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Margherita Capacci

Netherlands
Correspondent

Margherita Capacci is an Italian journalist based in the The Hague, where she covers international justice for JusticeInfo.net. She works as Audio Producer for the Asymmetrical Haircuts Podcast and other international law focused productions. Her work has appeared in Internazionale, Wired Italia, Editoriale Domani, and Are We Europe, among others.

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).
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The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC

The first trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan, came to an end, 20 years after the charged crimes. During the closing statements, from 11 to 13 December 2024, the prosecution stated that the alleged Darfur militia leader – who is said to have operated as ‘Ali Kushayb’ – has committed […]
By Margherita Capacci (our correspondent in The Hague)
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The empty courtroom of the International Criminal Court.

A court without trials?

Trial in the Netherlands for the slavery of Yezidi women in Syria - Photo: a Yezidi woman victim of slavery poses in profile in Syria.

“IS saw the Yazidis as objects, not people”

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When a people’s tribunal tries the People’s Republic of China

Between Eritrea and the Netherlands, the nightmare of migrants who are victims of human trafficking. Photo: A migrant in a detention centre in Tripoli, Libya, stands with one hand on his cheek, almost appearing to be asleep.

Waiting for Eritrean human traffickers’ trials in the Netherlands

Translation of universal jurisdiction trials - Photo: instant translation equipment with microphone and headphones, in an insulated glass booth.

Syrian trials translated into Arabic: the Netherlands' conclusive test

At the Kosovo Tribunal (based in The Hague in the Netherlands), Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and Rexhep Selimi are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Kosovo: tension in the prison over witness protection

Thaçi trial in The Hague: the former president of Kosovo is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Thaçi trial between a rock and a hard place

Trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan. Photo: Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman enters the courtroom in The Hague.

ICC First Darfur case: “I am not Ali Kushayb”

Looking for the missing in Ukraine - Ukrainian rescuers after the destruction of a residential building in Dnipro (Ukraine) by a missile strike.

Looking for the missing in Ukraine

Launch of the ICPA (International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine) in The Hague, Netherlands.

The ICPA, new kid on the block in the world capital of international justice

Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), visits a camp set up for victims of the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.

ICC: the never-ending nightmare of Darfur's victims

Crimes against Yazidis - Kurds demonstrate in the Netherlands in support of the Yezidis and Christians of Iraq, victims of Islamic State violence.

Netherlands to open first trial on crimes against Yazidis

International crimes: Meloni's Italy still on the sidelines

Italy sticks to its 20-year gap on international crimes

Migrants in a detention center in Libya

Human trafficking in Libya: the ICC promises, national courts act