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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.

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
1 August 2024 by Tamar Oniani
More than a year ago, the European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian Federation to pay 130 million euros for the victims of the 2008 war in Georgia. Moscow has been expelled from the Council of Europe, and has indicated th [...]
Banner on Westminster Bridge (United Kingdom) asking Judges in ICC Palestine have many ‘friends’
30 July 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
The United Kingdom started the ball rolling and has been followed by dozens of amicus curiae – or ‘friends of the court’ – in a move that will considerably delay any decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges on the [...]
UN Residual Mechanism (IRMCT) - Photo: Félicien Kabuga, in a wheelchair, is accompanied by two police officers during his trial, handled by the Mechanism, for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide. Rwanda: the residual debacles of the Residual Mechanism
29 July 2024 by Balthazar Nduwayezu
The UN Mechanism that has performed for 14 years the “residual” functions of the Rwanda and former Yugoslavia tribunals has just been extended to complete its own residual tasks. With regard to Rwanda, it needs to break the deadlo [...]
Trial for treason in Russia. Photo: Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina appears behind the glass of the dock in Yekaterinburg (Russia). Russia: a surge of treason cases for supporting Ukraine
26 July 2024 by Maria Koroleva
“Anyone is at risk now”, says a lawyer. In recent years, the number of treason cases in Russia has increased significantly. According to authorities, last year 39 people were convicted under this charge. Justice Info estimates tha [...]
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Tadamon massacre in Syria: a trial in Germany - Photo: a street destroyed in the Tadamon neighbourhood, south of Damascus (Syria).
25 July 2024 by Hannah El-Hitami
The 2013 Tadamon massacre looms over Germany’s latest Syria trial Videos of the Tadamon massacre of 2013, after being widely circulated on social networks, are being used as evidence in Germany’s latest universal jurisdiction trial. While defendant Ahmed H., a Syrian driver and alleged militiama [...]
Julia Sebutinde, from Uganda, is a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: official portrait of Sebutinde at the ICJ.
23 July 2024 by Grace Matsiko
Who is Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ judge who says “no”? In 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has taken three landmark decisions to protect the Palestinian population, including warning Israel against the risk of being accused of genocide. In each of these decisions, alone [...]
Occupation of Palestine by Israel: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues its ruling. Photo: a bulldozer operates at a construction site in Givat HaMatos, an Israeli settlement suburb of annexed east Jerusalem.
22 July 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Israeli occupation of Palestine: strong reactions after ICJ ruling On Friday 19 July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it considered Israeli policies and practices in the Palestinian territories illegal, that they amounted to annexation, discrimination and segregation. The advisory o [...]
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19 July 2024 by Margherita Capacci
When a people’s tribunal tries the People’s Republic of China A people’s court sitting in The Hague has “indicted” Chinese President Xi Jinping for genocide and crimes against humanity, notably for crimes against the Uyghur. This unofficial court set up by a non-governmental organisation hop [...]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, between war and peace. Photo: Petro delivers a speech on stage while 2 people hold a flag of the former M-19 armed group.
18 July 2024 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombian president speaks of peace but glorifies armed struggle Flag, hat or sword: a former member of the M-19 guerilla, Colombian President Gustavo Petro is publicly glorifying symbols of his ex-armed group. An attitude decried by victims and criticized by many Colombians, as his government [...]
Pjetër Shala, during his verdict before the Kosovo Specialised Chambers (court in The Hague, Netherlands)
16 July 2024 by AFP
Kosovo: Pjetër Shala sentenced to 18 years in prison On Tuesday 16 July, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers sentenced Pjetër Shala to 18 years’ imprisonment for war crimes committed against civilians at the Kukës Metal Factory, northern Albania, in 1999 during the war against Serbia. Ni [...]
Ecomafias and waste-related crime in Italy. Photo: A pile of rubbish bins and other waste in a street in Naples.
16 July 2024 by Maria Bolevich
Waste crime in Italy: the challenge of environmental justice Considered as one of the sources of income for organised crime, along with drugs, weapons and human trafficking, transnational environmental crimes are rarely brought to justice. Within the European Union, the case of Italy highli [...]
War in Ukraine and repairs to civilian targets: the case of companies. Photo: The Hotel Ukraine in Chernihiv destroyed by a Russian missile.
15 July 2024 by Ksenia Rekun
Is a war-ruined business in Ukraine entitled to compensation? Russian Federation’s frozen assets are said to exceed 270 billion US dollars. In June leaders of the G7 countries approved a decision to grant Ukraine 50 billion dollars from the proceeds of these assets. A compensation mechanism [...]
Russian hate Speech - Photo : Vladimir Solovyov.
12 July 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Prosecuting Russian hate speech What is ‘hate speech’ and can it be prosecuted as an international crime? In Ukraine, Russian propaganda has targeted Ukrainians as ‘Nazis’, ‘pigs’ or ‘dogs’ and it’s been used to justify crimes. In this podcast by our partners at [...]
Trial for collaboration in Ukraine. Photo: A Ukrainian woman is tried before a court in Dnipro.
11 July 2024 by Anastasia Zubova
Collaboration trials in Ukraine: what do court verdicts tell us? From March 2022 to June 2024, more than 8,000 proceedings on collaboration crimes have been registered by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General. Last year, 790 verdicts were delivered. But the law on collaboration that was passed right aft [...]
Gacaca courts in Rwanda. Photo: Denis Bikesha, former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 1994.
9 July 2024 by Thierry Cruvellier + Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro
“You cannot transplant the gacaca court system” July 17th, 2024 will mark the 30th anniversary of the official end of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. Denis Bikesha is a former director of training, mobilisation and sensibilisation for the gacaca courts in Rwanda after 199 [...]
Universal jurisdiction in Germany and international law. Photo: Trial of Iraqi Taha Al-Jumailly in Frankfurt.
8 July 2024 by Hannah El-Hitami
Trial and error: Germany reforms its law on international crimes Through the use of universal jurisdiction, German authorities have prosecuted perpetrators of atrocity crimes in Syria, Gambia and Iraq. Now, the German parliament has passed a law to reform the Code of Crimes Against Internationa [...]
Palestine vs Israel: the legal battles. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
5 July 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
States vs ICC: the legal battles ahead on Palestine/Israel What does complementarity between states and the International Criminal Court (ICC) actually means? What’s the test applied by the court? How did it evolve over the years? Do previous examples help understand the situation in Isra [...]
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.
5 July 2024 by Lucy Gaynor
Is the ICC Al Hassan judgement a mess or the future? In their judgement against former Malian Jihadist Abdoulaziz Al-Hassan, the three judges of the International Criminal Court never fully agreed. And when two of them agreed, it wasn’t for the same reason. To many, it may look as a [...]
International law: exchange of prisoners between Sweden and Iran. Photo: Hamid Nouri speaks to the Iranian press on his return to Tehran.
4 July 2024 by Christian Catomeris
International law put to the test in prisoner exchanges On June 15th 2024, Sweden announced the exchange of two of its nationals imprisoned in Iran for Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official sentenced in 2022 by the Swedish courts for his role in mass executions in Iranian prisons in 1 [...]