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In-Depth Interviews

Drawings of Azriel Bibliowicz and Ricardo Silva Romero, two Colombian writers.

Writing about crimes you can’t forget

Two Colombian writers put language to horrors that could finally see justice this year in their country. The main characters of their novels are close relatives of victims – those for whom the crime continues long after it was committed. How powerful is fiction when reality defies the mind? How can language help when it […]

By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano (our correspondant in Colombia)

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

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

Does transitional justice have anything to say on gang violence?

Russell Tribunal (citizen's tribunal): interview with Guillaume Mouralis - Illustration: portrait of Guillaume Mouralis.

Guillaume Mouralis: “law and justice can be powerful tools of emancipation”

Portrait of Assumpta Mugiraneza, co-founder and director of the IRIBA Centre for Multimedia Heritage (Kigali, Rwanda).

Assumpta Mugiraneza: “The policy of memory in Rwanda must be reinvented, renegotiated”

In-depth interview with Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for Syria. Image: drawing of Marchi-Uhel.

Catherine Marchi-Uhel: “The results of the Syria Mechanism are becoming more visible”

Frédéric Mégret

Frédéric Mégret: "Justice for Ukraine depends on the outcome of the fighting”

Drawing of David Van Reybrouck

David Van Reybrouck: "The fight for decolonization can’t be detached from the fight against global warming"

Portrait (drawing) of Philip Grant, director of the NGO Trial International, specializing in international justice, especially on

Philip Grant: “Ukraine is accelerating a revival of universal jurisdiction”

Portrait of Leigh Payne (drawing) by Benoit Peyrucq

Leigh Payne: Why Latin America is leading the way on corporate accountability

Illustration (double portrait) by Joanna Kyriakakis and Mark Drumbl

“No one really wants corporations to be liable”

Anta Guissé

Anta Guissé: "The Sankara trial is in line with history”

Drawing of Massamba Gueye

Massamba Gueye: “We need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on restitutions between Africa and Europe”

Antoine Garapon

Antoine Garapon: "The Church says it's ready to repair, so we must believe it!"

Eduardo Cifuentes

Eduardo Cifuentes: “This dialogue between victims and perpetrators is unprecedented”

Amzat Boukari-Yabara

Amzat Boukari-Yabara: “France, the United States and Brazil are the main bad guys on this issue of reparations”

Aaron Weah

Aaron Weah: “Liberians have been reminded that justice is still possible”

Patricia Tobon Yagari

Patricia Tobón Yagarí: “A legacy of Colombia’s TRC will be the active participation of ethnic peoples”

Eric Emeraux: "Terrorism and hate crimes have made international crimes part of our daily lives"