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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.

On October 26, 1992, Interahamwe militiamen and extremist MRND militants flooded into Kigali's Nyamirambo district to demonstrate their support for the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). The placard read:
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At Belgian trial, two former Interahamwe leaders dodge testifying

Dieudonné Niyitegeka and Eugène Mbarushimana are the only two surviving former members of the National Committee of the Interahamwe, the militia that spearheaded the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. They have never been prosecuted. Their testimony was eagerly awaited in Brussels in the trial of Emmanuel Nkunduwimye. But they bailed out at the […]
By Gaëlle Ponselet (our correspondent in Belgium)
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From left to right, Aboubacar Diakité, known as

Guinea massacre trial enters the final stretch

A man looks at the names of genocide victims at the Mount Rebero memorial in Kigali.

At Rebero, political remembrance of the genocide

Major Gustavo Soto Bracamonte and Colonel Gabriel de Jesús Rincón, both indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity, plant a black sage sapling at the launch of the environmental restorative pilot project near Bogotá, Colombia.

Colombia’s JEP unveils alternative sanctions but remains silent on punishment

A group of Rohingya Muslim refugees are closely gathered, hoping to be called to recieve food aid of rice, water, and cooking oil in a relief centre at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.

Uncovering Myanmar’s atrocities

The plaque next to the

Bonaire: a history of slavery, a present of social inequalities

Nicaragua considers Germany's support for Israel (by supplying it with arms) to be complicity in genocide. Photo: An Israeli tank in Palestine, near Gaza.

Nicaragua extends the legal battle over Palestine

Rwandan trial in Belgium - Emmanuel Nkunduwimye, the accused, drops defence of Georges Rutaganda, also accused of participating in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Photo: 2 portraits side by side.

Nkunduwimye drops defence of his friend Rutaganda

In memory of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, 30 years on. Photo: At the end of the commemorations, an elder leaves the Mayunzwe memorial and walks down the hill towards the village.

Mayunzwe remembers the "Calvary" of the Tutsis

Trial in Belgium of Emmanuel Nkunduwimye, accused of genocide in Rwanda. Photo: Nkunduwimye stares into the camera behind his discussing lawyers.

Belgian court to start new Rwandan genocide trial

Sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Women victims in DRC

Breaking the silence on conflict-related sexual violence

Reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda. Photo: Victims of the genocide discuss in the Rwandan hills.

Reconciliation made in Rwanda

Nazis and perpetrators of mass crimes: how does one go about it? Photo: A group of men from the 101st reserve battalion of the German police, in uniform, drink and enjoy themselves.

“The unconditional belief that you are good is dangerous”

Prisoners detained in Rwanda for genocide (known as

Rwanda: 2,200 “génocidaires” being released in 2024, who are they?

Residents of an Ugandan village listen to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) sentence of Dominic Ongwen, on the radio.

Reparations: can the ICC's millions benefit victims in Uganda?

At the 28 September trial in Guinea, will the Conakry stadium massacre be requalified as a crime against humanity? Photo: A participant in the political meeting climbs over a barrier at the stadium (which was crowded) on 28 September 2009.

Guinea: was the stadium massacre a crime against humanity?

War in Yemen: justice at a standstill. Photo: Yemenis brandish weapons in support of Palestine.

Yemen: a decade of war with no sign of justice

Collaboration trial in Ukraine - Video of Oleksandr Kharchenko, one of the defendants.

Chronicle of a tandem collaboration in a village near Kyiv

Nika Jeiranashvili tells how he went from international justice expert to wine expert in Georgia

Nika, the Georgian international justice repentant