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2024 - The year of international justice in pictures

2024 - A year of international justice in pictures

Justice Info is taking a break between 23 December and 5 January. But until we see you again, here are ten powerful images from 2024.
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Trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan (Darfur).

The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC

In Ukraine, a military prisoner, sitting on a chair, is guarded by a soldier in the background, in what looks like an interrogation room.

Ukraine: a two-time deserter convicted of high treason

In Gambia, Yahya Jammeh near the presidential car, escorted by ‘junglers’ (his bodyguards).

Gambia: ECOWAS revises its position

In Liberia, a statue of Prince Y. Johnson has been erected in front of apartment blocks. A group of young people surround it, some sitting on the pedestal.

Prince Y. Johnson: The Great Escape 

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Debates

Opinions
Norway on the road to reconciliation with the Sami indigenous peoples, Kven, Norwegian Finns and Forrest Finns for its “Norwegianization politics” in the past. Photo : traditional dwellings of the Sami people - set up in front of the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament.

The beginning of Norway’s reconciliation process

In-depth interviews
Lucy Gaynor answers Thierry Cruvellier's questions in an in-depth interview about the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Illustration: Gaynor's portrait.

How the UN tribunal for Rwanda shaped the genocide narrative

Transitional justice

Special focus

Other
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

Points of attention

Palestine
The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have been confirmed. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

ICC judges confirm arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

Ukraine
Sexual violence in Ukraine - As a result of the war with Russia, sexual crimes perpetrated by Russian soldiers are on the increase. photo: a woman hides her face with her hands.

“We need an example and people will speak up”

Colombia
JEP and Transitional Justice in Colombia. Photo: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla fighters prepare to be demobilized following the signing of the peace agreement.

Colombia: Going back to the original balance of justice

Syria
International justice for Bashar al-Assad's crimes in Syria. Photo: Broken portrait of Bashar al-Assad next to documents.

“We will follow them wherever they will go”

Central African Republic
International Criminal Court and Special Criminal Court: a duel at the summit of justice in the Central African Republic. Photo: A taxi and a gendarmerie vehicle in a street in Bangui (Central African Republic).

A courts’ chase in Bangui

Democratic Rep. of Congo
In villages in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), survivors of attacks by Ugandan soldiers are waiting to receive reparations. Photo: Three survivors of massacres (seen from behind) in front of a mass grave (not shown) where their relatives are buried.

DRC: with the forgotten people of North Kivu

Iraq
Genocide of the Yazidis - Photo: in Iraq, Yazidi women hold up placards commemorating the invasion of their region by the Islamic State (EI) group in 2014.

Yazidi genocide trial to take place in France

Liberia
Joseph Boakai, the President of Liberia, is having difficulty choosing the head of the war crimes tribunal. Photo: Boakai delivers a speech.

Why it is so hard to appoint a director for Liberia’s war crimes court

Landmarks

Infographic
Mafias, gangs, cartels: mass violence that escapes transitional justice. Illustration: 3 men in hooded sweatshirts are dressed like gang members. In the background, a map of the world.

Mafias, gangs, cartels: mass violence that escapes transitional justice

POINTER
Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda - A man is judged in the midst of the population in a

Genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda: causes, what happened, and justice

Pictures

Video
In Camera episode 4 - Can the Church repair its crimes?

Can the French Church "repair" its crimes?

Photo slideshow
Photo montage from the slideshow illustrating our first Justice Info Correspondents' Meeting in Geneva (November 2023).

A window onto Justice Info’s editorial team

International justice news feed

Our selection of dispatches published by Agence France Presse (AFP)

3 January 2025The horror of Saydnaya jail, symbol of Assad excesses3 January 2025India and Bangladesh begin return of detained fishermen2 January 2025Argentina takes Venezuela's arrest of policeman to ICC2 January 2025UN experts slam Israel's 'blatant assault' on health rights in Gaza2 January 2025Iranian Bahai poet to be re-jailed after heart op: exile group2 January 2025Bangladesh rejects bail for Hindu monk on sedition charges1 January 2025'I'm Still Here': an ode to Brazil resistance1 January 2025Israel's sacked defence minister Gallant quits parliament1 January 2025Carter's Middle East peace legacy survives, but mostly in name31 December 2024Gaza healthcare nearing 'total collapse' due to Israeli strikes: UN

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