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Kursk’s battle goes to court in Moscow
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Moscow's retaking of the Kursk region in March could deprive Ukraine of a bargaining chip in the peace talks. And according to the Justice Info tally, 67 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk have been tried.
Sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa. Photo: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo celebrates mass in a church in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo). Sexual violence in the Church: the African taboo
By Clémentine Méténier
How can the taboo on sexual violence in the Catholic Church in Africa be broken? French priest and psychotherapist Stéphane Joulain, a member of the White Fathers, spoke to Justice Info about the “African silence”.
The head of Guinea's ruling military junta, Mamadi Doumbouya, has declared a pardon for a former coup leader, Dadis Camara. Photo: Doumbouya in military uniform. Guinea: reparations for a pardon
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On March 26, the Guinean government undertook to compensate the victims of the stadium massacre in 2009. Two days later, President Mamadi Doumbouya pardoned Dadis Camara, who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the massacre.
At the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, obstruction of justice and pressure on witnesses are on the increase. Photo: montage of 3 portraits of Haxhi Shala, Sabit Januzi and Ismet Bahtijari before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. Kosovo: the masters of obstruction
By Margherita Capacci
Several new cases for obstruction of justice put the spotlight on the Kosovo Chambers. Last November, former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi was indicted. In February, three former fighters of the UCK were sentenced.
Representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities attend a two-day national dialogue conference in Damascus (Syria) Seeking justice in Syria: the advantages of the Assad regime
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Trying to figure out the landscape of mass crimes justice initiatives on Syria, after the fall of former president Bashar el-Assad, can only be an uncertain prediction game. In this podcast, Uğur Üngör talks about what we know.
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Gender apartheid at the forefront of international justice Gender apartheid is a new frontline of international justice, as Justice Info recently highlighted. The guest in this new episode of our Asymmetrical Haircuts partners, Karima Bennoune, is currently campaigning for this alleged crime committed in Afghanistan to be recognised as a crime against humanity by the United Nations General Assembly, and explains to us […]
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7 February 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier
Beyond the US sanctions, what led to the possible demise of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Was the model and the supremacy of criminal law just misled from the start? And if the ICC falls off the cliff, what’s next? What’s the place and future of international law? Two-long time...
In Kasai (Democratic Republic of Congo), some trials are held in mobile courts, in the heart of the villages, as close as possible to the crimes and the victims. Photo: Protected witnesses are covered from head to toe during a trial for war crimes committed by members of the Kamwina Nsapu militia.
In Kasai, justice on the ground and under protection
6 March 2025 by Joseph Mbuyi
After several postponements, the appeal trial of two men sentenced to death for war crimes committed in the Congolese region of Kasai opened in the town of Masuika on March 3. The entire court traveled to the crime site. To hear the often protected witnesses, near the very place where was committed the murder of a traditional chief and the devastation caused by the Kamwina Nsapu conflict between 2016 and 2019.
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1 April 2025 NGOs slam pardon for Guinea ex-dictator 1 April 2025 'Overwhelming' evidence of war crimes in Ukraine's Bucha: EU's Kallas 31 March 2025 Bosnia's wanted Serb leader shows himself in Russia 31 March 2025 Zelensky urges Europe to unite behind Ukraine, 3 years after Bucha massacre 31 March 2025 Duterte lawyer: 'compelling' grounds to throw case out 31 March 2025 'Waited for death': Ex-detainees recount horrors of Sudan's RSF prisons 30 March 2025 Gaza rescuers say recovered 15 bodies after Israel fire on ambulances 30 March 2025 Netanyahu offers Hamas leaders Gaza exit but demands group disarm 30 March 2025 Israel's Netanyahu says to visit Hungary April 2 despite war crimes warrant 30 March 2025 Ukraine accuses Russia of 'war crime' with military hospital strike
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