026
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