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Indigenous rights in Australia: the role of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and the imprint of the Commonwealth. Photo: King Charles observes a performance by an Aboriginal group.
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Indigenous rights in Australia: the rôle of the Crown

On a visit to Australia, King Charles III was challenged by a senator of Aboriginal origin, Lidia Thorpe, who accused Great Britain of having perpetrated a “genocide” in her country, and called for recognition of the rights of First Peoples via a treaty and reparations for decades of colonialism.
By Philip Murphy (for The Conversation France)
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In a street in Boutcha, Ukraine, journalists filmed and photographed burnt corpses being handled by people to move them.

Meet Ukraine’s Evidence Gatherers

Barbed wire fence is pictured at the Lithuanian- Belarusian border in Sadziunai, Lithuania.

Lithuania, Belarus and the ICC

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

Palestine/Israel: what are the recommendations of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in terms of law, and the United Nations resolution to stop and repair the Israeli occupation deemed illegal. Photo: Special session of the UN General Assembly during a vote on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Palestine-Israel: it’s time to implement a legal roadmap to peace

Mark Freeman - Gangs and transitional justice. Illustration: portrait of Mark Freeman by Benoît Peyrucq.

Does transitional justice have anything to say on gang violence?

Interview with Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and lawyer in Iran. Photo: portrait of Ebadi.

Shirin Ebadi: “Gender apartheid means you are discriminating against half of society”

Chiquita trial - Photo: a promotional stand featuring only Chiquita bananas. At the very top, the brand's mascot. At the front of the booth, a large button and a sign reading “Push to start the show”.

Lessons from the Chiquita Trial (2): The Battle of Experts

Israel’s impunity with Palestinian detainees - Photo: Israeli army soldiers arrest a blindfolded man in Tubas in the north of the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s impunity with Palestinian detainees

Chiquita trial in Florida - Photo: an employee of banana multinational Chiquita works in a factory in Colombia (Uruba).

Insights from the Chiquita trial (1): 25 years of struggle

Signing of an agreement between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Ukraine.

How Ukraine (nearly) joined the ICC

Gender apartheid in Afghanistan - Photo: in Kabul, women demonstrate for their rights in front of a beauty salon threatened with closure.

The Taliban’s rule is gender apartheid

Georgia's 2008 war against Russia: who will pay compensation for the victims? Photo: Elderly civilian victims near their burnt-down home following the Russian invasion.

Georgia 2008 war: when Russia won’t pay victims, solutions still exist

Russian hate Speech - Photo : Vladimir Solovyov.

Prosecuting Russian hate speech

Palestine vs Israel: the legal battles. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

States vs ICC: the legal battles ahead on Palestine/Israel

Al-Hassan trial at the ICC - Photo: 3 judges of the International Criminal Court (Tomoko Akane, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua and Kimberly Prost) sit in The Hague.

Is the ICC Al Hassan judgement a mess or the future?

International law: exchange of prisoners between Sweden and Iran. Photo: Hamid Nouri speaks to the Iranian press on his return to Tehran.

International law put to the test in prisoner exchanges

Sexual violence in Ukraine - Photo: Women stand at the door of their apartment building in the city of Lysychansk, a city without electricity and water, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.

Prosecuting sexual violence in Ukraine’s war

International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs): an option for financing Ukraine with Russian money. Image: photo montage of a rouble coin, a Ukrainian flag and frost.

Finding money for Ukraine: the return of a Cold War financial tool