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All articles published on Justice Info (original and republications) are displayed on this page in chronological order. Only our Hirondelle News archives and the AFP news feed (except for dispatches edited by us) are excluded from this list.

Antoine Garapon, French magistrate and head of the Commission for Recognition and Reparation for sexual crimes committed in the Church, advocates restorative justice. illustration: portrait of Garapon.
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“Restorative justice is the very soul of justice”

Are restorative processes, like those in France dealing with Church abuse, the future in dealing with crimes that courts cannot judge? This is the plea made by French magistrate Antoine Garapon, who heads the Recognition and Reparation Commission for alleged sexual violence committed by members of religious institutions. He believes that “we now know how […]
By Clémentine Méténier (for Justice Info)
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80 years on, remembrance starts for France’s “Nomads”

Is the death of the ICC imminent? And what does the future hold for international law? Two renowned experts, Mark Freeman and Mark Drumbl, examine these two topical issues. Illustration: Drumbl and Freeman by Benoît Peyrucq.

Thinking about the death of the ICC and what comes next

The United States sanctions the International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Donald Trump delivers a speech in Washington.

Trump launches sanctions against the ICC

What justice for the victims in Afghanistan? An Afghan girl stands at the entrance of her house near a destroyed compound, in the old part of Kabul, on April 10, 2010.

Why Afghan victims still wait for Australian compensations

A Swedish documentary film shows Ian Lundin in Sudan surrounded by armed child soldiers. The footage was used in the trial of Swedish company Lundin Oil in Sweden.

How Lundin’s filmed trip in Sudan backfired in court

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a hub for the mineral trade, is a magnet for neighbouring Rwanda, as it is for other countries further afield, in the European Union and elsewhere. Photo: Members of the M23 armed group, supported by Rwanda, patrol in Goma, North Kivu.

Modern-day gold rush in North Kivu: what the law can do

Will Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the President of Sri Lanka, be able to put in place a genuine transitional justice process? Photo: Dissanayake during his election campaign in September 2024.

Can Sri Lanka now break with the past?

Osama Almasri Najim was warmly welcomed on his arrival in Libya on an Italian government plane. He had been arrested in Italy following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Rome defies the ICC

Official portrait of Major General Jeff Sengelman who led the Australian military operations in Afghanistan.

Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan: “I am one of them”

In South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu presents the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to South African President Thabo Mbeki on 21 March 2003 in Pretoria. The two personalities smile and shake hands.

A South African betrayal

A Holocaust survivor shows the tattoo she received when she arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1943.

'Tell what happened to us': the last death camp survivors

The ICC investigation in the Philippines is stalling. It is targeting crimes attributed to former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloodthirsty anti-drug war. But a political battle is raging between current president Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his vice-president Sara Duterte, the former president's daughter. Photo: In a Manila street, two effigies of Duterte and Marcos fight during a demonstration.

The ICC caught in clan rivalry in Philippines

In Australia, transitional justice is being undermined by politics. The Aboriginal community is trying to adapt to the failings of truth commissions following the recent change of government in Queensland. Photo: An Aboriginal man, with only his hands visible, burns herbs during a traditional smoking ceremony.

The retreating tide of transitional justice in Australia

A poster of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on a street in Kabul in August 2023. © Wakil Kohsar / AFP

ICC: Prosecutor targets Taliban leaders

Trial of Russian soldier Voislav Torden in Finland for possible war crimes committed in Ukraine. Torden sits on a television screen during his trial, surrounded by his lawyers.

Finland on the frontline for trying Russians for war crimes

Donald Trump became President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (back) raises his fist.

Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 2)

Donald Trump becomes President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (front) raises his fist.

Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 1)

In Iraq, a Unitad team is carrying out exhumations at the site of a mass grave. Several people, some in white lab coats, are working around a hole dug in the ground in a desert area.

Navigating the accountability maze in post-UNITAD Iraq