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Will the Drummond case be referred to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP) in Colombia? Photo: Construction machinery at work in a coal mine.
The Drummond case, a corporate litmus test for Colombia’s transitional justice
2 July 2024 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombian transitional justice’s range of action over civilians allegedly involved in serious crimes during the internal conflict is quite legally limited. But one case could strike out: the case against two top executives of Drum [...]
Illegal war - Photo: in Kiev (Ukraine), civilians watch the fire created by a Russian missile strike. When war becomes illegal
1 July 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
What do the International Criminal Court arrest warrants for the attacks on power plants in Ukraine tell us about the possible prosecution of war at international courts? After the ICC prosecutor issued two more warrants against R [...]
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
28 June 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
According to the United Nations, there’s been a pattern of sexual violence across Ukraine and the number and consistent reports of sexual violence and rape in Russian-occupied areas suggest “a widespread and systematic pattern com [...]
Acquitted twice in Finland on charges of war crimes in Liberia, Gibril Massaquoi is claiming more than 800,000 euros in financial compensation. Photo: Massaquoi, wearing a dark suit, laughs during an interview with Justice Info. Gibril Massaquoi tries for the jackpot
28 June 2024 by Thierry Cruvellier
Former Sierra Leonean rebel commander Gibril Massaquoi, twice acquitted by the Finnish courts, has filed a claim for compensation totalling around 815,000 euros for his lengthy detention. He has also taken legal action in Liberia, [...]
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ICC / Mali - Photo: Abdoulaziz Al Hassan on the day of his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
27 June 2024 by Boubacar Sidiki Haidara
ICC/Mali: Al Hassan verdict leaves bitter taste On June 26, the International Criminal Court found Abdoulaziz Al Hassan, former head of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes. But victims took badly his acquittal on all charges re [...]
Arrest warrant issued by the French courts against Bashar Al-Assad (Syrian President), in connection with the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. Photo: Poster in a Syrian street showing Al-Assad with a gas mask over his face.
26 June 2024 by AFP
Setback for Bashar al-Assad before the French courts On 26 June, the Paris Court of Appeal allowed the arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for deadly chemical attacks in August 2013. This would be the first arrest war [...]
Trial of the massacre at Conakry stadium (known as the
25 June 2024 by Matthias Raynal
In Guinea, time for defence arguments in massacre trial In the Conakry stadium massacre trial, defendants’ lawyers have been taking the stand since May 27, 2024. Almost all the accused have already had their closing arguments. At the centre of attention in recent weeks has been former [...]
Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against senior Russian military officers for crimes committed in Ukraine. Photo: Valery Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu in military uniforms (Russia)
25 June 2024 by AFP
ICC: Arrest warrants for the heads of the Russian army On 25 June, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it had issued arrest warrants for Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. They are both accused of war crimes for [...]
Enforced disappearances in Ukraine - The mother of the missing Andrii Shapoval shows a video of her son on her phone.
24 June 2024 by Tetiana Fedorkova
Enforced disappearance in Ukraine: Andrii’s mother's tortured path On the morning of April 12, 2022, the day of his 28th birthday, Andrii Shapoval went to his friend’s grandmother’s house in Balakliya, eastern Ukraine, which was under occupation. He never returned home. Through this story, a Ukra [...]
In the Central African Republic, the eleven commissioners of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CVJRR) were dismissed in May 2024. Photo: The commissioners of the CVJRR pose outdoors.
21 June 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga
Central African Republic: why the Truth Commission was dismissed The Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CVJRR) of the Central African Republic has been sacked and replaced. On May 3 2024, it saw a unit of the internal security forces close its offices. Later, the governme [...]
Gender apartheid for women in Iran and women in Afghanistan - Photo: a woman wearing a hijab walks down a street, closely followed by a Taliban patrol.
20 June 2024 by Julia Crawford
Crimes against Afghan women drive push to recognize “gender apartheid” Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday that violations against women and girls in that country were “so severe and extensive” that “they may amount to crimes against huma [...]
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.
18 June 2024 by Dominique Chabert and Frédéric Jouneau
Finding money for Ukraine: the return of a Cold War financial tool To eventually finance reparations, economic recovery, and especially the war effort in Ukraine, the European Union and G7 leaders seem agreed on using the windfall interest from Russian assets frozen by sanctions. But how? To unde [...]
Justice in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Photo: people displaced by the conflict between the local Kamwina Nsapu militia and government forces wait to receive food rations.
17 June 2024 by Caleb Kazadi
Kasai: how three senior officials escaped justice On June 1, a trial on the violent Kamwina Nsapu insurrection in Tshikapa (Kasai province) ended in a resounding flop. After a few days of hearings, the military court of former Kasai Occidental declared that it did not have jurisd [...]
In Ukraine, a claim for reparation (compensation) for damages and destructions is launched. Photos: several images of Ukrainians in front of civilian buildings (often homes) destroyed by Russian missiles.
14 June 2024 by Tjitske Lingsma
Register of Damages for Ukraine: “The biggest claims program in history” Since 2 April, the Register of Damages for Ukraine, created by a resolution of the Council of Europe, is open for claims for houses damaged or destroyed by Russian aggression. In the coming months, persons, the state and legal ent [...]
Sudan: in response to the crimes committed in El-Fasher, and more generally in the Darfur region, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is launching an appeal for testimony. Photo: A cattle market burns down in El-Fasher after a bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
13 June 2024 by Franck Petit
Suliman Baldo: El-Fasher, a siege “comparable to Gaza” Surrounded, starving, under artillery fire and awaiting an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), El-Fasher, the capital of Darfur, is “hell on earth”. On Tuesday 11 June, the prosecutor of the International Crimina [...]
Oleksandr Kostornyi, a former KGB officer, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ukraine for high treason. Photo: Kostornyi is pressed up against the glass of the dock, his hand resting on it, facing his reflection.
11 June 2024 by Iryna Salii
Kostornyi, the former KGB officer found guilty of high treason Over 60 dead and 160 wounded. Ukrainian and foreign combatants. The missile attack on a Ukrainian military training centre in Yavoriv, western Ukraine, on March 13, 2022, was widely reported at the start of the all-out invasion. I [...]
Rwandan Emmanuel Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison in Belgium for his part in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Photo: Nkunduwimye during his trial.
10 June 2024 by AFP
Belgium: Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison for genocide He helped the killers “with full knowledge of the facts”, ruled the jury in the seventh Rwandan universal jurisdiction trial to be held in Belgium. Emmanuel Nkunduwimye, brother-in-law of Interahamwe militia leader Georges Rutagan [...]
Reintegration and reconciliation of a former ‘genocidaire’ in Rwanda - Photo: Hamenyimana poses in his field in the village of Remera.
10 June 2024 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
Pascal Hamenyimana and the timid reintegration of a former “génocidaire” Back in his village after serving a 15-year prison sentence for complicity in genocide, ex-convict Pascal Hamenyimana is gradually returning to a normal life, thanks to the welcome, the moral and financial support of several survi [...]
Justice for Syria and the International court of Justice (ICJ) - Photo: a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the streets of Damascus.
7 June 2024 by Veronica Bellintani + Adrian Lakrichi + Mouhanad Sharabati
Why isn’t the ICJ bolder on Syria? One year after the June 8th 2023 complaint and six months after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered measures against the Syrian government, torture and human rights violations are still committed as reported by the UN [...]